Medical & Scientific Affairs Senior Scientist ItalyExperience Level: Senior Level | Posted Date: 2025-04-14
Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control of. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.
With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Voltaren and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we’re uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business.
This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special.
About the role
The purpose of this role is to lead the delivery of Medical & Scientific Affairs (M&SA) excellence and provide dynamic leadership within the Southern Europe BU R&D organization by supporting product maintenance/stewardship and innovation through effective deployment of M&SA resources and Medical Compliance/Governance standards across Haleon’s business.
This role will work closely with the SE BU M&SA Lead to establish and execute the local M&SA strategy and ensure delivery of short term and long-term medical goals and objectives.
This position will work closely with the SE M&SA Lead to ensure delivery of annual local medical goals and objectives. The M&SA Senior Scientist incorporates strong strategic and operational capabilities, including managing the medical and scientific activities for local portfolio to meet consumer expectations. These include review of promotional materials, claims innovation, product medical information, new data generation, innovation, and regulatory interactions.
In addition, the M&SA Senior Scientist will ensure the local team builds and
manages the medical and scientific ecosystem by actively engaging with external groups and individuals, such as External Experts, Government Agencies, Boards of Health, Health Care Practitioners, and Health Care Organizations.
To ensure alignment in meeting the commercial and scientific objectives for the product portfolio, the M&SA Senior Scientist must form collegial and collaborative relationships with cross-functional colleagues within Haleon including GSM Leads, EMEA-LATAM R&D colleagues and Local commercial & Innovation Leads among other functions as R&D functions and external stakeholders.
Key responsibilities
Success in this role, through collaboration with category Medical & Scientific Affairs, SE BU R&D colleagues, other regional R&D functions and Senior business colleagues, will ensure effective and consistent application of medical support and Governance in all relevant Haleon activities to help achievement business objectives.
Qualifications and skills
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.
We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.
We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.
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At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.
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