Senior Director Scientific Affairs

Rosemont, Illinois, United States | In-office Tuesday through Thursday; visa sponsorship and relocation are not available for this position

People. Planet. Community.

Dairy’s journey starts on the farm, and the road we travel demonstrates our unwavering commitment to sustainable nutrition, as our farmers provide lasting and meaningful nourishment to people, the planet and our communities, both urban and rural.

We are a nonprofit organization located in the greater Chicagoland area and we're always looking for talented people to join our team who share the passion and motivation to promote the goodness of dairy.

The Dairy community’s health and sustainability commitment has a broad vision to provide consumers with the nutritious dairy products they want in a way that is economically viable, environmentally sound, and socially responsible.
National Dairy Council (NDC) has a 100-year legacy in nutrition and a commitment to sustainability as an organization. NDC is modernizing its Nutrition, Regulatory, and Sustainability Affairs (NRSA) approach to engage diverse technical audiences that include nutrition scientists/academics, health professionals and authoritative health and wellness organizations in efforts to educate and amplify the science on the role of dairy foods in health, wellness, and sustainable food systems.

The Senior Director for Scientific Affairs will report to the Senior Vice President for Scientific Affairs and will help NDC amplify research about dairy’s health benefits and integrate knowledge and expertise in nutrition, product, and environmental research. The strength of dairy science within nutrition guidance is foundational to the work of the Scientific Affairs function, whose main aim is to protect and maintain dairy’s position in domestic and global food-based dietary guidelines.

The Senior Director for Scientific Affairs will have a strategic leadership role in the overall nutrition guidance strategy development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. The Senior Director will provide strategic guidance to educate scientists, health professionals and the dairy community about dairy’s role in sustainable diets nationally and globally. They will foster cross-functional collaboration and integration of Scientific Affairs with Nutrition Research, Nutrition Affairs, Sustainability Affairs and Communications team, as well as other dairy partners and food and nutrition key opinion leaders.

In this role, the candidate will represent the dairy community for Dairy Management Inc. and National Dairy Council
, as appropriate.

Dairy Management Inc.™ (DMI) is funded by America’s nearly 26,000 dairy farmers, as well as dairy importers. DMI and its related organizations work to increase demand for dairy through research, education and innovation, and to maintain confidence in dairy foods, farms and businesses. DMI manages National Dairy Council and the American Dairy Association and founded the U.S. Dairy Export Council and the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy.

DMI works with state and regional promotion organizations to implement these programs across the country.

National Dairy Council® (NDC), the non-profit organization founded by dairy farmers and funded by the national dairy checkoff program, has been committed to research-based nutrition education and communications since its start in 1915. NDC is dedicated to bringing to life the dairy community’s shared vision of a healthy, happy, sustainable world – with science as its foundation. NDC’s staff of registered dietitians, researchers, and nutrition educators communicate about dairy’s contributions to health and sustainable food systems.

DMI and its related organizations cannot engage in policy or lobbying activities.

• Act as an expert scientific resource on dairy and contribute scientific expertise and leadership to NDC’s nutrition guidance strategy
• Lead in science writing of key knowledge products that amplify the latest science on the role of dairy foods in health, wellness and…