Head of Medical and Scientific Affairs - North America

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 Medical and Scientific Affairs for North America serves as member of the NA RDLT and is responsible for driving growth through medical and scientific affairs innovation, claims development, and setting direction to unlock next generation capabilities.

As the Head of Medical and Scientific Affairs for North America, you will be responsible for ensuring that all Medical and Scientific Affairs (MSA) scientists develop deep medical, scientific and claim support/evidence generation expertise across full NA portfolio. Our portfolio of products spans across a diverse set of categories/therapeutic areas from Oral Health to OTC to Wellness, and all related relevant topics including but not limited to the consumer selfcare needs, for which our product portfolio is developed across the continuum of treatment, prevention and maintenance. You will be responsible for developing NAMSA talent pipeline, setting the vision and delivering against the long range strategic plan.

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

• Lead early strategic analysis, innovative design guidance and execution of claims innovation across NA (US and CA) portfolio guided by deep scientific expertise.
• Lead diverse MSA team, to deliver across all business commitments and ensure innovation pipeline has robust plans to achieve required technical POS to deliver critical to launch claims.
• Continuously evaluate the base business and innovation program readiness needs across NA portfolio.
• Drive Scientific Engagement across KOL community to credential our portfolio through scientific thought leadership.
• Strategically evaluate the continuously evolving role readiness needs across the organization and develop and deliver ongoing development and learning plans to support robust succession planning for NA MSA team.
• Continuously evaluate needs and recommend, develop and deliver skills and knowledge programs to improve capabilities or fill gaps in knowledge of the USMSA personnel.
• Partner with global category and FH team to ensure alignment to strategy on core innovation programs.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

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

• Proven background in medial affairs.
• Consumer Health/CPG experience highly preferred - Pharmaceutical industry experience considered.
• Demonstrable experience in translational science/medicine.
• Strong understanding of claims and RWE.
• Experience designing and developing training programs and educational tools.
• Proven track record of delivering novel claim support and scientific visualization methodologies - turn science into claims.
• Ability to 'bring science to life' for non scientific community i.e. viral social media campaigns.
• Able to set strategy, execute and consumerize.
• Proven people leadership experience and talent devlopment.
• Ability to influence at an LT level.
• Strong organizational, planning, and business acumen skills.
• Ability to prioritize business needs and flexibility to address them when business appropriate.
• Knowledge of the competitive landscape, and emerging scientific data.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

• Medical Doctor
• Master’s degree, PhD, PharmD in science related field

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When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.

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.

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.

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’
• 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
• Resumes, CVs, or other requests outside of accommodation support submitted to this email box will not be accepted.

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.

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.

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.

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’
• 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
• Resumes, CVs, or other requests outside of accommodation support submitted to this email box will not be accepted.

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.

Who are we?

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer healthcare company. Shaped by all of us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for millions 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 building together. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.

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