Regulatory & Scientific Communications Manager

You’ve built experience, now use it where bold ideas meet real impact. At Opella, we’re challenging how self-care works for millions of people and need leaders and experts ready to shape what’s next. As a Regulatory & Scientific Communications Manager, you’ll bring your skill, your curiosity and your drive to make health simpler, smarter and more human.

About the job:

• Develop and execute regulatory strategy and operations in Vietnam, ensuring full compliance with local regulations while enabling timely product registrations, lifecycle management, regulatory intelligence, regulatory risk management and promotional & non-promotional review for assigned portfolio to ensure compliance with local regulations and Opella SOP.
• Provide scientific and claims support to ensure all product communications (including on pack claims, Health Care Professionals (HCP) and Consumer communications) are substantiated, compliant, and aligned with both regulatory requirements and business objectives for assigned portfolio/projects.
• Coordination of medical strategies developed by Medical Leads to support HCP engagement and executing key HCP initiatives for Vietnam market.

Main responsibilities:

Regulatory Strategy, Operations & Compliance

• Develop and implement local regulatory strategies for new product registration, switches, lifecycle management, and portfolio expansion in Vietnam in line with business objectives
• Lead end-to-end regulatory activities including dossier preparation, submission, approval tracking, and response to authority queries (e.g., DAV/MOH/VFA)
• Ensure high-quality regulatory submissions within agreed timeline for all regulatory deliverables to support product launches and business continuity
• Maintain compliance of all marketed products through lifecycle management (renewals, amendments/variations, labeling/packaging updates) and CMC coordination with manufacturing sites for assigned portfolio
• Monitor new regulatory requirements and assess impact on existing and pipelining products for entire Vietnam product portfolio
• Serve as risk focal point to identify, assess, and mitigate regulatory risks, providing clear recommendations to cross-functional stakeholders and communication with key stakeholders and update of Opella Risk Management Database for Vietnam
• Review and approve promotional and non-promotional materials in line with local regulations and Opella SOPs including cross functional review coordination, claims substantiation and approval tracking
• Ensure compliance and regulator tracking of regulatory registration database within Opella
• Act as primary local regulatory contact with Health Authorities and build strong relationships with authorities to:
  • Support the business during regulatory authority inspections
  • Build and maintain trust-based relationships with local health authorities
  • Negotiate solutions with regulatory decision-makers in the best interests of Opella and Vietnamese consumers.

Claims & Scientific Support:

• Lead review and validation of product claims (on-pack, advertising, digital, HCP materials) to ensure:
  • Scientific substantiation
  • Regulatory compliance
• Collaborate with global, R&D, and brand teams to localize claims for Vietnam market
• Evaluate supporting evidence and ensure all claims are adequately documented and audit-ready
• Provide scientific input to ensure accuracy and consistency of product communications across consumer and professional channels
• Support development of claims frameworks aligned with local regulatory expectations and business objectives.

Scientific engagement Support

• Coordinate Science Formula Strategies defined by Medical Leads for Vietnam market
• Support execution of key Scientific Communication initiatives (e.g., educational materials, scientific events)
• Review HCP-facing materials to ensure scientific accuracy and regulatory compliance
• Facilitate alignment between regulatory, medical, brand, and commercial teams to ensure compliant execution.

Others:

• Support operational processes including vendor management, PO creation, and budget tracking activities
• Ensure proper documentation and traceability of regulatory and claims decisions
• Contribute to continuous improvement of regulatory and claims review processes
• Administrative and Opella Regulatory and relevant medical database management and document control and archiving for Vietnam

About you:

Experience:

• Minimum 10 years of Regulatory Experience

Education:

• Degree in Medicine, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, life sciences or related fields

Skills:

• Strong understanding of Vietnam consumer healthcare related regulations and Health Authority requirements, such as cosmetics, nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals
• Strong understanding of the consumer healthcare and pharmaceutical industry, product development, and R&D processes
• Experience in Vietnamese regulatory environment and health authority and VN HCP interactions
• Experience in regulatory submission, product registration and HA interactions, medical operations, budget management and event coordination
• Experience in engagement tracking systems and HCP engagement compliance
• Demonstrated success in partnering and influencing across a matrix organization
• Familiarity with Opella systems and tools is an advantage

Languages:

• English and Vietnamese

This is more than the next step in your career, it’s a chance to lead change and help reinvent self-care for the world. If you’re ready to challenge, inspire and deliver impact that matters, we’re ready for you. We are challengers. We are Opella.

About Us:

Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over The Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.

Our mission is to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be. For half a billion consumers worldwide – and counting.

At the core of this mission is our 100 loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan.

As a globally certified B Corp company, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet. Find out more about our mission at .