Scientific Affairs Manager, Asia

Hill's Pet Nutrition; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Hill's Pet Nutrition in Hong Kong is looking for a Scientific Affairs Manager to play a key role in educating teams and engaging with veterinary professionals across Asia. This position collaborates closely with marketing to ensure that educational materials are technical and relevant to regional needs.

Ideal candidates will have board certification or a PhD in small animal nutrition, along with at least 3 years of experience in veterinary practice. A focus on developing relationships with key opinion leaders is essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience in small animal veterinary practice.
• Experience in Pet food Business is preferred.
• Experience with teaching or training in veterinary medicine.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute a Train the Trainer internal education plan.
• Collaborate with marketing to support product launches.
• Act as the voice of the veterinary profession to marketing.
• Provide education and KTL engagement across the region.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Digital aptitude

Customer focus

Relationship management

Education

Board certification (ACVIM, ECVCN) or PhD in small animal clinical nutrition

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or equivalent

Tools

Google suite

Job description

No Relocation Assistance Offered

Job Number #173750 - Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Who We Are

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name! Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

Job Summary

Scientific Affairs Manager, Asia acts as a trusted and credible voice of Hill’s nutritional science and expertise across Asia. Reporting directly to the Professional Veterinary Affairs Director Asia, this role will provide customer, student and KTL education in alignment with the regional strategy and Brand Experience Plan. This role will collaborate with Marketing to ensure the technical accuracy and relevance of customer-facing materials and programs, in alignment with BGP and BEPs and taking an omni-demand generation approach. Leveraging the Global PVA strategy and adapting for regional needs, the Scientific Affairs Manager will foster relationships with regional KTLs to build trust and advocacy. This role will ensure that Hill’s commercial team members are well trained to communicate Hill’s scientific and product superiority in a disease-centric way, creating a competitive commercial advantage. An important part of the role will be supporting the Asia region vet school strategy by providing education and top-to-top KTL engagement across the region to build BRUT with vet students and within veterinary teaching hospitals.

Task

30% Internal Education

• Design and execute a Train the Trainer internal education plan to ensure that country PVA teams have the education and tools necessary for training Hill’s territory managers to excel at disease-centric product detailing.
• Collaborate with marketing to support product launches and upgrades by providing internal technical training for Hill’s team members.
• Create and lead an annual education plan for PVA team members, aligned with the Asia strategy and commercial grid to ensure high technical competency of the team and ability to be a trusted partner for customers.
• Act as the voice of the veterinary profession to regional counterparts in marketing and customer development to ensure that the regional team is ahead of Asia industry trends, emerging research and competitor claims/products.
• Define internal education KPIs and monitor to ensure continued improvement in Hill’s team members' technical knowledge.

50% External Education & Technical Marketing

• Collaborate with regional marketing to ensure that assets are relevant to professionals across Asia, technically accurate and aligned with current veterinary industry medical standards.
• Partner with the Marketing, CD and regulatory teams to ensure all regional campaigns are aligned with the local regulatory and professional environment.
• Support localization of global materials (when necessary) to ensure that clinical evidence including case studies have local relevance.
• Act as the nutrition subject matter expert, providing lectures for strategic customers including corporate groups, vet schools, vet nurses and recent grads to drive trust and recommendations.
• Provide appointment-based vet-to-vet case consultations for complex nutritional inquiries as a value‑add service that builds trust with clinicians and builds Hill’s credibility within Asia.

20% Regional KTL Management & Engagement

• Identify & build relationships and trust with a network of credible and respected regional Key Thought Leaders.
• Leverage subject matter expertise to engage with KTLs to increase awareness of the importance of nutrition and build trust & advocacy.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions.

Education/Experience

• Board certification (ACVIM, ECVCN) or PhD degree in small animal clinical nutrition strongly preferred.
• Experience working in academia is preferred.
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or equivalent graduate degree in veterinary medicine.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in small animal veterinary practice.
• Experience in Pet food Business preferred.
• Experience in Hill’s/Pet food Business will be preferred.
• Experience with teaching or training in veterinary medicine.

Expected Areas of Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate at all levels of the organization with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to synthesize complex information into impactful and practical messages for different types of audiences.
• Strong relationship management skills.
• Customer focused.
• Digital aptitude and experience with the Google suite.
• Business acumen.
• Relationship building across countries and departments.

Leadership Competencies

• Ability to build trust with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Customer‑Centric Focus and Results Orientation.
• Highly collaborative.

Working Relationships (Key partnerships and reporting relationships)

• Does this position supervise: No.
• This role reports to Professional Veterinary Affairs Director, Asia.
• PVA teams across Asia, GPVA.

Travel Requirements

Expected percentage of travel: Up to 40%.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Our journey begins with our people—developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form should you require accommodation.