Innovation Insights Lead

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 Innovation Insights Lead will be a strategic partner to the Innovation team, being a key voice in the Innovation Strategy, and leading the End-to-End learning agenda for key innovations in the US market. The candidate will leverage these insights to drive clarity about the key components of successful innovations (proposition, packaging, claims, messaging) and work closely with cross-functional partners to ensure that our innovations are rooted in consumer needs.

Role Responsibilities 
 

• Collaborate with the Innovation Lead to shape the Innovation Strategy by gathering and organizing knowledge from various sources to support our Innovation Pillars.

• Own the end-to-end Innovation research as established in the Innovation Operating Model.

• Drive agile, fit-to-purpose decision making, driving quality in execution without compromising speed to market

• Become an instrumental stakeholder as the “voice of the consumer” in strategic discussions with Innovation, Brand, Customer Strategy, R&D and other key stakeholders.

• Collaborate with Category/Brand Insights and Shopper Insights to mine existing foundational insights.

• Clearly articulate recommendations based on existing knowledge, inclusive of current knowledge and new research.

• Drive pilots of new methods to understand “what’s next” in research methodologies to drive precision and agility.  
   

Leadership Expectations

• Strategic acumen: Applies a strong understanding of business, category, and consumer dynamics to connect insights to innovation strategy, anticipate implications, and guide decisions that drive long‑term value and competitive advantage.

• Growth Mindset: Demonstrates curiosity and openness to learning by continuously evolving skills, embracing new methodologies and perspectives, and using feedback and experimentation to improve insight quality and innovation impact.

• Bias for Action: Demonstrates strong ownership and urgency by translating insights into clear, timely recommendations, making informed decisions amid ambiguity, and proactively advancing innovation work while balancing speed with rigor.

• Collaboration: Partners effectively across functions by actively listening, sharing insights transparently, and integrating diverse perspectives to drive aligned decisions and stronger innovation outcomes.

• Relationship building: Builds trust‑based, productive relationships across functions by demonstrating credibility, empathy, and consistency, enabling effective influence, alignment, and stronger innovation outcomes.

• Compliance: Ensures (internal and third parties) understanding and compliance with applicable global and local laws and regulations including but not limited to: antitrust, competition law, unique category captain requirements, adverse advents, data protection, advertising and others) as well as Haleon values and Haleon standards

Why You? 

Basic Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Analytics, or related field. 

• 5 years of experience in strategy, brand management, innovation, consumer/shopper insights, analytics, or roles that involve enabling simplicity in complex situations.

• Experience in managing multi project-based workload and written, strong functional/technical skills.

• Agile and quick learner with astute strategy abilities and mindset.

• Excellent communicator and presenter, with ability to communicate across all levels of the organization.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, being able to effectively interact with different leadership styles.

• Demonstrated ability to drive influence with key colleagues.

• Strong intellectual curiosity