Senior Operations Lead, Growth Platforms

Haleon; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 142,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Haleon is seeking a Senior Operations Lead for Growth Platform based in Warren, NJ. The role focuses on strategic financial planning, KPI stewardship, and cross-functional influence to optimize portfolio performance.

Hybrid work requires 3 days in the office weekly. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years in analytics, finance, or related fields, with proven experience in forecasting and budget management within consumer health or CPG environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; analytics mindset and financial acumen essential.
• 5+ years of experience in analytics, insights, strategy, finance or related fields.
• Experience with forecasting, financial planning, or demand planning processes.
• Advanced Excel skills; familiarity with market data and consumer panels is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform business cases and drive progress against strategic KPIs.
• Own Long-Range Planning (LRP) and Annual Business Planning (ABP) processes for GCC.
• Deliver monthly performance reports and inform forecast decisions with category teams.
• Manage budget and align with strategic priorities across growth platforms.

Skills

Analytical skills

P&L management

Excel

Forecasting

Cross-functional collaboration

Storytelling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

Job description

## Senior Operations Lead, Growth PlatformsApply: USA - New Jersey - Warren: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: September 28, 2026 (13 days left to apply): 548065Welcome 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.The **Senior Operations Lead, Growth Platform** is a pivotal leadership role responsible for driving operational excellence to manage planning across the growth platforms. This position provides strategic oversight of financial process—including Long-Range Planning (LRP) and Annual Business Planning (ABP)—while managing the Platform performance P&Ls and the forecasting process with the category demand planners including managing the A&P and annual budget process.**Key Responsibilities:****Strategic Oversight & Stakeholder Influence*** Lead platform business cases and driving progress against strategic and performance KPIs including ongoing local and global dashboards.**Financial Planning & Performance Monitoring*** Own the Long-Range Planning and Annual Business Planning processes for GCC.* Deliver monthly performance reports to the teams and influence YTG forecast working closely with the categories* Manage budget and ensuring alignment with strategic priorities.The ideal candidate thrives in a growth mindset, dynamic, cross-functional environment, bringing a proactive mindset to identify risks, opportunities, and trade-offs that drive portfolio performance and long-term business growth.\\*This role is based in Warren, NJ, and follows a hybrid model, requiring an in-office presence of 3 days per week.# ***Why you?***## ***Basic Qualifications:**** Bachelor’s degree* Exceptional analytical acumen, financial P&L management, storytelling capability, and the ability to connect the dots across complex data sets to influence senior stakeholders.* 5+ years of experience in analytics, insights, strategy, finance, or related fields (CPG or consumer health preferred)* Experience working with forecasting, financial planning, or demand planning processes* Advanced Excel skills; experience with market data (e.g., Nielsen, Circana) and consumer panel data (e.g., Numerator)* Demonstrated success operating in cross-functional, matrixed environments***Preferred qualifications:**** Growth Mindset, Ability to thrive in ambiguity, ability to move with speed, strong personal and communication skills and resilience.* Strong ability to connect disparate data into a cohesive enterprise narrative* Excellent communication and storytelling skills, especially with senior audiences* Comfort navigating ambiguity and leading through complex, evolving business questions* Highly collaborative mindset with the ability to influence across functions and levels* Strong leadership and coaching capabilities with a focus on developing others*The salary range for this role is: $142,282 - 195,637 USD annually plus an annual bonus.*