Nutrition & Quality Specialist

Sundays For Dogs; Cleveland (OH); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Equity program

401(k) plan with employer match

Annual work-from-home stipend

Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision

Job summary

Sundays for Dogs, Inc. is seeking a Nutrition & Quality Specialist to translate canine nutrition science into clear guidance for pet parents.

You’ll collaborate with Customer Care, Food Quality & Safety, R&D, and Veterinary teams to ensure safe, accurate information while supporting product quality. This fully-remote role includes occasional trips to our Cleveland, OH headquarters and requires 2+ years veterinary experience, strong nutrition knowledge, and excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Veterinary background with 2+ years in clinical setting; RVT/LVT/CVT preferred.
• Strong foundational knowledge of canine nutrition and dietary needs.
• Excellent ability to translate veterinary/scientific info into clear guidance for pet parents.
• Genuine customer focus with strong documentation and escalation skills.
• Self-starter with ability to work remotely and manage responsibilities independently.
• Tech-savvy with customer support platforms and digital tools.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary contact for escalated inquiries related to canine nutrition, ingredients, quality, and safety.
• Explain nutrition concepts, ingredient functions, feeding guidelines, and dietary transitions clearly.
• Assist customers with food sensitivities, digestion, and life-stage needs; advise when veterinary consult is appropriate.
• Collaborate with Customer Care, Food Quality & Safety, R&D, and Veterinary teams to ensure accurate communications.
• Investigate, document, and escalate product quality concerns per protocols.
• Maintain records of inquiries, investigations, and resolutions.

Skills

Canine nutrition knowledge

Scientific communication

Customer education

Attention to detail

Remote work mindset

Problem-solving

Education

Veterinary Technician/Assistant (RVT/LVT/CVT preferred)

Tools

Zendesk

Documentation systems

Job description

We're looking for a knowledgeable, detail-oriented Nutrition & Quality Specialist to join our Food Quality & Safety team at Sundays for Dogs.

In this role, you'll be the go-to expert for customers who have questions about our food, from ingredients and nutrition to product quality and safety. You'll use your veterinary background to translate complex scientific information into clear, accurate, and approachable answers that help pet parents feel confident about what they're feeding their dogs.

You'll work closely with our Customer Care team, serving as a technical resource for more complex inquiries while partnering with our Food Quality & Safety, R&D, and Veterinary teams to ensure we're delivering accurate, science-backed information.

This is a unique opportunity to apply your veterinary experience beyond the clinic, helping pet parents better understand the food they feed their dogs while directly contributing to the quality and safety of our products.

This is a fully-remote position with occasional trips to our headquarters in Cleveland, OH.

Customer Education & Technical Support

• Serve as the primary point of contact for escalated customer inquiries related to canine nutrition, ingredients, food quality, and product safety.
• Explain nutritional concepts, ingredient functionality, feeding guidelines, and dietary transitions in a way that's accurate, approachable, and easy for pet parents to understand.
• Help customers navigate questions about food sensitivities, digestive concerns, and life-stage nutritional needs, recognizing when veterinary consultation is appropriate.
• Partner with Customer Care to resolve complex food-related inquiries via email, chat, and phone.

Food Quality & Safety

• Investigate and respond to customer concerns related to product quality, appearance, consistency, packaging, and food safety.
• Identify, document, and escape potential product quality issues, adverse events, and safety concerns in accordance with established protocols.
• Collaborate with Food Quality & Safety and R&D to investigate customer-reported issues and provide accurate, timely responses.
• Maintain detailed records of customer inquiries, investigations, and resolutions.
• Identify trends in customer feedback that may signal opportunities to improve product quality, customer education, or internal processes.

Cross-Functional Collaboration & Education

• Serve as a technical resource for the Customer Care team, helping them confidently navigate questions about our products.
• Partner with Food Quality & Safety, R&D, Veterinary, and Customer Care teams to ensure consistent, scientifically accurate communication.
• Help develop and maintain educational resources, FAQs, and internal training materials related to nutrition, ingredients, and food safety.
• Share recurring customer questions, concerns, and insights with relevant teams to continuously improve our products and customer experience.

What success looks like:

• First 30 Days: Complete onboarding on Sundays' products, ingredients, nutritional standards, and food safety protocols. Shadow Customer Care and Food Quality & Safety to understand common customer questions and existing escalation processes.
• First 3 Months: Independently manage 90%+ of assigned technical customer inquiries, providing accurate, empathetic, and timely responses. Establish a clear process for documenting, tracking, and escalating food quality and safety concerns.
• Ongoing — Response Time: Respond to 95% of assigned customer inquiries within 1 business day.
• Ongoing — Resolution & Accuracy: Maintain a 95%+ quality assurance score on customer responses, ensuring scientific accuracy, clear communication, and appropriate escalation of medical or food safety concerns.
• Ongoing — Continuous Improvement: Identify recurring customer questions and product concerns, sharing monthly insights with Food Quality & Safety, R&D, and Customer Care to improve education, processes, and product quality.

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• Veterinary Background: 2+ years of experience as a Veterinary Technician or Veterinary Assistant in a clinical setting. RVT, LVT, or CVT certification strongly preferred.
• Nutrition Knowledge: Strong foundational understanding of canine nutrition, digestion, dietary needs, and common food-related health concerns.
• Excellent Communication: Ability to take complex veterinary or scientific information and communicate it clearly, accurately, and empathetically to pet parents.
• Customer-Centric Mindset: Genuine interest in helping dog owners, with the patience and judgment to navigate sensitive or complex customer questions.
• Attention to Detail: Strong documentation skills and the ability to identify, investigate, and appropriately escalation potential quality or safety concerns.
• Problem-Solving Skills: Comfortable investigating issues, gathering relevant information, and collaborating across teams to find solutions.
• Self-Starter: Highly organized, resourceful, and comfortable managing responsibilities independently in a remote environment.
• Tech-Savvy: Comfortable working with customer support platforms (e.g., Zendesk), documentation systems, and digital communication tools.
• Bonus Points For:
• Experience working in the pet food, animal nutrition, or animal health industry.
• Familiarity with AAFCO nutritional standards and pet food labeling.
• Experience handling customer-facing technical inquiries or product quality concerns.
• Additional education or specialized training in canine nutrition.

Why Join Us?

At Sundays for Dogs, we believe that great companies are built by people who care deeply. Our team is made up of genuine dog lovers who are passionate about making dogs healthier and helping them live longer, fuller lives. We prioritize psychological safety, honest conversation, and continuous learning. We're collaborative, intellectually curious, and genuinely interested in why things work the way they do. We celebrate wins together, learn openly from setbacks, and show up for each other with respect and humor. Every decision we make comes back to our commitment to the dogs and families we serve.

• Unlimited PTO – we trust you to take the time you need.
• Equity program – a chance to own part of the company!
• 401(k) plan with employer match – invest in your future.
• Annual work-from-home stipend – set up your workspace for success.
• Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision plans – company covers 80%.
• Sundays subscription for your pup! – because we care about your furry friends.
• Parental leave & PAWrental leave – support for growing families, both human and pet.
• Discounted pet insurance – keep your pets happy and healthy.

About Sundays for Dogs

Sundays for Dogs is a founder-led brand reimagining pet food so dog owners can spend more quality time with their dogs—now and later. We make human-grade, air-dried food that supports long, healthy lives, and we're building a company that reflects how great teams should work: with low ego, high ownership, honest feedback, creative problem-solving, and a bias toward doing more with less.

Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, we're a distributed team of 70 full-time employees across the U.S. While we work remotely day-to-day, we gather quarterly in person because relationships matter. Our subscription-based DTC model is our foundation. We're entering an exciting growth stage—expanding our product assortment, driving innovation, and thoughtfully opening new channels. We're building to scale with intention, and we're just getting started.