Regulatory Affairs Director-Oral Health

About us-

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. This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It's an opportunity to be part of something special.

Job Purpose- The purpose of this role is to provide regulatory leadership, governance and expertise to one category, one or two sub-categories or a significant portfolio of products such that our products are successfully introduced or maintained Globally. The individual will build a network of collaborative relationships across the Category and LOC/BU/Region and will set a compelling vision for the team and deliver against the Category strategy and mission, ensuring all regulatory requirements are met for both innovation and existing products according to the company Values. The role also requires development of capability and talent within a team as necessary to implement strategy, now and in the future.

Key Responsibilities -

• Provides people leadership & management and technical leadership for a group of Regulatory Affairs professionals at various levels an across various locations.
• Acts as a Business Partner and provides regulatory strategy across Category/sub-Category on all aspects of Cosmetic/Devices/Food and Supplements (dependent on category) and Drugs development and regulatory requirements, both current and future and/or responsible for regulatory matters and activities relating to new registrations and life-cycle maintenance for an assigned category portfolio of projects and products.
• Provides regulatory path to market/claims/lifecycle maintenance for a one or more sub-categories or a significant portfolio of projects/products. Develops novel regulatory strategies and influences approaches in order to secure competitive approvals and speed to market in conjunction with LOC/BU/Region regulatory teams.
• Communicates, influences and negotiates effectively with cross-functional internal and external groups at all levels to align teams to business outcomes. Provides supports to Regional/BU/local Regulatory Affairs teams in interactions with local Regulatory Agencies and experts. May interact directly with local Regulatory Agencies
• Ability to manage and grow teams.
• Ensure appropriate prioritization and resourcing of projects to deliver high quality regulatory files to agreed timelines.
• Leads significant non-product related activities, both in the function and cross functionally, in order to direct new policy or pioneer new processes or improvements to company's competitive advantage.
• Influence the external regulatory environment through networking with key individuals, identifying opportunities and influencing guidelines. May act as company representative to external groups for specific topics (eg in national or pan-national trade associations).
• Ensure the development of the strongest claims possible aligned to consumer insight and within the regulations, ensuring risks are appropriately addressed and communicated within the CAP meetings and tools and with senior stakeholders.
• Ensure support for the full life cycle of products, including: maintenance activities; Design to Value, complexity reduction, value engineering initiatives; change controls, etc. with supply chain and technical excellence Oversees compliance in all actions by ensuring global, regional and local processes, policies, SOPs and working instructions are adhered to.

Qualification and Skills Required-

• 10+ Years of experience in Regulatory Affairs, with at least 5 years at Senior manager level.
• BA/BSc or RAC/PhD background preferred.
• Practical knowledge of Regulatory affairs and ability to interpret/evaluate and communicate the technical knowhow of the domain.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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.

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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.
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