Project Manager, R&D Wider Asia

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control of. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question. With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Voltaren and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we’re uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business. This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special.

With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Voltaren and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we’re uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business.

This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special.

JOB PURPOSE:

• Lead key strategic, cross-functional innovation projects - such as new product development, packaging changes, new product claims and key process improvements - to drive delivery of business goals.
• May lead broader organizational initiatives such as capability building, select governance forums & portfolio support with guidance

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Scope of Role

• Proficiency in delivering innovation projects of varying complexity.
• For select markets, may be responsible for managing country-level launch details.

Leadership

• Role model HALEON culture.
• Co-lead efforts to embed PM best practices as part of overall business capability building.
• Proficiency in driving resolution of team conflicts through skilled negotiation and diplomacy, elevating to accountable functional leaders as necessary.
• Foster an environment of enthusiasm, accountability and teamwork, and help reward and celebrate achievements.

Project Management

• Strong partnership with the Project Accountable Lead (PAL), instilling confidence and providing competence necessary to take on the most challenging objectives and drive accountability.
• Accountable for building project team (functions, people) upon project approval, partnering closely with cross-functional leadership.
• Guide core teams to ensure timely decision making, effective stakeholder communication, adherence to applicable processes, contingency planning and execution.
• Accountable for assuring there is a clear project scope and strategy, aligned resource needs, and comprehensive spend forecasts.
• Develop & maintain comprehensive timelines in PPM system with cross-functional input, by integrating key functional deliverables and local market launch activities, considering dependencies and resource requirements.
• Drives functional area’s probability of success assessments in support of portfolio pipeline activities
• Proficiency in proactively identifying issues and driving resolution, with limited guidance.
• Assure comprehensive risk assessments and mitigation plans are in place for all projects.
• Ensure significant changes to the aligned business case are communicated rapidly and efficiently to appropriate leadership (via existing change control process)
• Assure accuracy of assigned projects’ content in PPM system working closely with data owners from cross-functional project team.
• Align & deliver all key project milestones to support appropriate metrics.
• Drive gate readiness partnering closely with Project Accountable Lead and action any gate meeting outcomes with broader project team.
• Conduct lessons learned with project teams. Document and assure dissemination out to organization as best practice.
• Develop, align and track project budget, rapidly communicating variance.

Why you? Basic Qualifications:

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

• Bachelor/master’s degree in science.
• 7+ years of experience in Marketing, Supply Chain or R&D including Project Management in a consumer healthcare environment or related area (e.g., CPG, pharmaceutical, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications:

• If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
• Project Management Certification preferred
• Proven delivery of effective project management across a range of project types and complexities. Has held project management and/or leadership positions in organizations of comparable size
• Strong analytical skills
• Comfortable operating in situations characterized by complexity, ambiguity and high levels of uncertainty
• Understanding of the key business processes and functions within a transnational healthcare company
• Negotiation skills and ability to influence with or without authority at levels above and below own grade level
• Ability to influence & challenge through courageous conversations

WHY HALEON?

Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture. These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As Haleon focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:

• Operating at pace and agile decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk.
• Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.
• Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning.
• Sustaining energy and well-being
• Building strong relationships and collaboration, honest and open conversations.
• Budgeting and cost-consciousness

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

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Care to join us. Find out what life at Haleon is really like www.haleon.com/careers/

At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.

Haleon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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