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Providence, Connecticut · Remote OK

Tri-State Region Professional Services Veterinarian-Companion Animal

Veterinarian Above average in VeterinaryFull-Time

Listed compensation

$142.4K - $224.1K

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Employment & setting
Full-Time · remote
Call expectations
Includes call
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

This position will be field based within the Tri-State Region (NY, NJ, CT, RI). Our company's Animal Health 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 for our company's Animal Health, 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.

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

10 years of combined relevant experience: Minimum of 5 years in clinical companion animal veterinary practice and minimum of 5 years in the animal health industry or equivalent leadership and/or management experience.

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

Excellent Presentation and Facilitation Skills

  • Excellent oral and written communications skills both with internal customers and hospital decision makers
  • Serve as a medical consultant in vaccines, parasiticides, and therapeutics
  • Ability to influence without direct authority
  • Ability to build strong networks internally and with industry partners
  • Bring innovative solutions to both internal challenges as well as those faced by our customers.
  • Competency in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

Competency in software relevant to the industry, e. g., Salesforce, Veeva, Power BI, etc.

  • Proven ability to work with cross functional teams both internal and external
  • Execute core responsibilities of Professional Services Veterinarian independently

Strong understanding of business processes of our veterinary customers and the ability to have discussions regarding using our company's Animal Health portfolio to improve medical capabilities and profitability.

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

Required Skills

Animal Health Care, Animal Health Sales, Collaboration, Industry Knowledge, Leadership, Presentation Delivery, Sales, Technical Services, Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Sciences

Preferred Skills

  • Communication, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Public Speaking
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  • Current Contingent Workers apply HERE

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As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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  • The salary range for this role is
  • $142,400.00 - $224,100.00

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.

The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.

You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.

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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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

1st - Day

Valid Driving License

Yes

Hazardous Material(s)

N/A

Job Posting End Date

08/29/2026

*A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM/VMD) degree and possess at least 10 years of relevant experience, including 5 years in clinical practice and 5 years in the animal health industry. Strong communication, presentation, and leadership skills are required to influence stakeholders and provide technical expertise.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
10+ years of experience

Key Skills

Sales strategyMedical consultingRelationship management

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Tri-State Region Professional Services Veterinarian-Companion Animal at MSD a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Veterinary — ranked against 4,283 active Veterinary listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.

Veterinary Medicine Career Context

MSD holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 72/100, 3 active listings.

Of the 40 active Veterinary Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 73% have no call, 65% require no weekends — this position is remote.

Veterinary Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 22.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

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Above average in Veterinary

  • Remote
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About MSD

Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Rahway, New Jersey
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision insurance
401(k) retirement savings plan
Paid holidays, vacation, and sick days
Annual bonus and long-term incentive
Remote work arrangement