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Haleon

Global R&D Director – Risk and Compliance

Haleon

Global R&D Risk and Compliance Director ensuring compliance and risk management across R&D functions at Haleon. Leading a team and supporting regulatory requirements and risk governance frameworks.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeWeybridge • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
Google Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Ensure and enable a compliant organisation and robust inspection readiness across RDP
  • Provide risk and compliance oversight, coordinating governance for risks owned or monitored by the R&D Head and CMO
  • Act as a Centre of Excellence for Risk, Compliance and Management Monitoring across RDP and R&D
  • Build, lead, coach and develop an efficient and motivated team
  • Manage team budget, resources and operational activities
  • Set, deploy and maintain meaningful KPIs and metrics
  • Own and drive the management monitoring process
  • Support RDP stakeholders in risk management
  • Oversee the regulatory intelligence process for GVP, GCP and GLP regulatory requirements
  • Establish and maintain appropriate risk management structures and processes
  • Collect and consolidate relevant information from risk owners
  • Coordinate risk management forums
  • Act as the key contact point between Enterprise Risk & Audit and R&D functions
  • Articulate and communicate risk management principles and frameworks across R&D
  • Develop supportive materials to strengthen compliance and risk management

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Degree in Life Sciences or equivalent
  • Minimum 15 years of experience in Risk, Compliance and Quality management within R&D functions
  • Broad scientific or pharmaceutical industry background with strong experience across R&D environments
  • Demonstrated project management capability, including management of complex cross-functional activities
  • Strong data and KPI capability, including identifying relevant measures, analysing trends and producing meaningful reports and actions
  • Experience using quality tools, risk management tools and relevant digital systems
  • Experience supporting QPPV activities, including contribution to the Pharmacovigilance System Master File (PSMF)
  • Experience establishing or maturing risk governance frameworks in matrixed global organisations
  • Experience designing and delivering compliance or risk management training across diverse stakeholder groups

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Equal Opportunities throughout the application process
  • Reasonable adjustments or accommodations upon request

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Hard Skills & Tools
Risk ManagementCompliance ManagementQuality ManagementProject ManagementData AnalysisKPI DevelopmentRegulatory IntelligencePharmacovigilanceRisk Governance FrameworksTraining Development
Soft Skills
LeadershipCoachingTeam DevelopmentCommunicationCollaborationOrganizational SkillsAnalytical ThinkingStakeholder EngagementProblem SolvingMotivation