Innovation Insights Lead - Wellness

Haleon • Warren Township, NJ

1d • $148,648 - $204,391 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Innovation Insights Lead – Wellness is responsible for owning the end-to-end innovation learning agenda from early concept to launch, turning insights into strategic fuel for innovation, and driving a more consumer-centric, agile, and high-confidence innovation model across the US Wellness portfolio (VMS and Digestive Health). As the Innovation Insights Lead – Wellness you will assess and mitigate risks to ensure solutions are consumer-relevant and market-ready. You will also partner closely with Innovation teams to optimize products (packs, claims, and concepts) before launch and maximize likelihood of conversion and commercial success.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 10 years of experience in insights, innovation, strategy, or analytics within CPG, ideally in healthcare, wellness, or adjacent industries.
• Proven leadership of innovation insights or learning agendas.
• Strong experience influencing senior stakeholders.
• Expertise with both qualitative and quantitative insights.
• Team leadership and capability building experience.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced Degree (Master’s of PhD).
• Strategic and business-driven mindset with demonstrated commercial impact.
• Demonstrates a forward-looking, proactive mindset, anticipating business needs and identifying opportunities before they surface.
• Agile, adaptable, and comfortable operating in fast-evolving environments and working with ambiguity.
• Deep curiosity about consumers and ability to connect human insights with business outcomes.
• Passion for digital transformation, data innovation, and modern insight tools.
• Strong ability to influence senior stakeholders and operate as a trusted advisor.
• Excels in collaborative, cross-functional environments, building strong partnerships and fostering alignment across diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead a dedicated Innovation Insights function with ownership of end-to-end learning.
• Shape innovation pipelines, priorities, and whitespace opportunities with senior stakeholders.
• Identify emerging consumer needs, cultural shifts, and category trends to unlock future growth.
• Embed consistent, scalable ways of working to improve consumer centricity, speed, and efficiency.
• Deliver clear, actionable recommendations to inform key decisions.
• Provide strategic leadership and shape culture in partnership with the General Manager, combining business leadership with a regional perspective to align priorities, strengthen collaboration, and drive high performance across markets.
• Integrate multiple data sources into a holistic consumer view.
• Drive higher-confidence decisions and stronger innovation success rates.
• Improve forecast accuracy and commercial outcomes.
• Identify risks and course-correct quickly across the portfolio.
• Establish best practices, frameworks, and tools.
• Drive consistency and efficiency across partners and methods.
• Advance agile and next-generation insights approaches (including AI-based methodologies) to enhance speed, precision, predictability and impact.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team.
• Serve as a voice of the consumer in senior forums.
• Partner cross-functionally to drive aligned, insight-led decisions.
• Partner with Global CBIA on best practices and provide input on research results.
• Optimize insights investment and ensure compliance with all standards.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Comprehensive benefits program
• Generous 401(k) plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Time off programs
• 6 months paid parental leave
• Healthcare programs where the company pays for the majority of your medical coverage for you and your family
• Opportunity to receive a discretionary bonus based on the achievement of key business performance
• Other incentive/recognition programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior