Job Description
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 Operating Unit (OU) Data Lead plays a pivotal role in activating Haleon’s Data and AI strategy locally and ensuring that Data & AI services drive measurable business value in Operating Units, as the business-facing data leader for China.
Operating as the primary interface between the Data Office and OU, the role translates business priorities into actionable data demand, ensures high-quality delivery of data and intelligence products, and drives alignment of enterprise-wide ways of working across intelligence, analytics, and data governance in OUs.
The role is part of the Data Office team and reports to the Head of OU Data.
The job holder will be based in China, to ensure proximity to key Operating Unit stakeholders.
Key responsibilities
Business Engagement and Demand Leadership:
Act as the single point of accountability for data & AI within the Operating Unit.
Partner closely with OU business leaders to identify, shape and prioritise use cases, business questions and opportunities.
Translate complex business needs into clear data & AI requirements, ensuring alignment to enterprise standards and services.
Activation of Haleon’s Data & AI Strategy:
Drive awareness of Haleon’s enterprise-wide Data & AI strategy in the OU.
Ensure consistent application of Data & AI services and standards within the OU.
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders on how data & AI can drive growth, efficiency, and better decision-making
Cross-Functional Leadership & Ways of Working:
Lead and coordinate OU‑aligned data roles, ensuring consistent application of data & AI services in the OU.
Work seamlessly with global Data Office roles (e.g. Data Engineering, Data Science, AI, Enterprise Data Management) to deliver quality outcomes at pace.
Drive consistent governance, prioritisation and delivery discipline, including strong project‑level governance.
Value Realisation and Delivery:
Own the end‑to‑end data lifecycle from demand to delivered intelligence in the OU, ensuring outputs are actionable, adopted and drive value.
Support definition of success measures, benefits hypotheses and value tracking for OU data and AI initiatives.
Act as a sounding board for data & AI demand, validating assumptions and ensuring enterprise relevance.
Innovation & Continuous Improvement:
Feed OU insights, learnings and needs into the enterprise innovation and value pipeline.
Advise on emerging digital, data and analytics trends relevant to the Operating Unit.
Ensure application of data & AI services follow industry best practice and Haleon standards.
Qualifications and skills
Essential
·Significant experience in data, analytics, intelligence and/or digital roles, with strong exposure to business-facing data delivery.
·Proven ability to bridge business and technology, translating complex data concepts into clear, business-ready decisions.
·Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience engaging and influencing senior commercial, marketing, or functional leaders.
·Demonstrated experience managing demand, prioritisation and value delivery across multiple initiatives.
·Solid understanding of data, analytics and intelligence capabilities (e.g. BI, advanced analytics, AI‑enabled intelligence, data governance).
·Highly structured and outcome-focused, with experience in governance, benefits tracking and delivery management.
·Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to challenge, simplify and reframe as needed.
Preferred
·Background in consumer products or consumer healthcare industry.
·Familiarity with enterprise data governance, stewardship and information architecture concepts.
·Experience working with global or multi‑market teams across time zones.
·Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands‑on delivery in ambiguous, evolving environments.
Job Posting End Date
2026-06-26
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.
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Note to candidates
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