Responsibilities

• Growth Strategy and Portfolio Leadership: oversee global category strategy, identify growth opportunities, prioritize focus areas, and set standards of excellence across the portfolio.
• Category Marketing and Launch Leadership: plan and execute cross-regional customer and portfolio marketing strategies for existing and future products, ensuring regional alignment and launch readiness.
• Strategic Planning and Alignment: develop plans to drive category growth, define synergies across products and services, and gain company agreement.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: partner with Regional VPs, market GMs, and CA BU leaders to prioritize portfolio development, strategy, and timelines.
• Launch Strategy and Global Execution: communicate and align core marketing launch strategies, address local launch needs, and ensure successful global implementation.
• Brand Messaging and Market Insight: craft category messaging, conduct competitive and market analysis, leverage segment insights, and tailor content for veterinarians and pet owners.
• Relationship Building and Industry Leadership: build relationships with industry to strengthen market leadership in animal health and companion animals.
• Competitive Intelligence and Market Dynamics: work with CI resources to understand category dynamics and identify market opportunities.
• Customer-Centric Programs: lead programs aimed at veterinarians and pet owners, ensuring customer-centric thinking across campaigns.
• Measurement and Governance: establish goals and metrics for marketing deliverables, monitor performance, and steer long-term growth bi-annually.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree; Master’s degree/MBA or advanced degree preferred in marketing, product management, or business strategy; veterinary degree with marketing background is a plus.
• 15+ years of broad marketing, product management, leadership, and sales-support experience in life sciences or veterinary sectors; global product launches track record.
• Proven inspirational, transformational leadership across diverse countries and teams; experience navigating international matrix organizations to drive rapid growth.
• Strong budgeting skills with experience managing multimillion-dollar budgets; marketing planning, portfolio management, and brand positioning expertise.
• Familiarity with Animal Health or related industries, and experience in marketing operations and go-to-market strategies.
• People management experience and ability to develop high-quality internal and external relationships; strong communication and presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 35% (including Europe, Asia, and South America); able to operate across time zones and locations.

Benefits

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days.