Global Innovation Marketing Manager (All Genders)

Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter – one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne®, Panadol®, Advil®, Voltaren®, Theraflu®, Otrivin®, and Centrum® – lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now it’s time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

The role of the Marketing Innovation Manager is to deliver a full, balanced and consistent flow of consumer-relevant and scientifically differentiated innovation into the global pipeline to meet brand growth and innovation objectives . You will be actively driving innovation pipeline and projects and will ensure broad understanding of such through planning documents and personal interactions with Business Units and cross functional partners.

The role holder will be accountable for validating the desirability, feasibility and viability of innovation projects so they may be prioritized and resourced for development through the stage & gate process, as well as driving delivery through the gates to launch. It focuses on embedding innovation culture, design thinking, superiority framework to accelerate and enhance quality of innovation delivery.

This requires very strong and broad understanding of the entire innovation and development process across multiple functions, leadership and influencing skills , excellent commercial savvy, as well as high levels creativity, problem-solving and entrepreneurship. The role holder should be able to work well in an ambiguous environment and feel comfortable to master complexity in a dynamic, fast-paced, global healthcare environment.

In this role, you will :

Identify, assess, and drive key innovation opportunities forward, successfully transitioning them into the development pipeline following proof of concept. Success is measured by the size and quality of the pipeline, as well as the volume and size of opportunities that are qualified and successfully transitioned into development.

Partner closely with consumer insights to ensure early technical consumer understanding, focusing on a "consumer first" approach. Work closely with business development to build relationships and develop deal / joint development structures.

Collaborate with the Global Design team, FEI team, CBIA, and other partners to embed and grow innovation capabilities.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications :

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals :

Bachelor’s degree

Extensive experience in innovation within the pharmaceutical or fast-moving consumer industry

Experience of leading and managing a team across multiple geographies

Preferred Qualifications :

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus :

MBA

Knowledge and understanding of the pharma and FMCH / FMCG industries, broader consumer and macro trends (economic, demographic, regulatory, etc)

Extensive expertise and passion for innovation and excellence in achieving results , especially in a regulated environment.

Exceptional Leadership to set vision, drive execution and inspire markets around the world

Strong alignment skills and ability to take others along in a complex matrix

Pragmatic and motivated by execution as much as by setting direction

Strong influencing skills

Strong financial acumen to enable strong innovation business cases

A strong understanding on the requirements to deliver OTC innovation to the marketplace along with a good grasp of the challenges associated with the core functional areas

Experience of partnering with R&D, Regulatory, Product Development, Supply Chain and other functions for product design and development

Why Haleon?

Our Win as One Framework is a simple, stretching definition of our future direction. It includes our purpose, ambitions, strategic drivers, and behaviours that will enable us to Win as One. This framework guides our decision-making, strategy, and culture. The successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities :

Consumer first, always : Engage key business counterparts and operational stakeholders to deliver operational execution of Haleon strategies related to eCommerce activities, always putting the consumer first.

Collaborate for impact : Establish and maintain relationships with critical groups to ensure customer knowledge is utilized to inform and deliver on the eCommerce roadmap, collaborating for impact.

Unlock value, at pace : Drive business process improvement throughout the commercial and operational support teams, unlocking value at pace.

Grow myself and others : Continuously look for opportunities to learn, build skills, and share learning, growing myself and others.

Job Posting End Date

2025-12-09

Equal Opportunities

Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.

During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees.

The personal information you provide will be kept confidential, used only for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making any employment decisions, including hiring decisions.

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Note to candidates

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