What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager position at Haleon?
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.
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 Project Manager leads selected strategic, cross-functional innovation projects - such as new product development, packaging changes, new product claims, key process improvements and visual brand upgrades - to drive delivery of business goals.
Role Responsibilities:
Scope of Role
- Developing proficiency in delivering innovation project.
- For select markets, may be responsible for managing country-level launch details.
Leadership
- Role model HALEON culture.
- Applies PM best practices on projects and supports overall business capability building.
- Developing proficiency in driving resolution of team conflicts through skilled negotiation and diplomacy, elevating to accountable functional leaders as necessary.
- Foster an environment of enthusiasm, accountability and teamwork, and help reward and celebrate achievements.
Project Management
- Good partnership with the Project Accountable Lead, instilling confidence and providing competence necessary to take on the challenging objectives and drive accountability.
- Accountable for building project team (functions, people) upon project approval, partnering closely with cross-functional leadership, seeking manager guidance as needed.
- Guide core teams to ensure timely decision making, effective stakeholder communication, adherence to applicable processes, contingency planning and execution.
- Accountable for assuring there is a clear project scope and strategy, aligned resource needs, and comprehensive spend forecasts.
- Develop & maintain comprehensive timelines in PPM system with cross-functional input & limited guidance, by integrating key functional deliverables and local market launch activities, considering dependencies and resource requirements.
- Facilitate functional area’s probability of success assessments in support of portfolio pipeline activities
- Developing proficiency in identifying issues and driving resolution with guidance.
- Assure comprehensive risk assessments and mitigation plans are in place for all projects.
- Ensure significant changes to the aligned business case are communicated rapidly and efficiently to appropriate leadership (via existing change control process)
- Assure accuracy of assigned projects’ content in PPM system working closely with data owners from cross-functional project team.
- Align & deliver all key project milestones to support appropriate metrics.
- Co-drive gate readiness partnering closely with Project Accountable Lead and action any gate meeting outcomes with broader project team.
- Conduct lessons learned with project teams, document, and assure dissemination out to organization as best practice.
- Co-develop, align and track project budget, rapidly communicating variance.
Why you?
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree: Sciences, Business, Finance, Engineering or related course of study.
- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in Marketing, Supply Chain, R&D or related function, including Project Management in a consumer healthcare environment or related area (e.g., CPG, pharmaceutical, food & beverage etc.).
- Proven delivery of effective project management across a range of project types and complexities.
- Demonstrated strong analytical skills.
- Comfortable operating in situations characterized by complexity, ambiguity and high levels of uncertainty.
- Understanding of the key business processes and functions within matrixed organizations.
- Negotiation skills and ability to influence with or without authority at levels above and below own grade level.
- Strong communication skills with ability to effectively convey information, adapt messaging based on audience, and engage with stakeholders at all organizational levels.
- Ability to drive a culture of accountability across project teams to ensure milestones, quality standards, and deadlines.
- Proficiency in building trust with teams and stakeholders.
Preferred Skills:
- Certification in project management and Agile practices/methodologies.
- Experience in project management within OTC, Rx, Food or similar project types
Location: This role is based in Richmond, VA with in-office requirements of minimum 3 day per week. No relocation benefits available for this opportunity.
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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 parental leave. On day one, you are eligible for benefits, including our healthcare programs where the company pays for the majority of your medical coverage for you and your family. We also offer the opportunity to receive a discretionary bonus based on the achievement of key business performance and other incentive/recognition programs as part of the offering.
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Equal Opportunities
Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It’s important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.
During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees.
The personal information you provide will be kept confidential, used only for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making any employment decisions, including hiring decisions.
Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, Haleon may be required to capture and report expenses Haleon incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure Haleon’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements.
Accommodation Requests
If you require a reasonable accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at Haleon at any stage of the application process, please contact us by sending an email to HR.AmericasSC-CS@haleon.com. Please include the following in your email:
Use subject line: ‘Haleon Careers: Job Accommodation Request’
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Use subject line: ‘Haleon Careers: Job Accommodation Request’
Your Name and contact information
Requisition ID and Job Title you are interested in
Location of Requisition (city/state or province/country)
Description of specific accommodation you are requesting
Please note: Resumes, CVs, or other requests outside of accommodation support submitted to this email box will not be accepted.
Note to candidates
The Haleon recruitment team will contact you using a Haleon email account (@haleon.com). If you are not sure whether the email you received is from Haleon, please get in touch.