Marketing Medical Strategic Lead- US Pet Health

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: Marketing Medical Strategy Lead

The purpose of this role is to drive medical strategy in support of US Pet Health Marketing, in coordination with the US Pet Health Business.

Your Responsibilities:

Medical Strategy


* Lead medical strategy for assigned brands and projects within the US Pet Health Marketing team, ensuring alignment with business objectives.


* Develop and implement strategies for continuing education, medical communications, and publication to drive brand growth and target customer engagement.


* Plan and execute marketing studies, inform life-cycle management, and develop launch strategies for products nearing market entry.

Key Opinion Leader (KOL) Management


* Manage KOL relationships and activities, recruit and develop new KOLs, lead Advisory Board meetings, maintain an active Speakers Bureau, and foster relationships with veterinary associations and influential organizations.

Cross-functional Collaboration


* Partner with internal cross-functional teams to ensure consistency of medical messaging for assigned brands and/or projects across the US Pet Health Business, including training department, strategic accounts and others, and international technical marketing


* Work closely with customer-facing veterinary teams to integrate field intel and customer insights into medical strategy and activities


* Provide US Pet Health veterinary perspective to project teams within R&D, corporate strategy and others

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 env...