Veterinary Clinical Research & Partnerships Lead

La Petite Labs; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

La Petite Labs seeks a seasoned leader to guide veterinary clinical research initiatives and the Founding Clinics Program. You will oversee observational and prospective studies, coordinate clinics, and drive protocol design, data integrity, and regulatory alignment.

The role emphasizes building clinic networks, overseeing study execution, and ensuring high-quality data for published outcomes. Remote work in the United States is expected.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in veterinary clinical research, clinical operations, veterinary research coordination, or closely related work.
• Direct experience running prospective clinical studies.
• Experience coordinating multiple investigators or study sites.
• Strong understanding of protocol development, data integrity, study documentation, and clinical-study operations.
• Excellent project management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Experience working directly with veterinary clinics or veterinary investigators.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clinicians, scientists, statisticians, laboratories, and commercial teams.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate observational, pilot, and controlled studies of finished La Petite Labs products.
• Translate research questions into executable protocols.
• Coordinate investigators, statisticians, laboratories, scientific specialists, and participating clinics.
• Develop study protocols, eligibility criteria, visit schedules, case-report forms, outcome measures, and SOPs.
• Recruit and qualify clinical sites.
• Train participating clinics on protocols and documentation.
• Coordinate enrollment, product logistics, follow-up, and retention.
• Monitor protocol adherence, deviations, missing data, and study documentation.
• Maintain study files and audit-ready records.
• Coordinate appropriate ethics, clinical, and regulatory review.
• Coordinate adverse-event and product-quality escalation arising from studies.
• Drive studies from concept through dataset, analysis, report, and publication support.

Skills

Veterinary clinical research

Clinical operations

Project management

Communication skills

Education

DVM or equivalent veterinary qualification

Job description

Role details

• Engagement: Full-time preferred
• Location: 100% remote. Applicants must be based in the United States.
• Date posted: August 25, 2026

Mandate

Build the operating system for finished-product veterinary research and lead the La Petite Labs Founding Clinics Program.

Own the execution layer connecting products, investigators, veterinary clinics, protocols, data, and clinical partnerships.

Responsibilities

Clinical research

• Plan and coordinate observational, pilot, and controlled studies of finished La Petite Labs products.
• Translate research questions into executable protocols.
• Coordinate investigators, statisticians, laboratories, scientific specialists, and participating clinics.
• Develop study protocols, eligibility criteria, visit schedules, case-report forms, outcome measures, and SOPs.
• Recruit and qualify clinical sites.
• Train participating clinics on protocols and documentation.
• Coordinate enrollment, product logistics, follow-up, and retention.
• Monitor protocol adherence, deviations, missing data, and study documentation.
• Maintain study files and audit-ready records.
• Coordinate appropriate ethics, clinical, and regulatory review.
• Coordinate adverse-event and product-quality escalation arising from studies.
• Drive studies from concept through dataset, analysis, report, and publication support.

Founding Clinics Program

• Recruit and develop a network of high-quality veterinary clinics.
• Build relationships with veterinarians, investigators, medical directors, and clinic teams.
• Coordinate clinic participation in research, product feedback, and scientific programs.
• Maintain structured communication between clinics and La Petite Labs.
• Identify strong investigators and future research sites.
• Build repeatable systems for clinic onboarding, education, feedback, and collaboration.

Requirements

• 5+ years in veterinary clinical research, clinical operations, veterinary research coordination, or closely related work.
• Direct experience running prospective clinical studies.
• Experience coordinating multiple investigators or study sites.
• Strong understanding of protocol development, data integrity, study documentation, and clinical-study operations.
• Excellent project management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Experience working directly with veterinary clinics or veterinary investigators.
• Ability to communicate effectively with clinicians, scientists, statisticians, laboratories, and commercial teams.

DVM or equivalent veterinary qualification strongly preferred.

Alternatively, candidates with advanced clinical-research training and substantial companion-animal study experience will be considered.

Experience with publication-oriented studies, GCP-style research operations, veterinary industry trials, or multicenter studies is highly desirable.