Technical Associate Director

Our Animal Health Division is the global animal health business unit of our company dedicated to preserving and improving health, well-being, and performance of animals and the people who care for them.

Through our commitment to The Science of Healthier Animals®, we offer veterinarians, farmers, pet owners and governments one of the widest ranges of veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines and health management solutions and services as well as an extensive suite of digitally connected identification, traceability and monitoring products. We invest extensively in dynamic and comprehensive R&D resources and a modern, global supply chain. We are present in more than 50 countries, while our products are available in some 150 markets.

**ROLE SUMMARY**

The APSA Technical Associate Director - Swine is a member of the Global Swine Business Unit at our Company Animal Health. This unit sets the strategic direction for the Swine Business Worldwide and must also ensure alignment with this strategy with all functions within the organization.

The main objective of this position is to give specialized, high level regional veterinary technical support to local companies' technical and marketing staff of the relevant product groups and services in all stages of the life cycle to achieve the annual and strategic goals. The APSA Technical Associate Director will also provide specialized technical support for customers as requested by the local markets in APSA region. The APSA Technical Associate Director will work closely with APSA Regional Director, Global marketing and Global Technical Directors to ensure alignment on execution of technical solution strategies in the markets. The nature of this role requires flexibility to be able to travel as and when required in order to properly fulfill the principal tasks and responsibilities.

**WHAT YOU WILL DO**

The responsibilities include but are not limited to:
 Define, establish, and update the technical platforms for new and existing products and services to ensure the best quality technical information is available for the local markets and is aligned with Global strategic and operational needs
 Actively participate in the formulation of the company’s long term global product development strategy, while representing the needs for the region.
 Generate written technical information for publication or oral presentation at meetings at various levels.
 Manage the internal abstract review and submission process for key regional conferences.
 Provide regional expert technical representation at relevant meetings, congresses, and exhibitions in order to promote the technical and veterinary interests of the company and to enhance technical profile and good scientific standing
 Responsible for initiating, managing and maintaining a good technical relationship with key opinion leaders and academics
 Ensure that all regional technical communication is fully in line with our Global technical platform and product positioning.
 Maintain awareness of competitor products and relevant technical activities; to ensure this information is effectively communicated to global colleagues and local companies to optimum benefit.
 Provide a high-quality regional customer product/technical support service, either directly or by helping local operations to optimum benefit.
 Assist and guide local companies undertaking any local market product support trials to ensure that any such trials are properly designed and comply with our global technical and regulatory requirements.

**WHAT YOU MUST HAVE**

To be successful in this role, you will have:
 Minimum DVM. A MSc and/or PhD or equivalent are desirable.
 Minimum 8 years’ experience in the Animal Health Industry and/or Swine production or Academia.
 A minimum of 8 years’ experience in Swine Animal Health and/or Swine production or Academia
 Previous technical advisory experience in an animal health company or other relevant industry is desirable
 Understanding of Biologicals Industry is preferred
 APSA exposure/experience is preferred
 Full proficiency in spoken and written English (proficiency in second major language, such as is a plus)
 Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including intercultural, interpersonal and general communication with a natural ability to work in a collaborative team environment
 Availability to travel (approx. 50% or more regional travel)
 Self-starter, able to work and manage effectively in a fast-paced environment
 Strong project management and leadership skills
 Experience or proven ability to work in a multicultural environment

Our Animal Health Marketing team takes a customer centric perspective using customer feedback and market intelligence data. Using this data, we design, develop and deploy products, platforms, brands and marketing initiatives that ensure we can improve the health and well-being of animals everywhere.

**WHO WE ARE**