Job Description

Our company’s Animal Health division is driven by our unconditional commitment to the science of healthier animals. Our commitment is portrayed through our products, services and technologies but also through our people. 

As a Professional Services Veterinarian, you embody our unconditional commitment to healthier animals by acting as coach, leader, and advisor to our internal and external customers. We, in turn, provide our Professional Services Veterinarians with a culture of support, development, and continuous learning to assure we reach our shared goals. It is required that our Professional Services Veterinarian will reside in the region in which they support. This position will be field based within the Illinois-Iowa Region.

Responsibilities:

• Function as an integral member of the Regional Leadership Team supporting territory managers by demonstrating and conveying the value and benefits of our company’s Animal Health portfolio through:

  • Preparation and delivery of technical lectures on our product line to key customers, strategic accounts, and professional veterinary organizations

  • Offering solutions that align with customer needs and business priorities

• Partner with Regional Sales Manager to develop and execute effective business strategy to reach and exceed regional and organizational priorities for lasting success

• Meet with key opinion leaders in both clinical and university settings to discuss our company’s Animal Health portfolio as well as potential new business opportunities

• Represent our company’s Animal Health at veterinary schools and veterinary associations and conferences

• Serve as the region’s technical expert, evaluating regional and individual technical training needs of the sales representatives and coaching sales representatives in technical selling skills

• Collaborate with R&D, Learning and Development, Marketing, Veterinary Insights & Medical Affairs, and Sales to achieve organizational priorities

Position Qualifications:

Education Minimum Requirement:

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM/VMD) degree

Required Experience and Skills:

• Minimum 5 years experience in clinical companion animal veterinary practice

• Ability to take complex issues and translate into easily comprehensible content for respective audiences

• Experience presenting in front of a variety of audiences with different levels of medical knowledge

• Excellent oral and written communications skills

• Competency in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

• Must be able to work effectively with our customers, internal and external

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Experience with companion animal vaccines, parasiticides, and therapeutics

• Applicable advanced degrees and research experience

• Delivery of training or instruction within a structured organization

• Leadership and/or management experience

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US and Puerto Rico Residents Only:

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U.S. Hybrid Work Model

Effective September 5, 2023, employees in office-based positions in the U.S. will be working a Hybrid work consisting of three total days on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence.This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, field-based positions; facility-based, manufacturing-based, or research-based positions where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance also does not apply to roles that have been designated as “remote”.

The Company is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the salary range for this job in certain states and cities within the United States. Final determinations with respect to salary will take into account a number of factors, which may include, but not be limited to the primary work location and the chosen candidate’s relevant skills, experience, and education.

Expected US salary range:

$101,100.00 - $159,100.00

Available benefits include bonus eligibility, long term incentive if applicable, health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and sick days. A summary of benefits is listed here.

San Francisco Residents Only: We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Los Angeles Residents Only: We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance

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Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company.  No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. 

Employee Status:

Regular

Relocation:

Domestic

VISA Sponsorship:

No

Travel Requirements:

75%

Flexible Work Arrangements:

Remote

Shift:

Not Indicated

Valid Driving License:

Yes

Hazardous Material(s):

N/A

Job Posting End Date:

01/22/2025

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