Legal Manager

1. Legal foundation & consulting

• Set up legal framework & policies
• Assess, identify and mitigate legal risks in current & future business activities
• Provide expert legal advice to executives and departments on a wide range of legal and business issues

2. Legal operations

• Lead legal team to ensure legal compliance, including but not limit to products’ licenses, import & export required procedures, internal & external documents
• Integrate/ manage legal agency for assigned legal scopes
• Establish & maintain trade term agreements with recommended benchmarks used for commercial contracts
• Review commercial contracts from legal risk perspective
• Make sure legal compliance in terms of personal data management
• Establish & maintain relationship with legal authorities
• Work with authorities in case of disputes in business
• Handle business licenses
• Train employees in legal guidelines
• Be the champion for digital transformation of Legal team
• Other tasks assigned by line manager

Education/Major: University graduation with a major in Corporate Law.

Language Proficiency: Good command of English.

Experience:

• At least 3 years of experience as a Legal Manager.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical/cosmetic industry is preferred.
• Experience in FMCG, multi-channel sales, or e-commerce is a plus.

Professional Competency & Industry Knowledge

• Regulatory Affairs (RA) Expertise: In-depth understanding of regulations on product declaration, advertising, and labeling for cosmetics, dietary supplements, and medical devices.
• Compliance Management: Ability to establish Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to ensure all processes from importation, warehousing to marketing are fully compliant.
• Dispute Resolution & Intellectual Property Skills: Protect the company’s brand and handle complaints or disputes from customers or competitors.

Strategic & Managerial

• Strategic Advisory: Provide strategic advisory to the Board of Directors (BOD).
• System Building: Possess a process-oriented mindset to digitalize or standardize legal operations, enabling smooth business operations during rapid headcount growth.

External Relations Capability

• Regulatory Relations: Have experience working directly and tactfully with the Ministry of Health, Drug Administration of Vietnam, Vietnam Food Administration, and market surveillance authorities.

Mindset

• Entrepreneurial Mindset: Ability to withstand pressure during high-growth phases.
• Integrity & Courage: Strong enough to raise red flags when necessary.