Development Scientist, Global Wellness

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

The Global Wellness Category Development Team delivers innovation and product development programs from concept through launch, developing robust formulations and finished products that delight consumers and address unmet needs. The team combines strong scientific expertise, consumer understanding, and cross-functional collaboration to bring superior consumer healthcare and wellness products to market.

As a Product Development Scientist , you will lead and contribute to formulation and product development activities across innovation and development projects. Working with cross-functional partners, external collaborators, and project teams, you will design and execute technical studies, develop robust formulations, generate technical insights, and drive product development programs from concept through commercialization.

The ideal candidate will have a strong scientific foundation, experience in formulation and product development, and a passion for consumer healthcare and wellness innovation. This role provides the opportunity to develop and apply technical expertise across multiple product formats, including tablets, capsules, powders, gummies, liquids, semi-solids, and other consumer healthcare, dietary supplement, and food-based products. The successful candidate will demonstrate scientific curiosity, strong problem-solving skills, effective communication, and the ability to influence and collaborate across cross-functional teams to deliver technically robust and consumer-relevant solutions.

Role Responsibilities Execution Powerhouse Manage or contribute to one or more projects in support of product innovation and development initiatives.

Lead end-to-end development plans, ensuring fit for purpose technical robustness, cost efficiency, manufacturability, scalability, and global deployment.

Collaborate with external development partners, suppliers, contract manufacturers, and testing laboratories to deliver technically robust development programs.

Develop superior prototypes, optimize formulations, and establish a design space through structured experimentation.

Design experiments and carry out scientific work with an awareness of state-of-the-art technology. Create research plans to fit overall project objectives.

Implement written procedures and departmental quality documentation (including SOPs, batch documentation, validation protocols and reports) and ensure work is conducted accordingly

Conduct all work in accordance with GMP, EHS, and site quality requirements.

Growth Mindset Remain current on scientific literature and emerging technologies relevant to formulation development.

Present technical findings at project and departmental meetings.

Support training activities and share technical expertise within the team.

Consumer and Customer Focus Partner with Consumer Science teams to translate consumer insights…