Scientific Affairs Lead Central Europe
Karo Healthcare, a dynamic and growing personal-care retail company, is all about making smart choices for everyday healthcare. With a wide-ranging portfolio across seven categories including medical products, we own and sell over 80 brands in about 90 countries. Our portfolio includes such brands as E45, Pevaryl, Lamisil, Nutravita, Decubal and many others. Our core belief in empowering people to make intelligent health decisions drives our growth strategy, blending organic expansion and M&A.
Join us at Karo Healthcare on our exciting journey. We're currently looking for a Scientific Affairs Lead for the Central Europe for our office in Warsaw.
What’s in it for you?
- A key leadership role with real influence on patient safety, product quality, and market success across Central Europe
- The opportunity to build and shape a local Scientific Affairs team from the ground up
- Broad exposure across medicinal products, medical devices, cosmetics, and food supplements
- Strong international collaboration with global teams and regional markets
- Clear long-term development, including the path toward Responsible Person (RP) responsibility
What you’ll be doing
- Lead and develop the local Scientific Affairs team in Central Europe, with full people responsibility and a strong focus on capability building
- Act as the key Scientific Affairs partner for the region, collaborating closely with Global Scientific Affairs and local commercial teams
- Ensure regional compliance related to product quality, patient safety, and portfolio management processes
- Own and oversee regulatory and Scientific Affairs activities across multiple product categories and countries
- Be the local point of contact for health authorities, external partners, pharmacies, HCPs, and escalated consumer inquiries
- Support compliant product launches, including labeling, translations, submissions, and local documentation
- Act as a hands-on sparring partner to marketing and commercial teams, ensuring compliant claims, materials, and execution
- Drive local regulatory intelligence, staying ahead of evolving regulations and translating them into practical actions
- Oversee quality and compliance activities with 3PLs, distributors, and partners, including audits and agreements
- Represent Karo Healthcare in regulatory discussions, audits, and negotiations across the region
- Contribute to continuous improvement of local and global SOPs, KPIs, and ways of working
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Pharmacy
- 1-2 years of experience in pharmacy practice
- Minimum 4 years of experience in Regulatory Affairs and/or Quality within healthcare, FMCG, or similarly fast-moving environments
- Experience or exposure to pharmacovigilance is a strong advantage
- Eligibility to act as Responsible Person (or close to fulfilling the requirements)
- Fluent in English and Polish; German is an advantage but not a requirement
- Proven ability to work hands-on while leading others in a complex, international matrix
- Strong stakeholder management skills and confidence working cross-functionally
- Structured, proactive, and solution-oriented mindset with a commercial understanding
- Comfortable navigating change and building processes in a growing, evolving organization
Benefits
- Opportunity to create, grow, and encourage
- Apart from a competitive salary pack, there are lots of growth opportunities to meet your personal ambitions
- Flexible schedule, hybrid model with the primary work place in the office, and life-work balance
- Responsibility for exciting and challenging projects that have a direct, visible impact on our customers and the industry
- Very positive work environment in a dynamic, international, and motivated team
- Start-up spirit while being a part of the large international organization with strong values
Karo Healthcare has a Diverse & Inclusive environment. We are looking for qualified candidates irrespective of gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion, national origin, disability or age.