Head of Infosec Policy & Advisory

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control of. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.

This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special.

The Head of InfoSec Policy & Advisory is a strategic leadership role responsible for overseeing the development and maintenance of Global Information and Cyber Security policies and standards and developing an Information Security advisory capability. The advisory capability will become the front end for all information Security aspects (cyber, data privacy and compliance). You will work alongside D&T technical delivery teams to ensure that the policies, standards and controls are appropriately implemented and recorded, security and compliance is built in from the start and also provide advice and guidance to business leaders across entire Haleon business.

We're looking for a seasoned cybersecurity professional with a deep understanding of the IT & OT environments, emerging threats, industry best practices, and have the ability to build and develop a world class team. A key measure of success will be to collaborate with key stakeholders across the organization.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following…

• Provide strategic guidance to senior leadership on emerging threats, risk mitigation, and the evolving landscape of cybersecurity.
• Conduct regular reviews of information security policies and standards to ensure they are maintained and are kept in line with changes to regulation and emerging requirements.
• Build a team of high quality advisors that are able to work effectively with technical teams and business leaders around the globe.
• Gather feedback on policies and standards from implementation teams, GRC and cyber operations to improve and optimize the policies and standards.
• Act as a point of escalation for any infosec or policy issues, and undertaking risk assessments before approving any deviations/exceptions to policy or escalating risk to more senior leadership as necessary.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• CISSP or CISM.
• Ability to solve complex problems.
• Risk Management.
• Highly-developed interpersonal and communication skills.
• Team management and development experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Proven ability to communicate with Executive Teams and junior staff.
• Enterprise level risk management.
• Strong relationship building.

APPLICATION CLOSING DATE – 22 August 2025.

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Why Join Us?

The future of everyday health is changing. And we’re the people changing it. In front of us is an incredible opportunity to go beyond what any of us have done before. And make everyday health more achievable, more inclusive and more sustainable. For more and more people. So, join us, as we build one of the world’s leading consumer healthcare companies. Join us to innovate our category-leading brands. To better understand people’s everyday health needs. To tackle the biggest barriers that stand in their way. To change individual and societal behaviour. Join us to work with colleagues who share your restless energy. To explore your interests. To stretch yourself to do the best work of your career. And join us, as together we build a working experience that encourages us all to lead happier, healthier, more productive lives. The way we see it, every day is an opportunity for better. And we’re going all in to realize it.

Care to join us. Find out what life at Haleon is really like www.haleon.com/careers/

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.

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