At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!
As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.
At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.
Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!
Your Role: Companion Animal Technical Marketing
The purpose of this role is to deliver and execute marketing medical strategy, support the US companion animal category and brand marketing efforts, and serve as the technical product and disease state expert in the US Companion Animal Business.
Your Responsibilities:
Provide technical product and disease state expertise to the veterinary channel and pet channel brand teams, marketing operations team, sales and channel team, Regional Consulting Veterinarians and other supporting partners within US Companion Animal Business Unit.
Drive and execute US scientific influencer strategy (KOLs), including owning the relationships with these individuals, organizing US advisory boards and maintaining a scientific speaker’s bureau.
Serve as medical lead in the development of key data summaries and medical presentations to support the brand. This can be as the author or through coordination with a Regional Consulting Veterinarian or outside consultant.
Develop product and disease-state training and ensure consistency of messaging across internal cross-functional groups
Serve as an internal knowledge resource on medical affairs regarding your assigned product and disease state categories
Develop and maintain relationships with major veterinary associations
Work closely with Regional Consulting Veterinarians to collect feedback, field expertise and provide scientific brand updates.
Identify, prioritize and coordinate of post approval studies with appropriate cross-functional individuals, ensuring compliance with Elanco and Industry regulations and standards.
Collaborate with R&D on pipeline strategy and launch teams
Assist in the development and execution of yearly US brand plans for the categories.
Drive scientific content to support brands and categories in US conferences, customer and professional meetings.
What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):
Graduate of an AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association) accredited program with the corresponding veterinary degree. Licensed or eligible to be licensed to practice veterinary medicine in the United States.
5+ years’ experience as a practicing veterinarian in companion animal or mixed animal practice (companion animal focus) or residency training in a veterinary specialty. Consideration may also be given for experience in comparable industry role. The practice experience may be in private, corporate, and/or academic environments.
Qualified candidates must legally be authorized to be employed in the United States. Elanco Animal health does not anticipate providing sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B or TN status) for this employment position.
What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):
Previous experience with coordinating post approval studies.
Prior work with US scientific influencers (Key Opinion Leaders).
Previous work in a comparable industry role.
Evidence of strong presentation and training skills.
Additional Information:
Travel: 25%-35%
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!
Elanco Benefits and Perks:
We offer a comprehensive benefits package focusing on financial, physical, and mental well-being while encouraging our employees to pursue our purpose! Some highlights include:
Multiple relocation packages
Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO)
8-week parental leave
9 Employee Resource Groups
Annual bonus offering
Flexible work arrangements
Up to 6% 401K matching
Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status
