R&D Oral Health Lead US

GSK • Warren, NJ

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The R&D Oral Health Lead is Haleon US R&D’s accountable scientific authority for the Oral Health category, bringing deep technical expertise, rigorous evidence generation, and influential thought leadership to shape portfolio decisions. This newly created, Director ‑ level role owns the scientific strategy for the US Oral Health pipeline—from hypothesis to claims substantiation—ensuring robust study design, data integrity, regulatory/medical governance alignment, and consumer ‑ meaningful innovation across priority brands and indications. The role also serves as the single point of contact for US R&D for the US Oral Health Category Roundtable, led by the General Manager, with responsibility for framing scientific perspectives, enabling decision ‑ quality trade ‑ offs, and driving follow ‑ through. This role is part of Future North America OTC Team.

Requirements

• Advanced degree (PhD, DDS/DMD, MS) in a relevant scientific discipline.
• 10+ years’ experience in R&D within consumer health, oral care, or pharmaceutical fields.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated experience developing claims and evidence strategies for consumer healthcare/oral care products (including substantiation dossiers and challenge readiness).
• Exceptional scientific communication and stakeholder ‑ influence skills, including the ability to translate complex evidence into crisp recommendations for senior leaders and cross ‑ functional decision forums.
• Track record of scientific thought leadership (e.g., publications, conference presentations, standards/working groups, or KOL partnerships) in oral health or adjacent biomedical fields.

Responsibilities

• Serve as US R&D’s single accountable scientific owner for the Oral Health category, setting evidence standards, scientific direction, and decision criteria for the portfolio.
• Own and maintain the US Oral Health innovation and claims roadmap (problem statements, hypotheses, evidence plans, and timelines), ensuring clear milestones, risks, and accountability for delivery.
• Act as the US R&D single point of contact for the US Oral Health Category Roundtable (led by the GM): define scientific inputs, develop pre ‑ reads, document decisions, and drive action closure and impact tracking.
• Lead the end ‑ to ‑ end design and execution of clinical, laboratory, and claims ‑ supporting studies, including protocol development, statistical considerations, endpoint selection, vendor oversight, and quality controls to ensure data integrity and reproducibility.
• Serve as the recognized US oral care scientific thought leader—synthesizing internal/external evidence into clear scientific narratives, identifying emerging science, and translating insights into investable opportunities and defensible claims.
• Establish fit ‑ for ‑ purpose evidence governance (study dossiers, traceable substantiation files, and decision logs) to enable confident internal reviews, audits, and external scrutiny.
• Partner with Regulatory Affairs and Legal to set claim substantiation standards and manage risk, ensuring compliance with FDA/FTC/NAD expectations and readiness for challenge, inquiry, or competitive response.
• Drive aligned scientific decision ‑ making across Global Category R&D, Medical, Regulatory Affairs, Marketing, Insights, and Supply/Quality as needed—clarifying assumptions, trade ‑ offs, and go/no ‑ go recommendations grounded in evidence.
• Lead priority US R&D programs with end ‑ to ‑ end accountability for scientific integrity, timelines, and budget; proactively identify risks, resolve issues, and ensure measurable outcomes from study readouts through claim enablement and launch support.

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: Director