Growth Platform Lead, Director

Haleon; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 188,000 - 258,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Parental leave

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

Haleon in Berkeley Heights, NJ, is seeking a senior marketing leader to own the platform planning and long-range strategy for our consumer brands. You will connect brand, portfolio, media, shopper, and partnerships to drive growth and profitability.

You will lead cross-functional teams, create investment cases, oversee P&L, forecast outcomes, and present concise executive stories to senior leadership. A Bachelor's degree and 10+ years in marketing or related fields are required; a hybrid work

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in marketing, brand management, shopper marketing, commercial strategy, or related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience developing growth strategies and translating where-to-play and how-to-win into executable plans.
• Strong commercial and financial capability including P&L management, forecasting, business cases, ROI, and multi-year planning.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical, storytelling, and executive communication skills.
• People-management experience with a track record of coaching talent and building team capability.

Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of consumer behavior, benefit-plan dynamics, category economics, and customer requirements to identify scalable growth opportunities.
• Create a single, integrated platform plan that connects brand, portfolio, media, shopper, customer, innovation, and partnership choices.
• Own annual business planning and long-range planning for the platform, including assumptions, investment requirements, financial returns, and resource choices.
• Lead senior stakeholder alignment and decision-making through concise, fact-based recommendations and compelling executive storytelling.
• Ensure high-quality in-market execution, clear ownership, milestone discipline, and accountability for business results.
• Build a learning agenda and measurement plan that connects media effectiveness, retailer performance, sales lift, incrementality, and ROI without double counting.
• Continuously scan for shifts in consumer behavior, customer priorities, regulation, competition, and technology, translating change into practical action.

Skills

Marketing

Brand management

Shopper marketing

Commercial strategy

P&L management

Forecasting

ROI analysis

Multi-year planning

Cross-functional leadership

Executive storytelling

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

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.

Location: Berkeley Heights, NJ (Hybrid - 3 days onsite per week) Salary range: $187,946 - $ 258,426 USD annually plus an annual bonus.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of consumer behavior, benefit-plan dynamics, category economics, and customer requirements to identify scalable growth opportunities.
• Create a single, integrated platform plan that connects brand, portfolio, media, shopper, customer, innovation, and partnership choices.
• Own annual business planning and long-range planning for the platform, including assumptions, investment requirements, financial returns, and resource choices.
• Lead senior stakeholder alignment and decision‑making through concise, fact-based recommendations and compelling executive storytelling.
• Ensure high-quality in‑market execution, clear ownership, milestone discipline, and accountability for business results.
• Build a learning agenda and measurement plan that connects media effectiveness, retailer performance, sales lift, incrementality, and ROI without double counting.
• Continuously scan for shifts in consumer behavior, customer priorities, regulation, competition, and technology, translating change into practical action.

Success Profile

• Strategic Leadership Connects market, consumer, customer, portfolio, and financial insight to make sharp choices and set a compelling direction.
• Commercial Acumen Demonstrates strong command of P&L, forecasting, investment cases, ROI, incrementality, and 1-3 year planning.
• Enterprise Influence Builds alignment across functions and levels, constructively challenges thinking, and drives decisions without relying on authority.
• Executive Communication Distills complexity into a clear narrative, adapts to the audience, and communicates with confidence under pressure.
• Execution Excellence Moves from strategy to detailed activation with disciplined ownership, timelines, design standards, customer requirements, and commercial mechanics.
• Agility & Resilience Navigates ambiguity, adapts quickly, maintains momentum through change, and brings the team with them.
• People Leadership Sets high standards, coaches with clarity, creates accountability, and develops an inclusive, high-performing team.

Location

Berkeley Heights, NJ (Hybrid - 3 days onsite per week)

Salary range

$187,946 - $ 258,426 USD annually plus an annual bonus.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's degree. 10+ years of experience in marketing, brand management, shopper marketing, commercial strategy, or a related discipline. Demonstrated experience developing growth strategies and translating where-to-play and how-to-win choices into executable plans. Strong commercial and financial capability, including P&L management, forecasting, business cases, ROI, and multi-year planning. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence senior internal and external stakeholders. Excellent analytical, storytelling, and executive communication skills. People-management experience with a track record of coaching talent and building team capability.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• 10+ years of experience in marketing, brand management, shopper marketing, commercial strategy, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience developing growth strategies and translating where-to-play and how-to-win choices into executable plans.
• Strong commercial and financial capability, including P&L management, forecasting, business cases, ROI, and multi-year planning.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical, storytelling, and executive communication skills.
• People-management experience with a track record of coaching talent and building team capability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading a cross-category, portfolio, customer, or enterprise growth platform.
• Experience across retail, shopper, digital commerce, media, consumer insights, partnerships, or healthcare-related channels.
• Comfort operating in an evolving market with multiple data sources, complex stakeholders, and high visibility.

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.

Job Posting End Date 2026-10-15

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.

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.

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.