Government Affairs Manager - Veterinary - North America

As Manager, Government Affairs, you will join our team to help expand the regulated use of our water microbiology testing solutions across the United States and Canada. This role is ideal for a strategic, externally oriented professional who can navigate complex policy and regulatory environments and help translate scientific innovation into broader market access and public health impact. In this role, you will lead government affairs initiatives that increase the adoption and use of high-quality water microbiology testing solutions for drinking water, wastewater, and other environmental applications. You will build a network of exceptionally strong external stakeholder relationships, monitor and respond to regulatory, legislative and policy developments, lead initiatives to secure product approvals and recognitions, contribute to standard activities, and work across internal teams to support favorable regulatory outcomes and long-term business growth. Schedule Requirement: Hybrid onsite in Scarborough, ME, 8x per month. Schedule determined by Manager. What You’ll Do: Develop and execute government affairs strategies that support the use and adoption of our water microbiology testing solutions across North America, with primary emphasis on the U.S. market and compliance testing Monitor, assess, and respond to legislative, regulatory, and policy developments that may affect product approvals, method acceptance, customer adoption, and public and environmental health. Build and sustain effective relationships with regulators, industry associations, key opinion leaders, researchers, utilities, laboratories, consultants, and other stakeholders that influence the water testing landscape. Participate actively in standards development organizations and related forums to support our customers and ensure our methods are accurately represented and appropriately included. Provide subject matter expertise and support to the North American commercial teams. Develop regulatory comments, policy positions, customer-facing guidance, and method adoption resources to help customers implement our testing methods within various regulatory and accreditation environments. Contribute to field trial, validation, and evidence-generation efforts, in partnership with R&D, to support standards and regulatory acceptance. Partner cross-functionally with Sales, R&D, Marketing, Product Management, Technical and Customer Support and our Compliance function from new product development through the lifecycle of our products. What You Will Need to Succeed: A track record of success in government affairs, public policy, regulatory affairs, environmental policy, or a related field. Experience building relationships and engaging effectively with government agencies, standards bodies, and external stakeholders or similar actors on highly technical topics. Strategic thinking, planning skills and resourcefulness to achieve results on multi-year initiatives. Excellent communication skills and the ability to distill complex issues clearly and persuasively in writing, presentations, and stakeholder conversations to a broad range of stakeholders. Ability to build consensus across scientific, regulatory, commercial, and public stakeholders. A collaborative, customer-focused approach and comfort working across functions and with people who bring different perspectives and styles. Experience related to water microbiology, water quality, environmental testing, public health, microbiology, or biology strongly preferred. Familiarity with regulatory approvals, standards development, or method acceptance pathways preferred. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required; advanced degree preferred. French language or other second language capability is a plus. Willingness to travel as needed approximately 20-25%. Why Join Us This is an opportunity to help shape how innovative high quality water microbiology testing solutions are understood, accepted, and used across North America. Your work will contribute to protecting the health of the public and environment, support science-based policy and regulation, and help expand access to trusted testing solutions for ensuring clean and safe water. We enrich the livelihoods of our employees with a positive and respectful work culture that embraces challenges and encourages learning and discovery. At IDEXX, you will be supported by competitive compensation, incentives, and benefits while enjoying purposeful work that drives improvement. What you can expect from us: Salary targeting $136K based on experience Opportunity for annual cash bonus Health / Dental / Vision Benefits day-one 5% matching 401k On-the-job training and career advancement opportunities Additional benefits including but not limited to financial support, pet insurance, mental health resources, volunteer paid days off, employee stock program, foundation donation matching, and much more A dynamic and exciting career that utilizes your veterinary practice experience and technical skills, allows you to travel, meet new people, expand your knowledge and skill set, all while positively impacting the lives of pets and their owners Continued growth within your position through comprehensive training programs Why IDEXX? We’re proud of the work we do, because our work matters. An innovation leader in every industry we serve, we follow our Purpose and Guiding Principles to help pet owners worldwide keep their companion animals healthy and happy, to ensure safe drinking water for billions, and to help farmers protect livestock and poultry from diseases. We have customers in over 175 countries and a global workforce of over 10,000 talented people. So, what does that mean for you? We enrich the livelihoods of our employees with a positive and respectful work culture that embraces challenges and encourages learning and discovery. At IDEXX, you will be supported by competitive compensation, incentives, and benefits while enjoying purposeful work that drives improvement. Let’s pursue what matters together. IDEXX values a diverse workforce and workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. IDEXX is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws. #LI-KP1 An innovation leader in every industry we serve, IDEXX follows its Purpose and Guiding Principles to help pet owners worldwide keep their companion animals healthy and happy, ensure safe drinking water for billions, and to help farmers protect livestock and poultry from disease. We have customers in over 175 countries and a global workforce of over 10,000 talented people. Approximately one-third of our team is located outside the United States.