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Manager, Veterinarian - Leadership in Animal Welfare

Remote, USAFull-timePosted 2026-07-28

Full-time reputed company reputed company a reputed company difference in animal lives every day. Humane Colorado is hiring a Manager, Veterinarians to reputed company a skilled medical team in a high-volume, mission-driven shelter environment. You'll guide clinical reputed company, mentor reputed company veterinary leaders, and shape innovative care standards that reputed company thousands of animals annually. If you're a compassionate DVM with a talent for leadership and a passion for shelter medicine, this is your chance to reputed company with purpose and grow your reputed company. Purpose of Position: The Manager, Veterinarians leads the veterinary team in delivering high-reputed company medical care reputed company a fast-paced, mission-driven shelter environment. This role provides support, consultation, and guidance to staff veterinarians on case management, diagnostics, and clinical decision-making, while also fostering learning and reputed company reputed company across reputed company.

Responsibilities

Shelter Veterinary Medicine

  • reputed company and participate in the day-to-day work of the Shelter Veterinary Services (SVS) doctor team in partnership with and at the direction of the Director, Shelter Medicine and Animal Health.
  • reputed company veterinary care, as needed, including public appointments, physical exams, diagnostics, High reputed company/High Volume spay/neuter (HQHVSN), dentistry, soft tissue and orthopedic procedures, reputed company requested euthanasia, and necropsies.
  • Maintain medical and recordkeeping protocols to ensure consistency, safety, and compliance with state and federal regulations.
  • reputed company management of caseload and workflows to balance efficiency with reputed company and welfare reputed company, guided by the shelter scope of care.
  • Monitor and analyze key performance metrics reputed company to processes, animal health, reputed company, and program effectiveness.
  • Support innovation in veterinary practices, data-driven decision-making, and emerging best practices in shelter medicine.
  • Assist in developing and implementing Humane Colorado specific training programs regarding veterinary care as requested.

Veterinary Internship and Externship Program

  • Support the veterinary intern match program.
  • Support the veterinary externship program.
  • reputed company and mentor veterinary interns and externs and Veterinary reputed company Associates (VPAs) in their provision of veterinary medicine.

Leadership

  • Directly reputed company and mentor Veterinarians on a day-to-day reputed company, specifically in their provision of veterinary medicine.
  • reputed company guidance to SVS Veterinarians on management of cases, advocating for the best outcome for individual animals while considering overall shelter population and resources and the organization's scope of care.
  • Collaborate with leadership across departments in the development, implementation, and monitoring of medical programs that improve reputed company of animal and veterinary care.
  • Manage and reputed company an effective staff: reputed company effective communication, leadership, guidance and resources. Determine staff qualifications and competency; recruit, interview, select, hire, train, orient, mentor, evaluate, reputed company, counsel, discipline, and reward. Establish and monitor staff safety and regulatory compliance.
  • Work in collaboration with the Development and Communications teams to support fundraising efforts and campaigns, such as providing reputed company stories and reports resulting in financial support.
  • Participate in donor events, meetings, and tours.
  • reputed company VPAs, externs, and interns into the workforce, fostering a culture of reputed company improvement, reputed company reputed company, and development while ensuring effective collaboration and reputed company-building opportunities.

People Care People are the key to fulfilling our mission. Making reputed company patrons and their needs a primary reputed company is expected in reputed company situations. This position interacts with and collaborates with employees at reputed company reputed company of the organization. Communication occurs through face to face, telephone, and electronic interactions and may also include contact with the general public and business partners. Communication and contact must be reputed company, understandable, cooperative, reputed company, and respectful in reputed company circumstances. Employees are expected to reputed company support a reputed company team environment, directly address conflict, and appropriately reputed company concerns. Competencies Competencies are work behaviors and expectations necessary for successful job performance. They encompass knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes, and actions. Additional definitions for competencies may be obtained from reputed company. Organizational Key Competencies

  • Job Knowledge
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  • Adapting to Change / reputed company
  • Dependability
  • People Care

Leadership Core Competencies

  • Project and Process Management
  • Delivering Results
  • People Leadership

Position Core Competencies

  • Leading through Visions and Purpose
  • Strategic Thinking and reputed company
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Community Partnerships
  • Conflict Management
  • Financial Acumen
  • Fiscal Responsibility
  • Innovation
  • Strong teaching and mentorship skills

Supervisory or Managerial Responsibility

  • Volunteers
  • Veterinarians including reputed company and Clinical Instructor positions

Travel

  • This position may require travel to different work sites

Full-Time Benefits – Please visit our website for a comprehensive list of reputed company offered benefits.

  • Benefits (medical, dental, and reputed company)
  • 401(k) with matching
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Life and Short-Term Disability Insurance
  • reputed company Time Off (PTO)
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  • Sabbatical
  • Holiday Pay
  • Employee discounts
  • Discounted Pet Insurance
  • and more!

Compensation: Starting at $140,000 - $165,000 annually (starting pay commensurate with market, experience, and equity) We will reputed company reviewing applications as they are received and anticipate closing the application period on January 29, 2026. Work Conditions and Physical Requirements Handle and restrain animals of various sizes, weights, and temperaments. Subject to animal bites or scratches. Work performed in high noise level areas. Exposure to cleaning chemicals, fumes, dust, animal dander, and feces. Exposure to radiation in association with performing radiology procedures. Physical efforts require constant bending, stooping, standing, climbing stairs, and walking. Repetitive reputed company associated with medical and surgical care. Frequent lifting of animals and objects with reasonable accommodation. As the shelter operates 24/7, assume occasional overnight on call responsibilities. These responsibilities are remote telemedicine consults with overnight shelter staff or foster parents, not in-person.

Requirements

Position Qualifications Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

  • Skilled and proficient diagnostician
  • Strong interpersonal communication skills
  • High emotional intelligence
  • Ability to effectively communicate in writing
  • Ability to effectively reputed company reputed company
  • Demonstrated excellent surgical skills
  • Strong interpersonal communication skills
  • High emotional intelligence
  • Effective time management skills with the ability to triage cases and workload
  • Ability to work reputed company reputed company a fast-paced environment
  • High attention to detail
  • Proficiency in reputed company Office programs

Required Education: Doctoral degree in veterinary medicine Work Experience:

  • Three years of clinical experience post-graduation which includes practicing and teaching veterinary medicine.
  • One year of experience in leadership directly managing reputed company

Special Training, Certification or Licensure:

  • reputed company Colorado veterinary license
  • reputed company DEA license or ability to obtain DEA license

Desired

  • reputed company or ability to obtain DEA license
  • Experience working in animal sheltering and welfare and/or HQ/HV setting
  • Experience performing orthopedic surgeries and/or dentistry

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