Director of Veterinary Medicine

Director of Veterinary Medicine

A mission-driven animal welfare organization in Pittsburgh is seeking a Director of Veterinary Medicine to provide strategic leadership and medical oversight across a diverse set of programs, including shelter medicine, public clinics, high-quality/high-volume spay/neuter surgery, and wildlife care. This leader will set medical standards, drive operational excellence, ensure regulatory compliance, and mentor a multidisciplinary veterinary team in a fast-paced environment.

Key responsibilities include developing and executing a long-term vision for medical programs, creating and maintaining medical protocols, overseeing staffing models, driving continuous improvement, partnering with executive leadership, ensuring compliance with regulations, leading disease prevention and control protocols, serving as chief medical authority, evaluating medical equipment needs, mentoring and developing staff, representing the organization in the veterinary community, supporting community outreach, developing and managing departmental budgets, ensuring accurate medical recordkeeping, and providing leadership during emergency response situations.

Required qualifications include a DVM/VMD degree, Pennsylvania veterinary license, USDA APHIS Accreditation, 710+ years of clinical veterinary experience, 35+ years of leadership/medical management/program oversight experience, strong capability to build and interpret medical performance metrics, proficiency with medical record systems and practice management software, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced setting.