Director, Holistic Health & Transversal Insights, US CBIA

Haleon

USA - New Jersey - Warren Onsite Market Research/business Intelligence

About this role

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.

The Director, Holistic Health & Transversal Insights – is a key leader within the US CBIA organization and serves as a primary strategic partner to the Head of CBIA North America. This role leads the full insights agenda for Holistic Health and Transversal Insights, including exploring new consumer territories that can drive business growth, while driving enterprise‑wide strategic influence. The role blends consumer insight, foresight, cultural intelligence, market insights, analytics, and sharp storytelling to shape the growth strategy and embed consumer-centricity into strategic decisions to help accelerate the business.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, influencing Holistic Health and enterprise-level strategy through clear, forward-looking, actionable insights.
Lead initiatives to identify emerging trends, tensions, and growth opportunities, coupling them with foresight, cultural scanning, and marketplace intelligence.
Synthesize complex data into compelling narratives that influence GM, and President-level decisions.
Guide brand positioning, innovation pipeline development, retail strategy, and communication strategy through insight-based recommendations.
Promote modernized insight practices using AI tools and agile methodologies.
Champion a consumer-obsessed culture across cross-functional teams and business units.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required.
12+ years of experience in Consumer Insights, Strategy, or Analytics within CPG, Wellness, Healthcare, or related industries.
Proven track record influencing senior leadership and shaping strategic decisions.
Exceptional synthesis, strategic thinking, influencing skills, and storytelling ability.
Experience managing and developing high-performing insights talent.
Strong commercial acumen and ability to translate insights into action.
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and fast-paced environments.

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree in Marketing, Business, Behavioral Science, or related field.
Experience in global or multi-category CPG organizations.
Experience from insight‑driven companies is a plus.
Independent in identifying learning needs and designing the right research approach.
Relentlessly curious; digs deeper to uncover true drivers.
Strong commercial instincts and business awareness.
Passion for digital transformation, AI, digital tools, modern data sources and advanced analytic tools.
Deep consumer empathy and obsession.
Strong strategic thinking; connects dots across data, culture, and business.
Ability to translate insights into clear, actionable recommendations.
Future‑looking mindset; anticipates emerging behaviors and growth spaces.

What Success Looks Like

Insights that materially influence portfolio strategy and help drive business growth.
Clear, compelling narratives that guide senior leadership and shape the growth strategy.
Proactive identification of new growth spaces and early signals shaping long-term direction.

Location: This role is Hybrid based in Warren, NJ and will require 3 days a week in the office.

The Salary Range for this role is $188,964 - $259,825 + an 18% target bonus.

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

2026-06-20

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.

Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, Haleon may be required to capture and report expenses Haleon incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure Haleon’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements.

Accommodation Requests

If you require a reasonable accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at Haleon at any stage of the application process, please contact us by sending an email to HR.AmericasSC-CS@haleon.com. Please include the following in your email: 

Use subject line: ‘Haleon Careers: Job Accommodation Request’ 

Your Name and contact information 

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Please note: Resumes, CVs, or other requests outside of accommodation support submitted to this email box will not be accepted.

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.