Sr. Director, Public Affairs Mars Veterinary Health

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As part of the Mars Petcare family of businesses Mars Veterinary Health is a global network of veterinary practices made possible by 75000 Associates who care for millions of pets across nearly 3000 clinics in more than 20 countries each year. We are committed to leveraging our reach to make a long-term positive impact on people pets and the planet and know our Purpose A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS starts with the people who care for them. We strive to offer unparalleled veterinary care for pets by first and foremost enabling and empowering our Associates to do what they love whether in primary specialty and emergency care or management and leadership.

This role requires associates to work out of a MVH North America hub location in New York City NY.

Why This Role Matters:

The Public Affairs Senior Director North America and Rapid Growth Markets serves as a trusted strategic advisor and business partner to MVH Business Unit Leaders and Medical Affairs leadership. This role shapes and advances the external policy regulatory and professional environment necessary for MVHs businesses to operate innovate and grow responsibly in the US and Canada. This role will also play an important role in helping to manage and establish policy and advocacy programs in key international countries (Rapid Growth Markets) where MVH has a presence.

The role is critical to protecting MVHs license to operate enabling industry-leading patient care and strengthening MVHs reputation as a purpose-driven leader in veterinary medicine.

You Will:

Strategic Business Partnership

• Act as a core strategic partner to MVH Business Unit Leaders and Medical Affairs leaders embedding public affairs expertise into business strategy market entry growth initiatives and innovation pipelines.
• Translate complex policy and regulatory developments into clear business implications risks and opportunities to inform executive decision-making.
• Co-develop proactive public affairs strategies that support BU priorities medical innovation workforce sustainability and evolving models of veterinary care.

Public Affairs & Policy Strategy

• Develop and execute an integrated North American public affairs strategy aligned with MVHs Purpose values and commercial objectives.
• Lead the development and alignment of MVHs public policy positions across the U.S. and Canada in close partnership with Legal Medical Affairs Corporate Affairs and global Mars stakeholders.
• Work with leadership and CA in Rapid Growth Market (RGM) countries to establish as relevant monitoring and policy support programs.
• Establish and activate an Associate-driven engagement and advocacy program building internal capability and mobilizing credible voices across the MVH network in NA and RGMs as relevant.
• Build and upskill a distributed network of Public Affairs Champions across MVH North America.

External Stakeholder Leadership

• Build manage and sustain senior-level relationships with key external stakeholders including:
• State and provincial veterinary medical associations
• Legislators and regulators
• Industry bodies and professional organizations
• Non-governmental and quasi-governmental institutions
• Partner with Medical Affairs and BU leaders to ensure MVH is viewed as a credible science-led and collaborative veterinary industry leader.
• Represent MVH in high-impact external forums industry meetings and profession-facing events.

Policy Monitoring Risk Mitigation & Opportunity Shaping

• Lead issue mapping and horizon scanning across legislative regulatory and professional trends affecting veterinary medicine and corporate ownership.
• Provide timely actionable insights and mitigation strategies to senior leaders and functional partners including Legal Medical Affairs Global CA/PA and Business Units.
• Shape policy outcomes proactively by engaging early with decision-makers and influencing frameworks that enable high-quality accessible veterinary care.

Reputation Professional Relations & Communications

• Develop and execute a strategy that positions MVH as:
• A trusted partner to the veterinary profession
• A thought leader on industry evolution and medical excellence
• An employer of choice for veterinary professionals
• Partner closely with key teams to align messaging campaigns partnerships and announcements with public affairs objectives.
• Activate strategic industry partnerships sponsorships and collaborations that advance MVH priorities and strengthen professional trust.

Context and Scope

• Leads strategic public affairs engagement across the U.S. and Canada in a complex rapidly evolving veterinary health environment with a global responsibility to ensure learnings and programs are integrated in other regions.
• Operates at the intersection of business strategy and public policy credibility.
• Works in close partnership with:
• Mars NA and Global Public Affairs and Corporate Affairs leadership and teams
• Legal Medical Affairs MVH CA Regional and External Communications
• Senior Business Unit leaders

Your Experience Should Include:

• Live and exemplify theFive Principles of Mars Inc.
• Lead MVHs North American public affairs program including strategic plan and execution tied to business priorities.
• Ensures there is fit for purpose tracking shaping and strategic reporting on legislative and regulatory developments impacting MVH NA operations.
• Act as theprimary conduitbetween MVH businesses veterinary stakeholders and the broader Mars and Mars Petcare ecosystem on profession-facing policy initiatives.
• Partner with MVH team and industry organizations on strategic initiatives that advance patient care veterinary profession sustainability and business outcomes.
• Foster strong trust-based relationships with industry executives key opinion leaders and professional bodies.
• Lead relationship building and policy engagement plans and activations for industry meetings and events.
• Other duties as assigned.

How this role shows up as a strategic business partner

• Embedded inbusiness and medical strategy not downstream execution
• Converts policy complexity intocommercial and clinical advantage
• Protects and expands MVHslicense to operate
• Shapes the future of veterinary medicine alongside CA BU and Medical leaders

Salary Range: $213360 - $333375

Compensation is determined based on education experience and other relevant credentials. Our salary ranges are determined by role level location and market competitiveness.

Does this sound like you Want to join an organization that values Quality Efficiency Responsibility Mutuality and Freedom Apply today to be considered and join us to advance our mission to create A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.

What We Offer You:

• Competitive salary with paid time off & holidays so you can spend time with the people you love.

• Medical dental and vision insurance for you and your loved ones.

• Fertility and family-building assistance.

• Paid Parental leave.

• Practice Paid Basic Life Insurance.

• Practice Paid Short- and Long-Term Disability.

• Automatic enrollment 401(k) Savings Plan after 60 days of employment with generous company match.

• Commuter Benefits.

• Legal Plan.

• Health Savings Account & Flexible Spending Account.

• Mental health support and resources.

• Paid Volunteering.

• Optimum Wellness Plans for up to three pets.

• Continuing Education allowance & MED hours for eligible positions.

• Student Debt Relief (for full-time DVMs).

• A Variety of discounts including Mars PetSmart Royal Canin fitness cellular and so much more.

Special Working Considerations:

• Ability to work at a computer for long periods of time.

• Must have mental processes for reasoning remembering mathematics and language ability (reading writing and speaking the English language) to perform the duties proficiently.

• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written oral or diagram form and to solve problems involving several variables.

• The noise level in the work environment is normally moderate.

• Environment where pets are present.

WE ARE A DRUG-FREE SMOKE-FREE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

Mars Veterinary Health (MVH) strongly supports and values the uniqueness of all individuals and promotes a work environment where diversity is embraced. MVH is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity age genetic information status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified individual with disability. MVH complies with all applicable federal state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every MVH location.