CEE Medical Lead

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 CEE Medical Cluster Lead is the driving force behind the successful deployment of Haleon's Medical & Scientific Affairs ambitions across Central and Eastern Europe. As a key member of the Europe Medical organisation, the role connects global strategy with local execution, ensuring that trusted science translates into meaningful impact for consumers, healthcare professionals, and the business. Partnering closely with commercial, regulatory, and external stakeholders, the Cluster Lead champions scientific excellence, compliance, and innovation while capturing local insights that help inform and shape future medical and business priorities across Europe. Role Responsibilities: Medical Strategy Execution & Business Partnership Lead the translation and execution of Haleon's Europe Medical & Scientific Affairs strategy across the CEE cluster, ensuring delivery against regional priorities while addressing local market needs. Drive the successful implementation of category medical plans (OTC, Oral Health, and Wellness), enabling launch excellence, lifecycle growth, and sustainable competitive advantage. Serve as the trusted medical partner to Cluster Commercial Leadership, providing strategic scientific guidance that supports confident, compliant, and consumer-focused decision-making. Ensure medical activities deliver measurable business impact while maintaining Haleon's commitment to Trusted Science and patient-centricity. Prioritisation, Agility & Organisational Effectiveness Effectively balance multiple competing priorities across brands, categories, countries, and stakeholders, making clear aligned decisions on resource allocation and focus. Operate successfully in a complex and fast-paced environment, ensuring the highest-value activities receive appropriate attention and support. Demonstrate strong judgement, resilience, and adaptability when navigating ambiguity, organisational change, and evolving business needs. Continuously identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve ways of working, and maximise the impact of medical resources across the cluster. Scientific Leadership & External Engagement Represent Haleon as the senior medical and scientific leader within the cluster, building credibility and trust with healthcare professionals, scientific experts, key opinion leaders, and relevant external stakeholders. Lead the delivery of high-quality scientific exchange, medical education, and non-promotional stakeholder engagement activities aligned with Europe Medical priorities. Anticipate emerging scientific trends, competitive developments, reputational considerations, and healthcare opportunities, proactively informing cluster and Europe Medical strategy. Governance, Risk Management & Compliance Champion a culture of scientific integrity, compliance, and ethical decision-making across all medical activities within the cluster. Ensure adherence to Haleon Medical Governance frameworks, regulatory requirements, and applicable policies and procedures. Proactively identify, assess, mitigate, and escalate medical, scientific, and compliance risks, ensuring appropriate governance and business continuity. Support inspections, audits, and compliance reviews, maintaining a high standard of operational excellence. Evidence Excellence & Scientific Deployment Lead the deployment of evidence strategies, scientific narratives, claims frameworks, and approved medical content to support local market execution. Ensure the accurate, consistent, and compliant use of scientific evidence across all medical activities and stakeholder interactions. Partner with Europe Medical Evidence & Scientific Excellence colleagues to identify evidence gaps, generate actionable insights, and continuously strengthen the scientific foundation of Haleon's portfolio. Cross-Functional Leadership & Influence Build strong partnerships across Medical, Regulatory, Safety, Commercial, Market Access, and other key functions to ensure a coordinated and aligned approach to business priorities. Translate European medical strategies and guidance into practical, impactful actions that can be effectively executed across diverse local markets. Act as the primary escalation point for cluster-specific opportunities and challenges requiring Europe-level support, alignment, or decision-making. Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences (Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy or equivalent). Experience in Medical Affairs within OTC/consumer healthcare or other regulated environments. Experience in translating global or regional medical strategies into local execution. Experience in scientific engagement and collaboration with external stakeholders. Experience working in cross-functional and matrix environments, including people leadership. Ability to work within governance frameworks and compliance requirements. Ability to assess scientific information and support its application in business context. Fluent in English and Polish. Why Haleon? Career at one of the leading global healthcare companies. Attractive reward package (annual bonus & awards for outstanding performance, recognition awards for additional achievements and engagement). LTI (Long Term Incentive) shares. Company car or car allowance (according to company car policy). Extensive support of work life balance (flexible working solutions including working from home possibilities, health & wellbeing activities). Private medical care – for employees and family members. P4P Partnership for Prevention. Family benefits (extra parental leave, caregiver’s policy). Life insurance and pension plan. Multisport card or points on the Multicafeteria Benefits account. Personalized learning approach. Supportive community and integration events. Hybrid work. PLN 353 915,00 - PLN 486 633,40 The salary range for this position is indicative and provided as a guide. The final offer may vary depending on factors including relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations. Further details regarding the total reward and benefits package will be shared during the recruitment process. Salary ranges may vary by location in line with local market conditions and applicable pay transparency regulations. Compensation information is shared for the primary location of this role. Where the position is advertised with additional locations the compensation range will be discussed during the recruiting process. Job Posting End Date 2026-09-12 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. 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.