Animal Welfare Program Manager Jobs in Minnesota

Veterinarian

Job Description

This role provides veterinary oversight, clinical leadership, and guidance to animal care, surgical, and study personnel in a preclinical research environment. The veterinarian supports high standards of animal welfare, ensures appropriate clinical decision-making, and maintains compliance with study protocols and applicable regulatory requirements. The position combines hands-on clinical work with animals and surgical support with administrative responsibilities related to documentation, regulatory compliance, and standard operating procedures.

Responsibilities

• Provide veterinary oversight and clinical leadership to animal care, surgical, and study personnel to support excellent animal welfare, sound clinical decisions, and adherence to study protocols and regulatory requirements.

• Oversee and recommend practices related to animal husbandry, quarantine procedures, preventive medicine, anesthesia, analgesia, post-procedural care, treatment programs, and humane endpoints.

• Perform clinical evaluations of research animals when health concerns arise or when veterinary assessment is requested, determining appropriate clinical recommendations, treatment plans, diagnostic procedures, follow-up actions, and documentation requirements.

• Conduct pre-study screening activities for study animals, including physical examinations and assessment of animal suitability for study assignment.

• Support cross-functional communication among veterinary, animal care, surgical, study direction, and management teams to ensure animal health and welfare concerns are identified, escalated, documented, and addressed promptly and appropriately.

• Monitor animal recovery from anesthesia and evaluate post-operative animals following surgical or interventional procedures to support appropriate healing, pain management, and early identification of complications.

• Provide input into the interpretation and implementation of applicable regulations, standards, policies, and guidelines affecting animal care and use programs, including GLP, USDA Animal Welfare Act, AAALAC expectations, and internal standard operating procedures.

• Participate in the creation, review, revision, and implementation of standard operating procedures related to veterinary care, animal welfare, clinical observations, anesthesia, analgesia, surgery support, and post-procedural monitoring.

• Serve as a member of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and support protocol review, animal welfare discussions, facility inspections, and overall programmatic oversight, as needed.

• Maintain accurate, thorough, and compliant documentation in alignment with good documentation practices and applicable regulatory requirements.

• Perform other related duties as assigned to support animal care programs, research activities, and operational needs.

Requirements

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree from an accredited institution.

• Current veterinary license in the state of Minnesota, or eligibility to obtain Minnesota licensure prior to employment.

• 3+ years of experience working as a veterinarian, preferably in a research, laboratory animal, preclinical, or regulated animal care setting.

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Brooklyn Park, MN.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $160000.00 - $200000.00/yr.

401K, Health, Dental, & Vision

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Brooklyn Park,MN.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 4, 2026.

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