Associate Director, Consumer Safety Science

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.

At Haleon, safety is at the heart of everything we do. As an Associate Director, Consumer Safety Science, you will play a key role in shaping the safety strategy for some of the world's most trusted consumer health brands, helping ensure that consumers can confidently use our products every day. This is a highly visible, strategic safety leadership role that partners closely with R&D, Regulatory, Medical, Quality, and Commercial teams to support both innovation and lifecycle management across Haleon's portfolio of trusted consumer health brands.

The successful candidate will combine strong scientific judgment with business partnership skills to influence decisions that help ensure products remain safe, effective, and available to consumers around the world. You'll have the opportunity to influence decisions across a broad range of consumer health product types, including OTC medicines, wellness products, dietary supplements, cosmetics, medical devices, and digital health solutions. This is an excellent opportunity for a safety professional who enjoys working cross-functionally, applying scientific expertise to complex decisions, and contributing to products that improve everyday health for millions of consumers worldwide.

Lead Product Safety Strategy

• Define and drive safety strategy for medium to high-risk products within assigned therapeutic categories and/or business units.
• Provide expert safety leadership to R&D innovation projects across consumer healthcare product categories.
• Serve as the safety representative on project teams and key cross-functional forums.
• Ensure strategic R&D planning remains aligned with safety objectives throughout the product lifecycle.

Evaluate Safety Data & Manage Risk

• Integrate, analyze, and interpret safety information from multiple sources, including clinical, post-marketing, and external data.
• Lead proactive signal detection and signal management activities.
• Provide recommendations regarding the prioritization, assessment, and escalation of safety signals.
• Develop and implement fit-for-purpose risk minimization activities, including product labeling updates and umbrella brand frameworks.
• Evaluate safety considerations associated with manufacturing-related product quality issues and defects.

Influence Regulatory & Business Decisions

• Provide safety expertise for regulatory submissions, health authority responses, and due diligence activities.
• Develop safety assessments and recommendations to support business decisions.
• Present safety strategies and recommendations to leadership and key internal stakeholders.
• Communicate complex scientific information in a clear and impactful manner.

Drive Capability & Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to process improvement initiatives within Consumer Safety and across the broader organization.
• Train, coach, and mentor safety…