The posting
Welcome to Haleon. We’re a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we’ve 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 it’s 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.
Our Benefits
- Leading global brands.
- An additional 5 wellness/ leave days per year
- Career development
- Hybrid working
- Parking provided
- Yearly bonus
Hello. We are Haleon. A new global leader in consumer health. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we're improving the everyday health of billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of leading category brands, including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin and Centrum, through a unique combination of deep human knowledge and trusted science. In addition, we are succeeding in a company that we are in control of. In an environment in which we are co-creating.
Are you an experienced Project Manager who enjoys bringing new products and innovations to market, navigating complexity and connecting teams across functions and geographies?
We are looking for a Project Manager to join our Innovation Project Management team. Based in ANZ, you will have a strong focus on supporting the ANZ business, while also having the opportunity to contribute to projects and product launches across APAC markets.
About the role:
You will lead strategic, cross-functional innovation projects spanning new product development, product renovation, packaging changes and new product claims, helping turn business opportunities into successful market launches.
Working across functions and markets, you will bring structure and momentum to projects, ensuring teams are aligned on scope, timelines, risks, resources, budgets and key decisions. For selected markets, you may also manage country-level launch activities and work closely with local stakeholders to ensure successful execution
You will be comfortable taking ownership, building strong relationships virtually and proactively finding the answers and solutions needed to keep complex projects moving forward.
Key Responsibilities
- Leading innovation projects from planning through to delivery, ensuring clear scope, timelines, milestones and accountabilities.
- Coordinating product launches across ANZ and potentially other APAC markets, bringing together local market requirements and broader regional objectives.
- Building strong relationships across geographically dispersed teams and influencing effectively in a virtual environment, often without direct authority.
- Partnering with cross-functional stakeholders across areas such as Marketing, R&D, Supply Chain and other business functions.
- Proactively identifying issues, risks and dependencies and taking the initiative to seek out information, find solutions and drive resolution, rather than waiting for directions.
- Developing and maintaining comprehensive project timelines, incorporating functional deliverables, dependencies, resource requirements and local market launch activities.
- Facilitating timely decision-making and ensuring stakeholders remain aligned as projects evolve.
- Supporting risk assessment, contingency planning, project budgets and project governance.
- Sharing lessons learned and contributing to continuous improvement of innovation and project management processes.
What we are looking for
- Experience gained across Project Management, R&D, Marketing, Supply Chain, Strategy, or related functions, with project and/or portfolio management experience.
- Demonstrated experience managing product launches or innovation projects, ideally across multiple markets.
- Experience within FMCG/CPG, consumer healthcare
- Experience within private label or product development environments would also be highly relevant.
- The ability to build trusted relationships and influence stakeholders virtually and across markets, even when you do not have formal authority.
- A proactive and resourceful approach. You are comfortable taking initiative, asking the right questions and finding answers and solutions independently.
- Confidence working through complexity, ambiguity and changing priorities while maintaining clarity and momentum.
- A collaborative style and the ability to bring diverse cross-functional teams together around a common objective.
- A bachelor’s degree in relevant industry or field.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 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.
Please note to be eligible to apply you must have Australian work rights.
Job Posting End Date
2026-12-12
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. It’s 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.
Adjustment or Accommodations Request
If you require a reasonable adjustment or accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at Haleon at any stage of the application process, please let your recruiter know by providing them with a description of specific adjustments you are requesting. We’ll provide all reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process and treat all information you provide us in confidence.
Note to candidates
The Haleon recruitment team will contact you using a Haleon email account (@haleon.com). If you are not sure whether the email you received is from Haleon, please get in touch.
