Innovation Insights Lead

Haleon • Warren Township, NJ

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Innovation Insights Lead will be a strategic partner to the Innovation team, serving as a key voice in the Innovation Strategy and leading the End-to-End learning agenda for key innovations in the US market. This role involves leveraging insights to clarify the key components of successful innovations (proposition, packaging, claims, messaging) and collaborating closely with cross-functional partners to ensure innovations are rooted in consumer needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Analytics, or related field.
• 5 years of experience in strategy, brand management, innovation, consumer/shopper insights, analytics, or roles that involve enabling simplicity in complex situations.
• Experience in managing multi project-based workload and written, strong functional/technical skills.
• Agile and quick learner with astute strategy abilities and mindset.
• Excellent communicator and presenter, with ability to communicate across all levels of the organization.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, being able to effectively interact with different leadership styles.
• Demonstrated ability to drive influence with key colleagues.
• Strong intellectual curiosity and analytical skills to identify trends from multiple sources and translate into compelling storytelling.
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneDrive, and Teams.
• Demonstrates values and behaviors consistent with Haleon expectations.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree or MBA.
• Familiarity with secondary data sources (i.e. Circana, Numerator, etc).
• Familiarity with consumer/shopper research methods.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Innovation Lead to shape the Innovation Strategy by gathering and organizing knowledge from various sources to support our Innovation Pillars.
• Own the end-to-end Innovation research as established in the Innovation Operating Model.
• Drive agile, fit-to-purpose decision making, driving quality in execution without compromising speed to market
• Become an instrumental stakeholder as the “voice of the consumer” in strategic discussions with Innovation, Brand, Customer Strategy, R&D and other key stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Category/Brand Insights and Shopper Insights to mine existing foundational insights.
• Clearly articulate recommendations based on existing knowledge, inclusive of current knowledge and new research.
• Drive pilots of new methods to understand “what’s next” in research methodologies to drive precision and agility.
• Ensures (internal and third parties) understanding and compliance with applicable global and local laws and regulations including but not limited to: antitrust, competition law, unique category captain requirements, adverse advents, data protection, advertising and others) as well as Haleon values and Haleon standards

Benefits

• competitive pay
• comprehensive benefits program
• generous 401(k) plan
• tuition reimbursement
• time off programs including 6 months paid parental leave
• healthcare programs where the company pays for the majority of medical coverage for you and your family
• opportunity to receive a discretionary bonus based on the achievement of key business performance and other incentive/recognition programs

What This Job Offers

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