Global R&D Risk and Compliance Manager

Haleon; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Haleon is seeking an experienced Risk & Compliance leader to oversee RDP risk governance and compliance programs within R&D. You will establish risk management structures, develop KPIs, and coordinate risk forums to support regulatory readiness and QPPV activities.

As part of Haleon, you will partner with RDP and R&D to drive continuous improvement, training, and governance across GVP, GCP, and GLP requirements, ensuring robust risk oversight and ethical practices.

Qualifications

• Life Science (or equivalent) degree.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in management of Risk, Compliance and Quality in R&D functions (e.g. Clinical, Regulatory, Safety, PV, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Set, deploy and maintain meaningful KPIs/metrics that enable compliant organization and drive continuous improvement programs.
• Own and drive management monitoring process and have oversight of other relevant controls (e.g. processes/standards, training, etc.).
• Support RDP responsible in risk management (identification, control strategy, assessment of residual risk and prioritization).
• Coordinate regulatory intelligence monitoring (regulation/consultation) for GVP, GCP, GLP regulatory requirements.
• May support Haleon QPPV as required including but not limited to input to PSMF and data collection for QPPV oversight.
• Establish and maintain appropriate structures and processes of risk management and train staff accordingly.
• Set, deploy and maintain KPIs/metrics to monitor effectiveness of risk management.

Skills

Risk management

Regulatory compliance

Quality management

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Life Science degree

Job description

POSITION PURPOSE

To ensure and enable compliant organization and robust inspection readiness by

• Having Risk and Compliance oversight in RDP organization.
• Ensuring appropriate Risk Governance of risks owned/monitored by R&D Head and CMO through the coordination of risk management forum (i.e., CMO ROC and R&D CRF).
• Providing expertise and support (Center of Excellence) to RDP and R&D functions in areas of Risk, Compliance and Management Monitoring.

Accountabilities/Responsibilities

Risk and Compliance oversight in RDP

• Set, deploy and maintain meaningful KPIs/metrics that enable compliant organization and drive continuous improvement programs.
• Own and drive management monitoring process and have oversight of other relevant controls (e.g. processes/standards, training, etc.) if appropriate.
• Support RDP responsible in risk management (identification, control strategy, assessment of residual risk and prioritization).
• Coordinate regulatory intelligence monitoring (regulation/consultation) for GVP, GCP, GLP regulatory requirements.
• May support Haleon QPPV as required including but not limited to i) input to PSMF ii) collection & collation of data for QPPV oversight

Risk Governance in RDP and R&D

• Establish and maintain appropriate structures and processes of risk management (SOP, templates, risk register, charter) and train RDP/R&D responsible accordingly.
• Set, deploy and maintain meaningful KPIs/metrics that enable monitoring and reporting on the effectiveness of the risk management framework and control.
• Collect and consolidate relevant information from risk owners into risk management forum to support overall compliance and risk assessment.
• Coordinate risk management forum (i.e., CMO ROC and R&D CRF) as secretariat.

Center of Excellence

• Be the contact point between Enterprise Risk & Audit and R&D functions.
• Articulate and communicate risk management principles/model within R&D.
• Develop supportive materials (templates, training, etc.) to help RDP and R&D functions in Compliance and Risk management.

Qualifications

• Life Science (or equivalent) degree.
• Minimum 8 years’ experience in management of Risk, Compliance and Quality in R&D functions (e.g. Clinical, Regulatory, Safety, PV, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Advanced Degree in science related field.

COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS

• A broad scientific/pharmaceutical industry background with relevant experience in R&D functions (e.g. Clinical, Regulatory, Safety, PV, etc.).
• Ability to effectively communicate at all levels (communication adapted to audience), and to influence, negotiate and partner with stakeholders.
• Self-motivated and quick learner who proactively shares knowledge and welcomes knowledge and feedback from other team members.
• Ability to challenge ways of working, bring new ideas and seek any opportunity for continuous improvement.
• Ability to adapt to changing business and risk environment.
• Ability to effectively organise work and prioritize/run several activities in parallel being in the meantime responsive to emerging request.
• Ability to work independently and proactively towards resolution of complex problems.Demonstrated project management skills and management of complex cross-functional activities.
• Agility to navigate through matrix organisation with ability to remove silo, inefficiencies, ambiguity bringing clarity/pragmatic view instead.
• Agility with data (KPIs, metric), ability to identify relevant ones, analyze them and come up with meaningful report and relevant actions/continuous improvement.
• Agility with quality tools, risk management tools and IT savvy.

Why Haleon?

Our Win as One Framework is a simple, stretching definition of our future direction. It includes our purpose, ambitions, strategic drivers, and behaviours that will enable us to Win as One. This framework guides our decision-making, strategy, and culture. The successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:

• Consumer first, always: Engage key business counterparts and operational stakeholders to deliver operational execution of Haleon strategies related to eCommerce activities, always putting the consumer first.
• Collaborate for impact: Establish and maintain relationships with critical groups to ensure customer knowledge is utilized to inform and deliver on the eCommerce roadmap, collaborating for impact.
• Unlock value, at pace: Drive business process improvement throughout the commercial and operational support teams, unlocking value at pace.
• Grow myself and others: Continuously look for opportunities to learn, build skills, and share learning, growing myself and others.

Code of Conduct as a Leader within Haleon , as a manager, you have an important responsibility to ensure that this Code is applied correctly and to promote an ethical culture.

• Be the role model that brings our Code to life, by always acting with the highest ethical standards.
• Ensure your team, especially new members, are familiar with our Code and the Ethics & Compliance contact, in your market.
• Maintain an environment of trust that allows all to Speak Up, reinforcing the guarantee of anonymity and non-retaliation.
• Listen to your team and promptly raise any compliance concerns you become aware of.
• Make any necessary corrective and preventive decisions, in a timely manner.
• Recognize those in your team who display ethical behavior; share examples of good ethical decision-making, so all understand how we expect them to act.
• Provide timely support into any company investigation of potential wrongdoing.

Job Posting End Date

2026-10-04

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.

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