Sr. Scientist

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

This role reports into the Site and Capability  this role you will serve as a Senior Scientist of Visualization Science in the R&D Product Chemistry Group reporting to the group Director. The purpose of this R&D global support group is to gain insight on how our product chemistry links to product performance. Here we support our formulation teams in early-stage product development with an eye toward exploiting the chemistry/performance link toward product claims and performance visualizations.

This role will have a specific visualization focus, creating lab demonstrations which communicate the superiority of Haleon products over competitors.

Role Responsibilities Create meaningful visualizations of Haleon’s products using various scientific techniques to communicate effectively externally.

Lead visualization science projects from end to end. Demonstrate product/material mechanism of action or superiority in consumer understandable ways.

Translate approved claims or technical reports into visually striking demonstrations which are scientifically defendable.

Work with key stakeholders to align on projects/claims for which visualization projects bring value

Design/source/hyphenate instrumentation capable of demonstrating compelling visualizations of physical/chemical properties

Coordinate closely with other Haleon teams throughout development to deliver visualization projects on time Other Responsibilities Flexibility – Be able to learn new methodologies/technologies/software as needed in a fast paced role Creativity – Hunting for new ways of showing/explaining scientific principles is a core component of the role Critical Thinking – Discern if experiments/demonstrations will hold up to external scrutiny/challenges

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

Success in this role will come mainly from experience, however a traditional education in Engineering and/or Chemistry/Physics is expected

Knowledgeable about engineering and chemistry/physics principles and uses both interchangeably to solve problems and look for possibilities

Demonstrated experience writing technical reports in the form of technical story-telling and communicating to technical and non-technical partners alike

Have fundamental understanding of lab operations including physical/chemical characterization with various instrumentation

Must be mechanically/electrically inclined to enable hyphenation of unusual instrument sequences and/or creation of new instrumentation

Must thrive in evolving environments and be willing to help build out visualization capabilities and systems

Must work as a team member and want to listen and learn

Expected to be comfortable as a practicing Scientist where majority of time is spent in the laboratory designing / executing experiments

Preferred Qualifications:

Passion for photography/videography and related software (Adobe Creative Cloud)
Familiarity with 3D design software, Solid Works preferred

Experience with coding in Python or other scripting languages

Location:

This role is based in Richmond, VA with in-office requirements.

Benefits Haleon offers a robust Total Reward package that consists of competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits program. This includes a generous 401(k) plan, tuition reimbursement and time off programs including 6 months paid…