Project Coordinator – IPM Area

Haleon; Rio de Janeiro; Hybrid; BRL 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Haleon in Latin America (Brazil – SP or RJ) is seeking a Project Coordinator for the IPM area to support the delivery of innovation and maintenance projects across cross-functional teams. You will coordinate workstreams, maintain governance, and help ensure timely delivery of business goals.

The role develops project management capability under guidance, tracks milestones, prepares forums, and supports risk logs and budget inputs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Sciences, Business/Finance, Engineering or related field.
• Typically 2–4 years of relevant experience coordinating projects, workstreams or cross-functional deliverables with ability to manage timelines, actions and stakeholder inputs.
• Foundational-to-intermediate project management skills and working knowledge of project planning, risk/action tracking and governance routines.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate low-to-mid complexity projects with defined scope and escalation paths.
• Support formation and maintenance of cross-functional project teams and stakeholder lists.
• Track milestones, deliverables and project metrics; escalate delays early.

Skills

Project coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Written and verbal communication

Learning mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Sciences, Business/Finance, Engineering or related field

Tools

PPM systems

Job description

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.

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

Project Coordinator - IPM Area

Role Purpose

Support the delivery of selected innovation and maintenance projects, coordinating project activities, information and follow-up to enable delivery of agreed business goals.

Build project management capability through hands-on ownership of defined workstreams and lower-mid complexity projects, operating with guidance from the IPM Lead / Project Manager as required.

Key Responsibilities

Scope of Role

• Develop proficiency in coordinating innovation and maintenance projects of low-to-mid complexity, with clear scope, established governance and defined escalation paths.
• Coordinate defined workstreams within larger or more complex projects led by a Project Manager. For selected markets, support coordination of country-level launch details, ensuring alignment of actions, timing and information across relevant stakeholders.
• Work with increasing autonomy on routine project activities, seeking guidance for strategic trade-offs, significant risks, scope changes or complex cross-functional issues.

Leadership & Ways of Working

• Role model HALEON culture and collaborative ways of working.
• Apply project management standards, tools and best practices consistently in assigned activities.
• Facilitate day-to-day cross-functional alignment, follow up agreed actions and escalating unresolved issues or conflicts to the Project Manager/ accountable functional leaders.
• Promote accountability, teamwork and transparent communication across project teams.
• Share learnings and practical support with peers and contribute to continuous improvement of team ways of working.

Project Management

• Support the Category Innovation Lead and/or Project Manager with project coordination, preparation of project forums, follow-up of decisions and action tracking.
• Manage low-mid complex projects.
• Support formation and maintenance of the cross-functional project team, stakeholder list, governance cadence and working routines.
• Coordinate core team meetings to enable timely follow-up, stakeholder communication and adherence to applicable processes.
• Support clarification and documentation of project scope, key deliverables, resource inputs and spend assumptions; escalating gaps or changes promptly.
• Build and maintain project timelines in the IPM system for assigned projects/workstreams, integrating functional deliverables, dependencies and local launch activities with guidance where needed.
• Collect cross-functional inputs for probability-of-success assessments and portfolio pipeline activities.
• Identify project issues and risks, maintain action/risk logs and support development and follow-up of mitigation plans; escalating material exposures appropriately.
• Support change-control activities by documenting changes and ensuring relevant information is communicated to the Project Manager / Project Accountable Lead.
• Maintain accurate and timely assigned project information in the IPM system, working with cross-functional data owners.
• Track key milestones, deliverables and agreed project metrics; highlight potential delays or deviations early.
• Support gate readiness by coordinating required inputs, documentation and actions with the Project Accountable Lead / Project Manager and broader team.
• Coordinate capture of lessons learned and support dissemination of relevant best practices.
• Support project budget tracking, consolidation of inputs and identification of variances; financial accountability remains with the appropriate business/accountable lead.
• Support ideation processes through meeting coordination, information consolidation, action tracking and cross-team follow-up.
• Provide project and portfolio data inputs to support category portfolio analysis and pipeline visibility.
• Participate in innovation process improvements and relevant project forums as required.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications

Educational Background

• Bachelor's degree in Sciences, Business/Finance, Engineering or a related field.

Job-Related Experience

• Typically 2-4 years of relevant experience in Marketing, Supply Chain, Strategy, R&D, Project Management or Portfolio Management in consumer healthcare or a related environment (e.g., CPG or pharmaceutical).
• Experience coordinating projects, workstreams or cross-functional deliverables, with demonstrated ability to manage timelines, actions and stakeholder inputs.

Other Job-Related Skills / Background

• Foundational-to-intermediate project management skills and working knowledge of project planning, risk/action tracking and governance routines.
• Experience or exposure to OTC, Rx, Food, CPG or similar project environments is desirable.
• Good analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills, with strong attention to detail and data quality.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional and matrix environment, including follow-up and influence without formal authority.
• Comfort operating with some ambiguity and changing priorities, using guidance and escalation appropriately.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to prepare concise project updates and meeting materials.
• Working understanding of key business processes and functions in a multinational healthcare or consumer products organization is desirable.
• Willingness to learn PPM systems, portfolio processes and innovation governance, and to build capability over time.

Location

• Latin America (Brazil - SP or RJ) or Colombia - Hybrid working model

Ready to make an impact?

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.

Job Posting End Date

2026-11-20

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.

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Note to candidates

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