Global Marketing Director, Innovation – Otrivin & Flonase - #49456

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.

Global Marketing Director, Innovation – Otrivin & Flonase

About The Role

Global Marketing Director, Innovation – Otrivin & Flonase is a enterprise leadership role responsible for driving growth by creating a powerful innovation pipeline driven by strategic thought and clear consumer insight.

You will lead a team having an end-to-end responsibility on innovation – from the strategy development, insight identification, concept development, toolkit creation, full marketing mix programme and launch activation.

You will join the Global Brand Team and report to Global Brand Lead – Otrivin & Flonase, and will partner with key stakeholders in R&D across all functions, in the markets, supply chain, finance and with the rest of the brand team – especially Equity, Design, Expert and Market Engagement.

We expect you to have a deep understanding of the consumer, capable of aligning global interests while effectively accommodating local market nuances and consequently strategizing and delivering growth for Otrivin & Flonase globally and for the 6 OUs.

Role Responsibilities

Innovation

• Set brand innovation strategy led by deep consumer insights and superiority benchmarks, aligning with both the overall brand strategy.
• Identify growth opportunity for innovation, product development, and asset creation, in partnership with CBIA
• Drive best-in-class, irresistible innovation programmes that bring to consumers our superior science in meaningful ways, achieving the innovation sales targets
• Lead end-to-end Innovation, managing pipeline development from concept generation to creation of fully adaptable toolkits for OUs
• Lead development of meaningful global programmes covering all aspects of innovation including (1) differentiated channel pack architecture, (2) commercial innovation supporting pricing and promotion strategies (3) superior and differentiated claims roadmap
• Set and manage innovation guardrails & thresholds to enable innovation pipeline governance
• Continuously and proactively optimise plans and portfolio, ensuring delivery of toolkits and content to win across customers and channels
• Establishing industry-leading plans for sustainability within the innovation priorities and bringing that to life in harmony with the brand heart & eco-system
  
  
  

Exceptional team leader

• Set direction, empower, motivate and guide the team of direct reports, setting strong behavioural examples in personal development, demonstration of values and engagement of a diverse workforce
• Exceptional relationships and ability to influence senior stakeholders in OUs marketing / commercial excellence and cross-functional teams to be close to key market performance, consumer and competitor trends, ensure alignment and brilliant programme delivery with the ability to problem solve for performance in a timely fashion.  
  
  
  

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

• Track record of significant contribution to the strategic planning process, at both a Category and Brand level
• Significant innovation experience to include growth opportunity identification, product development, assets creation and performance management. 
• Proven ability to develop powerful new product concepts/or claims derived from consumer insights and data
• Proven ability to craft toolkits and communications with powerful consumer insights and anchored in brand equity
• Proven ability in developing integrated digital campaigns across paid/owned/earned with strong results
• Demonstrated ability to develop relationships with OU and Functions across marketing, R&D, QSC, medical & commercial excellence teams
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex projects with successful outcomes, within a matrix organisation
• Highly developed commercial acumen with experience in P&L/budget management, pricing/mix/promotional strategies, brand architecture; with a focus on performance
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong influential skills as the person needs to engage with senior stakeholders in OUs and Functions frequently
• Understanding of science and technical development experience is a plus
• Ability to enable and drive change – resilience and tenacity
  
  
  

This position is a grade: 5

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Job Posting End Date

2026-07-12

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.

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