Company Description:
Veterinary Practice Partners (VPP) is redefining veterinarian ownership by pairing exceptional doctors with the support and expertise to build successful practices. We empower DVMs to become co-owners without sacrificing medicine quality of life or autonomy.
With 190 partnership hospitals nationwide and rapid expansion ahead we are investing in a new strategic role designed to significantly expand our national reach and introduce more veterinarians to ownership opportunities through VPP.
Role Overview:
The Director of Doctor Partner Growth is the spearhead of our national outreach strategy a connector storyteller and talent scout who identifies veterinarians with ownership potential and guides them into meaningful partnership conversations.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives on building relationships reading people and opening doors. Youll operate like a founder: problem solving iterating listening deeply and hunting for opportunity in unexpected places.
Youll be measured not on activity but on impact: discovering future co-owners for our partnership model and fueling the next wave of VPP growth.
What Youll Do:
Who You Are:
You are a hybrid of recruiter strategist connector and explorer comfortable navigating ambiguity and energized by hunting for talent and giving back to the veterinary profession.
You may come from:
Veterinary industry sales partnerships or business development
Practicing or non-practicing doctor with strong community connections
Veterinary recruiting
Business development
Sales or executive search
What matters most is your ability to:
Understand VPPs mission and convey the power of co-ownership in a compelling way
Identify potential in doctors
Build and leverage a rolodex of doctors across the country
Listen closely and connect dots between people markets and opportunity
Be consistent with VPPs values: We Care We Serve We Collaborate We Do What We Say We Do The Right Thing
Must-Have Attributes
Fearless initiator you dont wait for inbound you generate it
Exceptional communicator clear empathetic human
Research-driven curiosity you like finding where the good people are hiding
Builder mindset you enjoy creating new processes not inheriting rigid ones
Energized by relationship-driven work and long-cycle outcomes
What Success Looks Like
A self-sustaining pipeline of high-quality doctor partners
Deep relationships and referrals emerging organically
Awareness of VPPs model spreading in markets where it did not previously exist
Collaborating with leadership to refine incentive models messaging and funnel conversion
Why This Role Matters
The Director of Doctor Partner Growth is not just filling roles you are shaping ownership futures accelerating entrepreneurial careers and fueling the most meaningful growth lever in our business. If you are motivated by influence mission and building something that will outlive your fingerprints youll thrive here.
*This position pays an annual salary of $140000 to $180000 dependent upon experience
Required Experience:
Director
We co-own practices in partnership with veterinarians. We have experience in driving growth, cultivating exceptional staff, and overseeing operations.