R&D Oral Health Lead US
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Job Location:
Warren, OH - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
12 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Welcome to Haleon. Were a purpose-driven world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of just three years since our launch weve grown evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.
Our trusted portfolio of brands including Sensodyne Panadol Advil Voltaren Theraflu Otrivin and Centrum lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.
Now its time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose to deliver better everyday health with humanity at the heart of everything we do. It unites us inspires us and challenges us to be better every day driven by our agile performance-focused culture.
About the role
The R&D Oral Health Lead is Haleon US R&Ds accountable scientific authority for the Oral Health category bringing deep technical expertise rigorous evidence generation and influential thought leadership to shape portfolio decisions. This newly created Directorlevel role owns the scientific strategy for the US Oral Health pipelinefrom hypothesis to claims substantiationensuring robust study design data integrity regulatory/medical governance alignment and consumermeaningful innovation across priority brands and indications. The role also serves as the single point of contact for US R&D for the US Oral Health Category Roundtable led by the General Manager with responsibility for framing scientific perspectives enabling decisionquality tradeoffs and driving followthrough.
This role is part of Future North America OTC Team.
Role Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
Serve as US R&Ds single accountable scientific owner for the Oral Health category setting evidence standards scientific direction and decision criteria for the portfolio.
Own and maintain the US Oral Health innovation and claims roadmap (problem statements hypotheses evidence plans and timelines) ensuring clear milestones risks and accountability for delivery.
Act as the US R&D single point of contact for the US Oral Health Category Roundtable (led by the GM): define scientific inputs develop prereads document decisions and drive action closure and impact tracking.
Technical Expertise & Evidence Generation
Lead the endtoend design and execution of clinical laboratory and claimssupporting studies including protocol development statistical considerations endpoint selection vendor oversight and quality controls to ensure data integrity and reproducibility.
Serve as the recognized US oral care scientific thought leadersynthesizing internal/external evidence into clear scientific narratives identifying emerging science and translating insights into investable opportunities and defensible claims.
Establish fitforpurpose evidence governance (study dossiers traceable substantiation files and decision logs) to enable confident internal reviews audits and external scrutiny.
Regulatory & Compliance Support
Partner with Regulatory Affairs and Legal to set claim substantiation standards and manage risk ensuring compliance with FDA/FTC/NAD expectations and readiness for challenge inquiry or competitive response.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Drive aligned scientific decisionmaking acrossGlobal CategoryR&D MedicalRegulatory AffairsMarketing Insights and Supply/Quality as neededclarifying assumptions tradeoffs and go/nogo recommendations grounded in evidence.
Project & Program Leadership
Lead priority US R&D programs with endtoend accountability for scientific integrity timelines and budget; proactively identify risks resolve issues and ensure measurable outcomes from study readouts through claim enablement and launch support.
Why you
Basic Qualifications:
Advanced degree (PhD DDS/DMD MS) in a relevant scientific discipline.
10years experiencein R&D within consumer health oral care or pharmaceutical fields.
PreferredQualifications:
Demonstrated experience developing claims and evidence strategies for consumer healthcare/oral care products (including substantiation dossiers and challenge readiness).
Exceptional scientific communication and stakeholderinfluence skills including the ability to translate complex evidence into crisp recommendations for senior leaders and crossfunctional decision forums.
Track record of scientific thought leadership (e.g. publications conference presentations standards/working groups or KOL partnerships) in oral health or adjacent biomedical fields.
Location: This position is based in Richmond VA with in-office requirements.
Benefits
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.
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Equal Opportunities
Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. Its important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.
During the application process we may ask you to share some personal information which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development refinement and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees.
The personal information you provide will be kept confidential used only for legitimate business purposes and will never be used in making any employment decisions including hiring decisions.
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 Haleons compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements.
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About Company
About us We are a science-led global healthcare company with a special purpose: to help people do more, feel better, live longer. We have 3 global businesses that research, develop and manufacture innovative pharmaceutical medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products.
