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.
About the role
Help shape the future of packaging at Haleon. As Head of Packaging Strategy & Consumer Insights, you will define and govern our enterprise-wide packaging strategy, translating consumer understanding into priorities that improve packaging competitiveness, consumer experience and business value.
This new global leadership role connects the pillars of our End to End Packaging organisation through a common strategy, performance framework and capability roadmap. You will lead a team of specialists and work with senior leaders across functions and markets to align packaging innovation, sustainability and operational priorities.
Key responsibilities
Define and govern global packaging strategy . Work with packaging leadership team to define the global packaging strategy, strategic priorities and roadmap. Lead the packaging centre of excellence, coordinating activities across packaging pillars and aligning priorities with business and category needs.
Put consumer insights into action. Lead packaging consumer insights and own the methodology for integrating them into strategy and portfolio decisions. Translate design research and competitive benchmarking into clear actions that improve packaging performance and the consumer experience.
Lead analytics and portfolio governance. Lead packaging analytics and portfolio management. Use evidence to assess opportunities, risks and trade-offs, and influence innovation priorities, investment decisions and global resource allocation.
Measure and communicate performance. Own the packaging performance framework, key performance indicators and governance processes. Develop measurement systems where needed, maintain the End to End Packaging scorecard and report progress against strategic priorities and milestones to senior leaders.
Build organisational capability. Own the packaging capability development roadmap and lead training and development programmes. Develop your team and strengthen capability, engagement and effectiveness across the global packaging organisation.
Align stakeholders and strategic decisions. Partner with R&D, Commercial, Marketing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sustainability, Regulatory Affairs, Quality and Manufacturing. Build agreement on priorities and challenge initiatives or portfolio decisions that do not meet approved strategy, governance or consumer insight standards.
Shape future packaging opportunities. Evaluate emerging technologies, consumer expectations and competitive developments. Represent Haleon with strategic partners, consumer insight organisations, research institutions, industry associations and innovation networks.
Required qualifications and experience
Bachelor’s degree in Consumer Science, Industrial Design, Engineering, Marketing, Business, or a related discipline.
Demonstratable progressive leadership experience in strategy, innovation, consumer insights or global portfolio management within fast-moving consumer goods, consumer healthcare or a similarly complex multinational organisation.
Ability to translate consumer insights and business priorities into strategy,…