Purpose of the role

As (Senior) Regulatory Specialist for Southeast Asia (SEA) and new markets, you ensure that products can be launched and remain compliant across a dynamic and expanding international market portfolio. You translate complex country requirements into clear, scalable compliance solutions and lead product registration, notification and market-entry activities from regulatory assessment through execution and maintenance.

At senior level, you act as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor. You independently shape approaches where no established framework exists, lead complex cross-functional workstreams and strengthen the capability of colleagues through knowledge sharing and coaching.

Key accountabilities

· Own end-to-end regulatory readiness for assigned SEA markets and selected new-country launches, including requirements assessment, registration, notification, listing and post-market maintenance.

· Develop practical market-entry compliance strategies, roadmaps and requirements frameworks, translating regulatory complexity into clear actions, decisions and timelines for the business.

· Assess product and portfolio compliance against applicable local requirements, identify gaps and risks, and drive proportionate mitigation with internal and external stakeholders.

· Coordinate the preparation, review, legalization and submission of regulatory dossiers, declarations, certificates and supporting product documentation.

· Review product artwork and labelling for applicable legal and safety information before market introduction and manage required local adaptations.

· Act as the primary regulatory contact for assigned markets, partnering with local commercial teams, distributors, consultants, suppliers and relevant authorities or industry bodies.

· Monitor regulatory developments and proactively convert changes into impact assessments, business advice, updated guidance and sustainable processes.

· Lead complex cross-functional projects and market-entry workstreams, maintaining oversight of dependencies, priorities, risks and stakeholder decisions.

· Maintain complete, accurate and audit-ready regulatory records in relevant document and product data systems.

· Create reusable tools, standards and ways of working that improve consistency, speed and scalability across Market Compliance.

· Provide expert advice and act as an escalation point for non-routine questions within the assigned scope.

· Coach colleagues and share market and process knowledge, providing informal leadership without formal people-management responsibility.

Key interfaces

You work closely with Regulatory Affairs colleagues and cross-functional partners in Quality, Safety, Innovation, Product Development, Packaging/Artwork, Sourcing, Legal, Supply Chain and Commercial teams.

Externally, you collaborate with local partners, distributors, consultants, suppliers and competent authorities where relevant.

What success looks like

· Regulatory requirements and launch dependencies are identified early, clearly communicated and translated into executable plans.

· Assigned registrations, notifications and compliance deliverables are accurate, complete and progressed with strong ownership.

· Regulatory risks are made transparent and supported by pragmatic, evidence-based recommendations and escalation where needed.

· New-market approaches are scalable, documented and embedded in the wider Market Compliance way of working.

· Stakeholders experience Regulatory Affairs as a proactive, credible and solution-oriented business partner.

Your profile

· Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant field such as Regulatory Affairs, Law, Chemistry, Life Sciences or a comparable discipline.

· At least 3-5 years of relevant experience in regulatory affairs, product compliance, quality or a related field, preferably within cosmetics, personal care or FMCG.

· Demonstrable experience with international product compliance and market-entry or product-registration activities. Experience in SEA markets is strongly preferred.

· Able to independently structure ambiguous, non-routine issues and convert them into clear frameworks, options and decisions.

· Strong project-management and planning skills, with the ability to steer multiple workstreams, stakeholders and competing priorities.

· Confident stakeholder manager who can advise, influence and build alignment across functions and seniority levels.

· Analytical, accurate and detail-oriented, while maintaining a practical view of business impact and priorities.

· Proactive, resilient and solution-oriented, with a high degree of ownership and comfort working in a fast-growing international environment.

· Excellent written and verbal English communication skills. Additional languages relevant to SEA markets are an advantage.