Role Description

As a member of the Zoetis Legal Leadership Team, this candidate will provide specialized regulatory legal support and strategic advice globally across Zoetis's businesses with a particular focus on developing and implementing regulatory strategies, processes and training and advising Board Members, Zoetis Executive Team members, and senior leaders on regulatory issues.

Outline of Responsibilities:

* Provide specialized regulatory legal counsel and strategic advice on a wide range of regulatory and compliance issues and matters across Zoetis.

*Provide specialized expert legal counsel and strategic advice to Board of Directors, Zoetis Executive Team (ZET) and senior leaders on product marketing regulations, climate change regulatory actions, sustainability, animal welfare and other regulations that may impact our business or our customers. This position would work closely with other legal colleagues, as well as the Regulatory Affairs, Public Affairs, Veterinary Research and Development, Global Manufacturing and Supply, Commercial and Compliance organizations.

* Monitor the external environment and activity for emerging risks to the animal health sector and its customers and pro-actively work with cross-functional teams to assess and mitigate potential impact. Partner with Public Affairs and other business partners to develop strategies to ensure our customers continue to have the health solutions they need for their animals.

* Develop internal policies & procedures, processes and controls to ensure tracking, reporting and compliance with emerging regulations

* Be responsible for advising clients, utilizing and supervising outside counsel as needed, on EMEA, FDA, USDA EPA and State regulatory matters and compliance with laws, regulations, rules, guidance, industry standards and company policies and procedures.

* Work with the Zoetis Compliance team to assess risks and conduct internal training.

* Ability to travel within the United States up to 10% of the time and work with global teams located in multiple time zones.

Education and Experience:

A Juris Doctor Degree with admission to and current good standing with the bar of at least one state or the District of Columbia is required.

* A minimum of 15 years of experience advising business partners in the life-sciences industry while working at a law firm, in a regulatory agency, or as an in-house lawyer on regulatory matters, including U.S. FDA policies and enforcement, is required.

* Must have experience in a wide variety of areas of regulatory law for investigational as well as marketed products.

* Expertise advising clients on emerging regulations is preferred.

* Experience in a law firm supporting clients in the life-sciences industry on regulatory matters or in a regulatory agency, such as the U.S. FDA, is strongly preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

* Demonstrate excellent strategic and analytical skills and the ability to help business partners find creative and compliant solutions to novel issues.

* Be an excellent communicator with strong presentation skills.

* Have a positive attitude and the ability to work collaboratively on teams and with Zoetis Legal colleagues and business partners at all levels of seniority.

Be able to work independently in a fast-paced environment, with global teams located in multiple time zones.

Any unsolicited resumes sent to Zoetis from a third party, such as an Agency recruiter, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Zoetis mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Zoetis employees, or to Zoetis resume database will be considered Zoetis property. Zoetis will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.

Zoetis will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. This includes any Agency that is an approved/engaged vendor but does not have the appropriate approvals to be engaged on a search.