Scientific Affairs Coordinator - New York, NY

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products leader in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition, operating in over 200 countries. Our trusted brands make us a household name worldwide. We’re a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet, guided by core values of Caring, Inclusivity, and Courage.

About the role

Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals (COP), a division of Colgate-Palmolive, advances oral health through evidence-based professional products and educational initiatives. The Compliance Program Coordinator and Scientific Affairs Manager leads a robust compliance program while supporting scientific and clinical initiatives. This role ensures adherence to laws, regulations, industry standards, and internal policies across clinical, scientific, educational, and commercial activities. It also supports Scientific Affairs and Key Opinion Leader (KOL) management by identifying and engaging top-tier clinicians, overseeing compliant contracting, logistics, and performance reporting, and ensuring all KOL activities meet regulatory, legal, ethical, and compliance standards. The position contributes to clinical, scientific, and commercialization strategies to strengthen product claims and drive differentiation.

Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence to applicable laws, regulations, industry standards, and internal policies across all clinical, scientific, educational, and commercial activities, embedding compliance requirements into business decisions and processes.
• Develop, maintain, and implement compliance policies, procedures, internal controls, and training (e.g., anti-bribery, promotion, data privacy, government expenditures, interactions with HCPs), while promoting an ethical culture and responsible business conduct.
• Monitor and interpret regulatory developments; conduct risk assessments; and perform monitoring, audits, reviews, and control testing to identify, evaluate, and mitigate compliance risks across operations and third parties.
• Investigate potential compliance violations, coordinate incident response, liaise with Legal as appropriate, maintain robust documentation to demonstrate compliance, and use findings, metrics, and trends to continuously improve the compliance program.
• Report compliance status, key risks, metrics, and significant issues to senior management and relevant governance bodies (e.g., compliance or audit committees).
• Support initiatives that reinforce Colgate’s scientific image and credibility with the dental community, ensuring all KOL-related activities and materials meet regulatory, legal, compliance, and ethical standards.
• Identify, evaluate, and engage top-tier clinicians, educators, and KOLs across specialties and geographies, developing structured tiers of engagement and managing operational aspects (e.g., contracting, compliance review, logistics, performance reporting, and social media plans with clear KPIs).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in compliance, ethics or risk management, internal audit or internal controls, regulatory affairs or legal support, preferably within healthcare, pharma, medical devices, or another highly regulated industry.

Preferred Qualifications

• Regulatory and compliance knowledge, including anti-bribery/anti-corruption, data privacy, marketing and promotion rules (particularly in healthcare/pharma), interactions with healthcare professionals (HCPs), and government reporting/transparency requirements (e.g., Sunshine Act, spend reporting).
• Experience in the dental industry.
• Digital proficiency and experience within the health and/or pharma space.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to build strong, trust-based relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence without authority.
• Advanced project management skills (e.g., managing timelines, multiple stakeholders, and competing priorities).

Pay

Salary Range: $86,000.00 - $107,500.00 USD. Pay is determined based on experience, qualifications, and location. Salaried employees may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, profit-sharing, and long-term incentives for Executive-level roles.

Location

New York, New York