Brand Manager (Companion Animals)

Job Description

Step into a role where creativity meets purpose, and your work contributes to better health and care for animals every day. Join us as a:

Brand Manager (Companion Animals)

Welcome to our team

Our Dutch commercial organization leads the way in bringing a predominantly preventive companion animal portfolio to veterinarians, clinic groups, retail and e-commerce partners and pet owners throughout the Netherlands. Based primarily in Boxmeer, our team brings together experts from sales, marketing, market access, digital, commercial management and veterinary science. We are united by a shared passion to make our medicines, vaccines, services, and technology solutions accessible to animals and their caregivers, forming the foundation of our leading position in the market.

Within this ecosystem, the Companion Animals team blends biopharma innovation with digital capabilities, delivering customer-centric solutions that elevate both outcomes and experiences.

About the role

As a Brand Manager (Companion Animals), you play a key role in bringing our future-ready go-to-market model for Companion Animals to life. You translate global and regional strategies into relevant, insight-driven campaigns tailored to the Dutch market, enabling the successful rollout of marketing initiatives, events and strategic programs.

You take ownership of the full campaign lifecycle: from defining objectives and leveraging market insights to planning, execution and performance tracking against clear KPIs. In close collaboration with Strategic Portfolio Lead, Digital & Customer Engagement and Sales, you design and deliver integrated omnichannel campaigns that are aligned with brand strategy and deliver measurable results.

You ensure consistent storytelling across all touchpoints, manage shared editorial planning, and guarantee timely delivery through strong coordination and oversight.

Reporting to the Strategic Portfolio Lead – Companion Animals (Netherlands), you bring strategy to life through impactful, compliant and target="_blank">RecruitmentNL@MSD.com.

Required Skills:

Brand Management, Creative Campaign Development, Marketing Strategy Implementation, Market Research, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Project Management, Strategic Planning, Strategic Thinking

Preferred Skills:

Brand Strategy, Content Creation

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Job Posting End Date:

07/6/2026

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