[Hiring] Veterinary Recruiter @Small Door Veterinary

Role Description

This role will play an important part in shaping the next chapter of our combined organization and advancing our shared mission to transform veterinary care.

Bond Vet and Small Door Veterinary have come together to build the next generation of veterinary care, and we're looking for a Veterinarian Recruiter to help us grow it the right way.

In this role, you'll be the recruiting partner for veterinarians and other veterinary roles in your markets. That means building lasting relationships with veterinarians and the broader vet community, not just filling open roles. You'll get to know what motivates each candidate, connect that to our mission and culture, and guide them through a thoughtful, high-touch experience from the first conversation to their first day and beyond.

You'll also help plan for new practice openings. That includes setting talent benchmarks, building targeted outreach plans, and tracking how candidates move through each stage. Your work will directly shape how we grow: thoughtfully, without losing quality, culture, or candidate enthusiasm.

What You'll Do

• Build relationships that last.
• Be the main recruiting partner for veterinarians in your assigned markets. Engage both active and passive candidates, and keep in touch with them even before a role is open.
• Show up in person.
• Travel to clinics and priority markets to meet candidates, learn about local talent, and grow referral networks.
• Spend time in clinics to understand team culture and staffing needs, and to find referral opportunities from doctors and nurses.
• Own the full hiring process for veterinarians, including sourcing, screening, interview coordination, offer strategy, and closing.
• Manage all candidate communication from first outreach to offer letter.
• Source creatively.
• Reach passive veterinarians through direct outreach, industry networking, job boards, and social media.
• Deliver a white-glove candidate experience.
• Coordinate on-site interviews and ensure clinic leaders are prepared ahead of time.
• Keep a pipeline that's always on.
• Maintain a steady bench of veterinarians at every experience level, built months before roles open.
• Engage the veterinary community.
• Build relationships with veterinary schools, alumni networks, industry associations, and local veterinary communities.
• Plan and host networking events and candidate dinners, and attend CE and conference events.
• Partner closely with field leaders.
• Work with Regional Directors of Operations, Medical Directors, Practice Managers, and medical leadership to forecast needs.
• Bring clarity with data.
• Keep accurate, up-to-date candidate records and capture conversations and feedback.
• Build repeatable playbooks.
• Help create and refine consistent veterinarian hiring practices that work across markets.
• Work as a team.
• Collaborate with the other recruiters so every hiring need gets met.

What Success Looks Like

• Every market you support has a strong, engaged bench of veterinarian candidates.
• 3–5 engaged, qualified candidates for every open or forecasted veterinarian role.
• Pipelines are built well before openings, reducing vacancy risk and last-minute pressure.
• Pipelines built 3–6 months before new practice openings and expected vacancies.
• You maintain a steady rhythm of in-person candidate meetings, market visits, and networking.
• A meaningful share of hires come from proactive outreach and long-term relationships.
• Time-to-fill becomes more predictable (average of 60–90 days from approval to accepted offer).
• Stakeholders have clear, ongoing visibility into candidate status and pipeline health.
• Candidate records, notes, and stages kept fully up to date in the ATS.
• Clinic leaders feel supported, informed, and involved in building their local teams.
• Candidates have a warm, personal experience that reflects our brand.
• Positive candidate survey scores, and every candidate hears from us within 24 hours of each interview stage.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with a track record recruiting veterinary roles (5+ years preferred).
• Proven success recruiting scarce, passive clinical talent and keeping candidates engaged over long timelines.
• Strong sourcing skills (LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search, etc.).
• Solid understanding of medical terminology (animal or human).
• Executive presence, sound judgment, and excellent written and verbal communication.
• Comfort influencing senior clinicians and leadership.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, evolving environment; takes initiative and makes thoughtful decisions quickly.
• Relationship-driven, resourceful, self-directed, and excited to travel and build trust in person.
• Bachelor's degree required.

What You'll Get

• Competitive salary: $80,000 - $120,000 annually, based on experience.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) benefits.
• Generous paid time off, parental leave, and company-wide holidays.
• Commuter benefits, subsidized health and wellness benefits, and more.
• Discounted veterinary care for your pets.
• Room to grow, and a real chance to make an impact.
• A collaborative team that lives our values and has your back.

Location Details

We're considering candidates with permanent residency in and can perform work from CT, FL, GA, IL, OH, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, PA, TX, VA, or Washington, D.C. Candidates in the Northeast (NYC, Boston, or D.C. metro) are preferred. Employees need to be available during Eastern hours unless otherwise agreed. We'll provide a laptop, and if you live within commuting distance, you're welcome to work from our corporate office in Chelsea, NYC.

Small Door is proudly committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage qualified applicants of every background, ability, and life experience to apply to appropriate employment opportunities.