PIC seeks a swine veterinarian to be responsible for the improvement and implementation of the Health Assurance Program in North America to enable the sustainable delivery of superior healthy genetic merit to customers. He or she will also provide health services and solutions to support the efforts of the Sales team with key customers. The position reports to the Director of Health for the Americas and its location is negotiable.
Job Description
- Implement the Health Assurance Program that protects PIC supply chain and customers’ herds:
- Monitor the health of PIC’s owned and contract multiplication flows.
- Perform risk assessments and propose risk mitigation strategies.
- Actively participate in health-related data collection, organization and analysis.
- Complete welfare assessments and support the implementation of PIC’s welfare policy.
- Serve as an industry leader, both internally and externally, by championing ideas to further improve the PIC Health Assurance Program.
- Facilitate productive relationships with government health officials.
- Participate in specific applied research projects to develop and/or validate novel health solutions.
- Represent PIC/Genus and provide science-based information to the scientific community through national and international professional venues.
- Interface with PIC Genetic team to facilitate optimal gene transfer between PIC herds while managing health risks, including imports/exports.
- Establish effective professional relationships with customers and key production personnel to enable PIC account objectives and product performance.
- Work with Technical Services and customers to maximize genetic potential of PIC products within customers’ herds.
- Perform assessment of customers’ herds to generate specific best-practice recommendations aiming to mitigate risk of disease introduction-dissemination and to improve herd health.
- Remain current in areas of responsibility through establishing a network of industry and academic contacts, studying literature and attending scientific/industry meetings.
- Hold confidential all Genus products and program proprietary knowledge as well as customer specific information.
Note: Description may not be all-inclusive.
Qualifications
- Degree of Veterinary Medicine from an accredited veterinary college.
- Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in a medical or agriculture field, preferred.
- Minimum 2 years experience in swine medicine (preventing and control health programs) and production.
- Ability to work with all levels of production systems (owners, senior managers, production managers, technicians, nutritionists, veterinarians).
- Competence to evaluate pig production systems and to generate intervention strategies to improve herd health, production processes, and production/financial results.
- Ability to influence internal and external stakeholders to achieve high performance.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
- Experience assimilating, analyzing and communicating technical information effectively, including the generation of technical documents.
- Proficiency with information technology tools for analysis and communication of health and production related data.
- Positive and proactive attitude in group and individual work environments.
- Willing to travel domestically.
To Apply
To apply, please send your resume to careers@pic.com.