Strategic Innovation Insights Lead – Wellness (US CBIA)

GSK • Warren, NJ

12d • Hybrid

About The Position

Haleon is seeking a strategic, forward-thinking Innovation Insights Lead to shape the future growth agenda for its Wellness portfolio, spanning Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) and Digestive Health. The role will drive the consumer learning strategy for innovation, partnering with Innovation, Marketing, R&D, and Commercial teams to identify growth opportunities, build innovation frameworks, and embed strong decision-making capabilities.

The position combines consumer strategy, innovation leadership, foresight, and modern insights practices to accelerate the development of successful innovations. The lead will champion new approaches to consumer learning, including advanced research methodologies, AI-enabled insights, and agile experimentation, to improve confidence in innovation decisions, forecast accuracy, and commercial outcomes.

The role is hybrid-based in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, with three required in-office days. It leads and develops Innovation Insights talent, with one direct report.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 10+ years of experience in innovation insights, consumer strategy, innovation consulting, foresight, or growth strategy within CPG, healthcare, wellness, or adjacent industries.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree.
• Proven experience shaping innovation strategy, portfolio growth agendas, and whitespace opportunity identification.
• Demonstrated expertise building innovation frameworks, learning systems, and stage-gate decision models.
• Experience modernizing consumer learning capabilities through agile experimentation, AI-enabled insights tools, and advanced testing approaches.
• Track record of translating emerging consumer trends and future market signals into actionable innovation platforms.

Responsibilities

• Identify emerging consumer needs, unmet opportunities, cultural shifts, and category trends to inform long-term growth strategies.
• Build innovation frameworks, opportunity platforms, and strategic roadmaps to guide portfolio investment decisions.
• Define innovation principles, success criteria, and guardrails to improve the quality and consistency of decision-making.
• Partner with senior leaders to influence innovation priorities and shape future growth platforms.
• Design and evolve an end-to-end innovation learning ecosystem, including testing frameworks, stage-gates, action standards, and decision architectures.
• Establish scalable approaches for evaluating concepts, propositions, claims, product experiences, packaging, and communications.
• Advance consumer learning capabilities using agile experimentation, AI-enabled methodologies, and next-generation insights tools.
• Promote rapid learning, evidence-based decision-making, and continuous optimization.
• Translate complex data and learning into actionable recommendations that influence business decisions.
• Integrate consumer, market, and business intelligence to develop a holistic understanding of growth opportunities.
• Improve innovation effectiveness, forecast accuracy, and commercial outcomes through consumer-centric decision-making.
• Identify risks early and drive course corrections across the innovation portfolio.
• Lead and develop a high-performing Innovation Insights talent, with one direct report.
• Represent the voice of the consumer in senior leadership discussions.
• Build partnerships across global and local stakeholders to drive alignment and adoption of learning.
• Establish best practices, standards, and ways of working that elevate innovation excellence.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Comprehensive benefits program.
• Generous 401(k) plan.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Time-off programs, including six months of paid parental leave.
• Healthcare programs; the company pays for the majority of medical coverage for employees and their families, with benefits eligibility on day one.
• Opportunity for a discretionary bonus based on achievement of key business performance.
• Other incentive and recognition programs.
• 18% target bonus.

What This Job Offers

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