A Longer-Loved Life™

Careers at La Petite Labs

La Petite Labs develops science-led health systems for dogs and cats, with a focus on healthy aging and whole-body health.

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We are expanding selectively across growth, clinical research, pharmacology, nutrition, and specialist veterinary science.

We look for demonstrated depth, independent judgment, and a record of excellent work.

Open roles

7 positions

Growth & Distribution

Build the commercial systems that bring our science and products to more dog and cat families.

Science & Clinical Development

Advance the evidence, formulations, and veterinary research behind our healthy-aging and whole-body health systems.

Specialist Collaborations

Project-based roles for veterinary and scientific specialists shaping emerging areas of whole-body health.

Commercial Growth

Full-time

Head of Growth — Performance, Creative & Social

Build a much stronger distribution engine around the science and products we already have.

Role details

Engagement
Full-time
Location
100% remote. Applicants must be based in the United States.
Date posted

Mandate

Build a much stronger distribution engine around the science and products we already have.

Own the system connecting paid social, commercial creative, organic social, creators, influencers, affiliates, landing pages, and rapid experimentation to profitable growth.

Responsibilities

  • Own paid social strategy and execution, initially centered on Meta.
  • Build a high-volume commercial creative testing program.
  • Develop and test hooks, concepts, formats, offers, audiences, and angles.
  • Build systems for sourcing, briefing, producing, and iterating creator content.
  • Develop La Petite Labs' organic social channels.
  • Build and manage influencer and affiliate acquisition.
  • Work directly on landing pages, funnels, offers, and conversion.
  • Establish reporting across CAC, contribution margin, creative performance, retention, and channel economics.
  • Identify winning creative and acquisition patterns and scale them quickly.
  • Build the internal systems, contractors, creators, and agencies required to increase output without sacrificing quality.

Requirements

  • 7+ years in growth, performance marketing, or consumer acquisition.
  • 3+ years directly owning paid-social growth for a consumer or DTC business.
  • Demonstrated experience scaling Meta campaigns.
  • Strong creative judgment and substantial experience producing or directing performance creative.
  • Experience with creators, influencers, or affiliate programs.
  • Strong understanding of landing-page and conversion optimization.
  • Fluency with attribution, CAC, LTV, contribution margin, and cohort economics.
  • Demonstrable record of increasing revenue—not simply managing media spend.
  • Excellent written communication and unusually strong execution speed.

Experience in pet health, supplements, consumer health, wellness, beauty, or another trust-sensitive category is useful.

Apply with

  • CV or LinkedIn.
  • 3–5 examples of campaigns, creative systems, or growth programs you materially owned.
  • Performance context: spend, revenue, CAC, conversion improvement, creative volume, or other relevant results.

Healthy Aging / Geroscience

Fractional / consulting / project-based

Geroscience & Healthspan Specialist

Strengthen the scientific framework behind La Petite Labs' healthy-aging programs, research priorities, and evaluation of longevity interventions.

Role details

Engagement
Fractional / consulting / project-based
Location
100% remote. Applicants must be based in the United States.
Date posted

Mandate

Strengthen the scientific framework behind La Petite Labs' healthy-aging programs, research priorities, and evaluation of longevity interventions.

Scope

  • Review emerging research in mammalian aging and companion-animal healthspan.
  • Evaluate interventions targeting age-associated functional decline.
  • Advise on mitochondrial biology, cellular energetics, senescence, inflammaging, metabolic health, frailty, cognition, muscle preservation, and resilience.
  • Assess translational relevance across dogs, cats, humans, and experimental models.
  • Review mechanisms, biomarkers, proposed endpoints, and intervention hypotheses.
  • Identify high-value research questions and evidence gaps.
  • Contribute to scientific frameworks used in product and research decisions.
  • Review selected research protocols, technical reports, and scientific communications.

Requirements

  • PhD, DVM, MD, or equivalent terminal training in geroscience, aging biology, physiology, metabolism, comparative biology, or a closely related field.
  • 5+ years of postdoctoral, academic, clinical, or industry work directly relevant to aging biology.
  • Strong peer-reviewed publication record.
  • Deep familiarity with primary literature in aging and healthspan.
  • Demonstrated ability to evaluate translational evidence rather than mechanism alone.
  • Strong experimental-design and scientific reasoning skills.
  • Excellent technical writing.

Companion-animal or comparative-aging experience is strongly preferred.

Apply with

  • Academic CV.
  • Publication list or Google Scholar profile.
  • 3 publications or projects most relevant to this work.
  • Brief description of your primary area of expertise within aging biology.

Veterinary Clinical Research

Full-time preferred

Veterinary Clinical Research & Partnerships Lead

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

Role details

Engagement
Full-time preferred
Location
100% remote. Applicants must be based in the United States.
Date posted

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.

Apply with

  • CV.
  • 2–3 clinical studies you directly managed or materially operated.
  • Your specific responsibility in each study.
  • Any publications, protocols, or clinical-research programs relevant to the role.

Veterinary Pharmacology

Fractional / consulting / project-based

Veterinary Pharmacologist

Interrogate bioactive ingredients at the level of mechanism, dose, exposure, metabolism, interactions, species differences, and safety.

Role details

Engagement
Fractional / consulting / project-based
Location
100% remote. Applicants must be based in the United States.
Date posted

Mandate

Interrogate bioactive ingredients at the level of mechanism, dose, exposure, metabolism, interactions, species differences, and safety.

Scope

  • Review current and prospective active ingredients.
  • Assess pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.
  • Evaluate dose-response relationships and exposure.
  • Assess canine and feline metabolism and species-specific considerations.
  • Review bioavailability and route-of-administration issues.
  • Evaluate safety margins and contraindications.
  • Assess ingredient–ingredient and ingredient–drug interactions.
  • Review extrapolation from human and preclinical studies.
  • Identify pharmacological assumptions that are weak or unsupported.
  • Recommend additional PK, analytical, safety, or clinical work where warranted.
  • Advise on safety monitoring within clinical studies.
  • Contribute to internal ingredient and dose assessments.
  • Review pharmacology-sensitive scientific communications.

Requirements

  • DVM, PhD, or equivalent advanced training in veterinary pharmacology, clinical pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, toxicology, or a closely related discipline.
  • 5+ years of relevant research, clinical, regulatory, or industry experience.
  • Strong expertise in PK/PD, dose interpretation, metabolism, and safety.
  • Demonstrated experience evaluating veterinary or comparative pharmacology.
  • Strong primary-literature evaluation skills.
  • Peer-reviewed publications, industry development experience, or specialist credentials relevant to pharmacology.

Board certification or equivalent specialist credentials in veterinary clinical pharmacology are highly desirable.

Apply with

  • CV.
  • Publication list or relevant development work.
  • 3 examples of projects involving dose, PK/PD, safety, interactions, or comparative pharmacology.

Companion-Animal Nutrition & Formulation

Fractional / consulting / project-based

Companion Animal Nutrition & Formulation Scientist

Turn nutritional and biological evidence into coherent, manufacturable, stable, palatable canine and feline products.

Role details

Engagement
Fractional / consulting / project-based
Location
100% remote. Applicants must be based in the United States.
Date posted

Mandate

Turn nutritional and biological evidence into coherent, manufacturable, stable, palatable canine and feline products.

Scope

  • Develop and review companion-animal supplement formulations.
  • Evaluate nutrient and ingredient doses.
  • Assess nutritional interactions, tolerability, and bioavailability.
  • Review canine and feline physiological constraints.
  • Evaluate formulation architecture rather than isolated ingredients.
  • Work with manufacturers and suppliers during formulation development.
  • Review raw-material specifications and ingredient documentation.
  • Advise on serving size, format, solubility, texture, palatability, and administration.
  • Support pilot batches and formulation troubleshooting.
  • Review stability and shelf-life considerations.
  • Investigate tolerability or product-performance issues.
  • Build reusable internal formulation standards.
  • Work with pharmacology, geroscience, clinical research, and domain specialists on new systems.

Requirements

One of the following:

  • PhD in animal nutrition, companion-animal nutrition, nutritional science, or closely related discipline, or
  • Veterinary specialist qualification in companion-animal nutrition with substantial formulation experience.

Plus:

  • 5+ years of applied companion-animal nutrition or product-development experience.
  • Direct experience formulating commercial products for dogs and/or cats.
  • Strong working knowledge of canine and feline nutrient requirements and tolerances.
  • Familiarity with NRC, AAFCO, FEDIAF, or equivalent nutritional frameworks.
  • Experience working with commercial manufacturers.
  • Understanding of ingredient specifications, stability, palatability, and practical dose constraints.
  • Strong primary-literature evaluation skills.

Experience with companion-animal supplements is strongly preferred.

Apply with

  • CV.
  • Relevant publications.
  • Examples of commercial formulations or development programs you materially contributed to.
  • Brief description of your experience taking formulations from concept through commercial manufacture.

Musculoskeletal Science

Contract / project-based

Musculoskeletal Health & Mobility Specialist

Contribute specialist expertise to whole-body health systems spanning musculoskeletal health, mobility, and functional assessment.

Role details

Engagement
Contract / project-based
Location
100% remote. Applicants must be based in the United States.
Date posted

Mandate

La Petite Labs is developing additional whole-body health systems and is seeking a specialist collaborator in musculoskeletal health and mobility.

Scope

  • Review product concepts and formulations.
  • Evaluate mechanisms, ingredients, and doses.
  • Identify scientific weaknesses before development progresses.
  • Define clinically meaningful endpoints.
  • Review research protocols.
  • Contribute to selected studies, technical reports, and scientific materials.

Requirements

We are interested in veterinarians and scientists specializing in:

  • Osteoarthritis.
  • Joint biology.
  • Musculoskeletal aging.
  • Skeletal muscle.
  • Sarcopenia.
  • Veterinary rehabilitation.
  • Sports medicine.
  • Connective tissue.
  • Mobility and functional assessment.

Relevant backgrounds include:

  • Board-certified veterinary sports medicine / rehabilitation specialists.
  • Veterinary surgeons or internists with substantial musculoskeletal expertise.
  • PhD scientists in musculoskeletal biology, skeletal muscle, osteoarthritis, connective tissue, or related fields.
  • Researchers with strong companion-animal mobility or aging portfolios.

5+ years of specialist clinical, academic, or industry work expected.

Apply with

  • CV.
  • Relevant credentials.
  • Publication list.
  • 3 projects or publications most relevant to musculoskeletal health and mobility.

Gastrointestinal & Microbiome Science

Contract / project-based

Gastrointestinal Health & Microbiome Specialist

Contribute specialist expertise to whole-body health systems spanning gastrointestinal health, microbiome science, and host–microbiome interactions.

Role details

Engagement
Contract / project-based
Location
100% remote. Applicants must be based in the United States.
Date posted

Mandate

La Petite Labs is developing additional whole-body health systems and is seeking a specialist collaborator in gastrointestinal health and microbiome science.

Scope

  • Review product concepts and formulations.
  • Evaluate mechanisms, ingredients, and doses.
  • Identify scientific weaknesses before development progresses.
  • Define clinically meaningful endpoints.
  • Review research protocols.
  • Contribute to selected studies, technical reports, and scientific materials.

Requirements

We are interested in veterinarians and scientists specializing in:

  • Veterinary gastroenterology.
  • Gastrointestinal physiology.
  • Intestinal barrier biology.
  • Microbiome science.
  • Microbial metabolites.
  • Host–microbiome interactions.
  • Probiotics, prebiotics, and postbiotics.
  • Nutritional modulation of gastrointestinal health.

Relevant backgrounds include:

  • Veterinary internists with substantial gastroenterology experience.
  • PhD scientists in microbiology, microbial ecology, gastrointestinal physiology, microbiome science, or related fields.
  • Researchers with strong canine or feline GI / microbiome programs.

5+ years of specialist clinical, academic, or industry work expected.

Apply with

  • CV.
  • Relevant credentials.
  • Publication list.
  • 3 projects or publications most relevant to gastrointestinal health and microbiome science.