Due to the nature of this position, we are currently prioritizing candidates who are already based in Switzerland or have the legal right to work here without the need for relocation or visa sponsorship.
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.
This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special.
About the role
This role is integral to driving innovation and growth in the OTC Pain category, ensuring that we stay ahead of market trends and meet the future needs of our diverse consumer base.
As a key member of a cross-functional OTC team, you will lead the Front-End Innovation process for Pain, using deep consumer insights to unlock the development of new, superior product concepts. Your role is essential in advancing our OTC innovation capabilities, aligned with Haleon's transformation goals.
The role also involves delivering foundational learning and growth opportunity analyses on key underserved audiences and future demand spaces.
Your expertise will provide external insights, inspiring the Pain category team with relevant trends, consumer behaviour changes, and competitive innovations. Additionally, you will support the Pain strategy by providing data and insights for strategic planning, business updates, investor relationships, and marketing events.
Key Responsibilities
* As part of a cross-functional team, drive the Front-End Innovation process for OTC Pain, delivering deep consumer insights and inspiration, unlocking the ideation and development of new, innovation ideas, and leading the qualification of superior product concepts for Gate 1 submissions.
* Contribute significantly to advancing our OTC innovation capability from a CBIA perspective, aligned with Haleon’s global innovation transformation objectives. Recommend new learning and research techniques & methodologies to generate more profound consumer insights and to optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of learning and testing approaches.
* Conduct foundational learning, growth opportunity and how-to-win analyses on underserved audiences, prioritizing lower socio-economic households, Kids, Older Adults, and women.
* Partner with the central CBIA team to develop, deliver and embed the future Pain Demand Spaces framework, as a foundation for future growth opportunity identification and strategy setting.
* Provide external insights, inspiring the Pain / OTC category team with relevant trends, consumer behaviour changes, and competitive innovation.
* Provide Pain strategy, data, and insight support for strategic planning, business updates, investor relationships, and marketing events.
Qualifications and skills
Essential
* A bachelor’s degree in marketing, business administration, psychology, sociology or data science.
* Fluent in English, spoken and written.
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
* Minimum 5 years of a proven track record in global FMCG / OTC insights & analytics roles, focused on innovation, foundational consumer learnings, emerging markets, demand spacing and trends.
* Hands-on experience with relevant consumer learning and testing methodologies and a track record of successful experimentation and implementation of new, innovative tools & approaches.
* Confident leadership style with excellent interpersonal, influence and communication skills.
* Ability to work independently in a high paced, cross-functional organization and deliver multiple priorities under tight timelines with rigor and quality. Strong planning & organization skills are a must.
* Proven track record in challenging the status quo and in driving transformational change.
Valuable
* Experience working in a healthcare or medical environment.
* Experienced in leveraging AI to deliver deeper and more efficient consumer learning and testing results.
* Proficient in driving elaborate data analytics.
* Entrepreneurial background with a proven ability to work in an agile, design driven approach.
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