Sr Director, Sci Affairs & Innovation

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country
Job Number #173102 - Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.
 

GPVA (Global Professional and Veterinary Affairs) plays an integral role in positioning Hill’s in the global profession as a scientific, innovative and credible partner who is engaged in improving the health of dogs and cats, and in supporting the profession. The Senior Director, Scientific Affairs & Innovation is part of the Global Professional and Veterinary Affairs team (GPVA), who is responsible for our strategy with veterinary customers that will result in endorsement for and active recommendation of Hill’s therapeutic and wellness products. This role reports to the Global Chief Veterinary Officer and supports the execution of strategies that position Hill’s as the most valuable partner, providing scientific evidence-based advancements in the field of nutrition that promotes Hill’s product superiority, and demonstrating our commitment to transforming the lives of people and their pets. This role works cross-functionally to ensure brand consistency, content syndication, and measurable ROI for all initiatives globally.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Content & Product Development Support

• Design the global strategies for professional technical content

• Support the development of technical content and claims to support product launches, tailoring messages so that materials feel relevant and credible to veterinarians, veterinary technicians, academic institutions, and key accounts.

• Provide nutritional oversight for all relevant product categories, review product concepts and formulations to ensure alignment with clinical evidence and regulatory expectations, and partner with cross-functional teams to plan innovations across the portfolio.

• Participate in cross-functional or sprint teams as the nutritional science expert, anticipate clinical and customer impacts of formulation changes, and manage CGRT technical support.

• Lead a team of clinical technical experts and seamlessly integrate their expertise into the organization’s strategic and operational business objectives.

• Provide strategic input for long-term (H2/H3) innovation in all categories.

Go-To-Market (GTM) Strategy & Field Support

• Support GTM strategies for new product launches and core products by shaping clinical positioning, messaging, educational content, technical FAQs, objection-handling guides, and field training.

• Partner with Marketing and Sales to shape claims and proof points.

• Prevent GTM timelines from slipping by providing rapid, and relevant clinical scientific input and ensuring frontline teams have fast, expert responses.

Sustain Academic Partnerships & Key Thought Leader (KTL) Relationships

• Cultivate and maintain peer-to-peer relationships with established KTLs across key specialties (such as oncology, GI/microbiome, derm, urinary/renal, mobility, feline medicine, and Small & Mini).

• Support the global school strategy, manage KTL delegate strategies for key meetings, and support specific university programs like the K-State nutrition course classes.

• Engage and educate global veterinary student associations, cultivating them as future product endorsers, and determine strategic goals for specialty colleges.

• Maintain and regularly update the KTL database, tracking expertise, engagement history, and speaking preferences.

Field Questions & Escalated Case Management

• Provide rapid, context-aware, science-based support for complex clinical nutrition questions and coordinate nutrient information requests from external KTLs.

• Collaborate with the Global Quality team on escalated case management, including clinical case reviews, adverse event reporting, unexplained mortality, or recall-related responses.

• Help design case-based tools, resources, and training that reflect day to day clinical practice.