The US Innovation Senior Director owns the delivery of Wellness and New Category innovation pipelines necessary for the US BU to achieve sales, growth, and profit goals. Works side-by-side with US Marketing team and Global Wellness team to build US innovation strategies and projects complementary to global and local strategic focus areas. This role requires a balance of long-term strategic vision to identify new innovation growth spaces as well as operational agility to ensure on-time progression of projects to meet approved business cases. While specifically responsible for innovation, this leader is expected to operate with an enterprise perspective to advance pipelines that contribute to Category, BU, and Haleon goals (e.g. sustainability, margin enhancement, channel growth, etc).As a member of the Innovation Leadership Team, this individual will co-own Innovation team culture and capabilities and must be a role model of winning behaviors including cross-functional collaboration, an adaptive leadership style, high change agility and resilience, a curious and continuous improvement mindset, and a strong bias for action.This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:Developing a deep understanding of the consumer, category, and competitive players to inform strategic and project recommendationsCreation of category and brand innovation strategies, innovation platforms, and pipeline projects aligned to local and global strategiesDelivery of a sufficient pipeline of high-quality, penetration-driving innovation that meets the financial, household penetration, and sustainability objectives of Haleon Development and execution of 1-4-year brand pipelines for all channels (eComm, Club, Value, FDM), to ensure a robust pipeline with supportable cadenceManage team resourcing. Allocate and assign platform and project responsibilities across team. Identify single Point of Contact individuals to align to Brand.Ideate and lead significant innovation platforms and projects through stage gates as PAL (Project Accountable Leader), in accordance with the Haleon Innovation ModelBuild and assess innovation project business cases with strong desirability/ viability/ feasibility/ sustainability profiles Manage, coach, and develop Sr Innovation Mangers, Managers, and Associate Managers to build a strong bench of skilled innovatorsLead Innovation function and Wellness and New Categories process transformation initiatives to simplify and speed up. Develop, pilot, and operationalize new repeatable innovation approaches, in alignment with key stakeholdersRepresent category pipelines and projects internally (e.g. governance and leadership meetings) and externally (e.g. customer engagements)Lead select key initiatives for total US Innovation team. Examples include I&D, sustainability, Learning and Development, Talent DevelopmentWhy you?Basic Qualifications: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:Bachelors degree10 years marketing, brand management, or innovation experienceSignificant innovation experience including responsibility for setting innovation strategies, creating and executing platforms, managing end-to-end development, running large multi-year cross-functional teams, and launching new productsHighly Desired: Commercial experience. Strong facility with P&L, forecasting, and go-to-market launch planningStrong strategic and analytical skills, including ability to source, synthesize, and leverage data to make fact-based recommendations Excellent storytelling and communication skills. Ability to inspire enthusiasm and alignment with internal and external stakeholdersExceptional leadership skills. Can set priorities and rally teams behind key objectives. Demonstrates flexibility of individual and team leadership approaches. Is self-aware and flexes to the situation.Previous experience managing people and creating a culture where team members can bring their best selves to work.Comfortable challenging status-quo. Proactive in identifying, leading and implementing change initiatives. Stretches beyond comfort zone.Preferred Qualifications:If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:MBAEntrepreneurial experience a plus as is experience with varied innovation approaches (traditional stage gate, lean start up, sprints) and applied understanding of Design Thinking principles. Demonstrated examples of use of non-traditional innovation tools such, e.g. digital testing, MVP launch-and-learns, online and physical experimentationHaleon 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. The salary range for this role is:$209,828 – 283,885 USD Care to join us. Find out what life at Haleon is really like At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.Haleon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and, in the US, we adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.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.SummaryLocation: USA - New Jersey - WarrenType: Full time