Regulatory Affairs Director - Topical Pain

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.

About the role

The purpose of this role is to provide regulatory leadership, governance and expertise to one OTC category, one or two sub-categories or a significant portfolio of products such that our products are successfully introduced or maintained Globally. The individual will build a network of collaborative relationships across the OTC Category and countries and will set a compelling vision for the team and deliver against the Category strategy and mission, ensuring all regulatory requirements are met for both innovation and existing products according to the company Values. The role also requires development of capability and talent within a team as necessary to implement strategy, now and in the future.

Role responsibilities

• Acts as a Business Partner and provides regulatory strategy across OTC Category / sub-Category on all aspects of drug / cosmetic / devices / food supplements (dependent on category) development and regulatory requirements, both current and future.

• Provides regulatory path to market / claims for a one or more sub-categories or a significant portfolio of projects / products. Develops novel regulatory strategies and influences approaches to secure competitive approvals and speed to market in conjunction with Regional and country regulatory teams (respecting the company structure).

• Communicates, influences and negotiates effectively with cross-functional internal and external groups at all levels to align teams to business outcomes.

• Where the role has direct reports, build, maintain and lead an efficient and well-motivated team; ensure effective development, retention and recruitment into the group.

• Ensure appropriate prioritization and resourcing of projects to deliver high quality regulatory files to agreed timelines.

• Leads significant non-product related activities, both in the function and cross functionally, in order to direct new policy or pioneer new processes or improvements to company's competitive advantage.

• Influences the external regulatory environment through networking with key individuals, identifying opportunities and influencing guidelines. May act as company representative to external groups for specific topics (e.g. in national or pan-national trade associations).

• Ensures the development of the strongest claims possible aligned to consumer insight and within the regulations, ensuring risks are appropriately addressed and communicated within the CAP meetings and tools and with senior stakeholders.

• In conjunction with the category regulatory CMC lead, ensure support for the full life cycle of products, including: maintenance activities; Design to Value, complexity reduction, value engineering initiatives; change controls, etc. with supply chain and technical excellence Oversees compliance in all actions by ensuring global, regional and local processes, policies, SOPs and working instructions are adhered to.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

Regulatory professional at this level must be highly skilled in scientific interpretation/ evaluation/ communication of technical information

• Minimum Level of Education BA or BSc

• Area of Specialisation - Life science/ Pharmaceutically related science (Chemistry, Pharmacy, Biochemistry, Biology, Medical Engineering)

• 10 plus years’ experience in Regulatory Affairs, with at least 5 years at a senior manager level. 15 plus years’ experience in Regulatory Affairs if the education is from a different area, ie engineer or legal

Preferred:

Position requires practically applied demonstration of intellect and an ability to interface effectively with senior R&D, supply chain and commercial counterparts with credibility

• RAC, Masters (MBA, MS, MA), or PhD/PharmD/JD QP

• Area of Specialisation    Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacy

 

 

 

 Job Posting End Date

 

 

2026-09-04

 

 

 

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.

During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees. 

The personal information you provide will be kept confidential, used only for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making any employment decisions, including hiring decisions.

 

 

 

Adjustment or Accommodations Request

If you require a reasonable adjustment or accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at Haleon at any stage of the application process, please let your recruiter know by providing them with a description of specific adjustments you are requesting. We’ll provide all reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process and treat all information you provide us in confidence. 

 

 

 

Note to candidates

The Haleon recruitment team will contact you using a Haleon email account (@haleon.com). If you are not sure whether the email you received is from Haleon, please get in touch.