Global Head of Packaging Strategy & Consumer Insights

12179 Haleon UK Trading Limited; Weybridge; On-site; GBP 135,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Haleon is seeking a Head of Packaging Strategy & Consumer Insights to define and govern an enterprise-wide packaging strategy, translating consumer understanding into priorities that improve packaging competitiveness, consumer experience and business value. You will lead a team of specialists and work with senior leaders to align innovation, sustainability and operational priorities.

You will shape the packaging organisation through governance, capability development and performance measurement,

Qualifications

• Progressive leadership experience in strategy, innovation, consumer insights or global portfolio management in a large multinational.
• Ability to turn consumer insights and priorities into measurable objectives and actionable recommendations.
• Strong analytical thinking to balance commercial, consumer, sustainability, technical and regulatory needs.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern global packaging strategy and roadmap.
• Lead the packaging centre of excellence and align priorities across functions and markets.
• Turn consumer insights into actions that improve packaging performance and consumer experience.
• Oversee packaging analytics, portfolio governance and KPI reporting to senior leaders.
• Develop and deliver the End to End Packaging scorecard and capability roadmap.

Skills

Leadership experience

Translate insights into strategy

Analytical judgement

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Consumer Science, Industrial Design, Engineering, Marketing, Business, or related discipline

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.

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.

About the role

Help shape the future of packaging at Haleon. As Head of Packaging Strategy & Consumer Insights, you will define and govern our enterprise-wide packaging strategy, translating consumer understanding into priorities that improve packaging competitiveness, consumer experience and business value. This new global leadership role connects the pillars of our End to End Packaging organisation through a common strategy, performance framework and capability roadmap. You will lead a team of specialists and work with senior leaders across functions and markets to align packaging innovation, sustainability and operational priorities.

Key responsibilities

• Define and govern global packaging strategy.
• Work with packaging leadership team to define the global packaging strategy, strategic priorities and roadmap.
• Lead the packaging centre of excellence, coordinating activities across packaging pillars and aligning priorities with business and category needs.
• Put consumer insights into action.
• Lead packaging consumer insights and own the methodology for integrating them into strategy and portfolio decisions.
• Translate design research and competitive benchmarking into clear actions that improve packaging performance and the consumer experience.
• Lead analytics and portfolio governance.
• Lead packaging analytics and portfolio management.
• Use evidence to assess opportunities, risks and trade-offs, and influence innovation priorities, investment decisions and global resource allocation.
• Measure and communicate performance.
• Own the packaging performance framework, key performance indicators and governance processes.
• Develop measurement systems where needed, maintain the End to End Packaging scorecard and report progress against strategic priorities and milestones to senior leaders.
• Build organisational capability.
• Own the packaging capability development roadmap and lead training and development programmes.
• Develop your team and strengthen capability, engagement and effectiveness across the global packaging organisation.
• Align stakeholders and strategic decisions.
• Partner with R&D, Commercial, Marketing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sustainability, Regulatory Affairs, Quality and Manufacturing.
• Build agreement on priorities and challenge initiatives or portfolio decisions that do not meet approved strategy, governance or consumer insight standards.
• Shape future packaging opportunities.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, consumer expectations and competitive developments.
• Represent Haleon with strategic partners, consumer insight organisations, research institutions, industry associations and innovation networks.

Required qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Consumer Science, Industrial Design, Engineering, Marketing, Business, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrable progressive leadership experience in strategy, innovation, consumer insights or global portfolio management within fast-moving consumer goods, consumer healthcare or a similarly complex multinational organisation.
• Ability to translate consumer insights and business priorities into strategy, measurable objectives and actionable recommendations.
• Strong analytical judgement and systems thinking, with the ability to resolve ambiguous challenges and balance commercial, consumer, sustainability, technical, regulatory and financial requirements.
• Strong leadership, executive communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to align global functions without direct authority.

Preferred qualifications and experience

• Master’s degree in Business Administration or equivalent field / experience.
• Experience leading global strategic transformation, enterprise portfolio governance, consumer-centric innovation or packaging strategy development.
• Experience managing executive stakeholders and leading and developing global teams.
• Professional qualifications in Strategy, Innovation, Packaging or Project Management are desirable, but not essential.

The impact you will make You will help create packaging that performs better for consumers and strengthens Haleon’s competitive position. Working with leaders across the business, you will share accountability for packaging superiority versus competitors, implementation of consumer insight actions, innovation and sustainability roadmap delivery, and progress in packaging capability and organisational effectiveness.

The salary range for this role in NJ, USA is: $178,461 - $245,383 plus an 18% target bonus

Job Posting End Date 2026-11-30

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.

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