Senior Innovation Analyst

1 Month ago • 5 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Innovation Analyst, you will be based in Weybridge, with a hybrid working model. You will be part of the Global R&D Portfolio Management & Performance team and will collaborate with global, regional, and market teams to analyze and report on the health and performance of the innovation pipeline. Responsibilities include pipeline data management, reporting, and supporting portfolio tools. You will be involved in designing and creating key pipeline reports, and providing insights into various KPIs and their drivers. This role requires deep understanding of innovation stage gate processes and R&D pipeline portfolio management. You will also be working with portfolio & project management system business owners, tech specialists and users to prioritise, develop, and execute enhancements/maintenance of our portfolio and project management system, reports, automations, analytics and visualisations. You will also be managing user access to systems and provide user system training.
Must have:
  • Deep understanding of innovation stage gate processes
  • Excellent working knowledge of portfolio management systems
  • Strong conceptual and analytical skills
  • 5 years of innovation experience in a relevant industry
Good to have:
  • Expertise in portfolio and project management systems
  • Ability to influence across multiple stakeholders
  • Good understanding of key business processes
  • Data visualization and manipulation expertise

Job Details

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. With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Voltaren and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we’re uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business.

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

Global Senior Portfolio Innovation Manager/Analyst

You will be based in our Weybridge St Georges R&D centre, with a hybrid working model (2-3 days a week onsite) . In 2027 we are excited to move to a brand new £130m custom designed state of the art Innovation centre in Weybridge for 450 colleagues, a significant investment in our Innovation capabilities long term.

About the role

Join our dynamic Global R&D Portfolio Management & Performance team and become a driving force behind our cutting-edge innovations! As a key player, you'll collaborate with the Global VP of R&D Portfolio Management & Performance and partner with global, regional, and market business unit teams to analyze and report on the health and performance of our innovation pipeline. Leverage your data expertise and business savvy to generate impactful insights and recommendations that shape our portfolio governance decisions. Together, we'll accelerate consumer-driven innovation and bring groundbreaking solutions to bring Health in More Hands at an unprecedented pace through Superior Brands such as Sensodyne, Centrum, Panadol and Voltaren.

Are you ready to make a difference and be at the forefront of innovation? Join us and let's create the future together!

Key responsibilities

Drive consistent execution and drive continuous improvement in the following areas:

Pipeline data management

  • Consolidate relevant pipeline data from within our Project Management and financial systems

  • Ensure pipeline data integrity, driving updates as required, to ensure accurate reporting

  • Partner with Finance to incorporate innovation sales performance into reports

Pipeline Reporting

Design, creation, and visualization of key pipeline reports (using e.g. PowerBI)

  • Execution and dissemination of relevant pipeline information at Business Unit, Category, cross-BU, cross-Category, and Enterprise level for portfolio reviews, stakeholder forums, governance boards and strategy planning sessions.

  • Ad hoc reports and analytics (whilst striving for standardization) from Power BI using Excel and other data sources to support business requests

  • Partner with relevant portfolio and project partners across the business to enable consistent pipeline and Portfolio decision making

  • Stakeholder engagement to provide insights into various KPI’s and their drivers.

  • Draft and issue portfolio presentation files for use in key business forums.

  • Act as delegate to plan and facilitate key portfolio forums.

  • Maintain timesheet reporting process and report monthly compliance levels

Portfolio tools & ways of working

  • Support enhancements for enterprise portfolio prioritization and analyses

  • Drive compliance and consistency of innovation project scorecard data

  • Support capability building and best practice sharing within Portfolio and Project Management (PPM) community and key stakeholders

  • Drive compliance of governance use of PPM system as the pipeline single source of truth

Portfolio & Project Management Systems

  • Partner with portfolio & project management system business
    owner(s), tech specialists and users to prioritise, develop, and execute  enhancements/maintenance of our portfolio and project management system, reports, automations, analytics and visualisations.

  • Identify/remedy anomalies in PowerBI reporting and analytics

  • Manage user access to systems and provide user system training

  • Promotes new and better ways of delivering solutions, ensuring system integrity, security, and design are upheld and changes are verified

Qualifications and skills

Essential

  • Deep understanding of innovation stage gate processes and R&D pipeline portfolio management

  • Excellent working knowledge of portfolio management, resourcing and workflow systems, data, tools, Portfolio analysis and Business Intelligence reporting and visualisation tools such as PowerBI, MS Excel (e.g. pivot tables, queries, formulae, macros and other functions); and MS Project Online

  • Strong conceptual and analytical skills and excellent communication and influencing skills

  • 5 yrs innovation experience in a global FMCG, CPG, Consumer Healthcare or Pharmaceutical organisation and familiarity with portfolio & project management systems

Preferred

  • Expertise in portfolio and project management systems and practices for global consumer healthcare

  • Ability to influence and deliver across multiple levels, priorities and stakeholders in a matrix environment

  • Good understanding of the key business processes and functions within a global consumer healthcare company

  • High ability to work with globally distributed, cross-functional teams and design new solutions

  • Data visualization and manipulation expertise

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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. 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.

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About The Company

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leadingconsumer healthcarecompany. 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 anenvironment thatwe’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us.

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