Manager –Transition & Project Management

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 – 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 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 Global Transition and Transformation function has oversight and end to end delivery accountability for a wide portfolio of transformation programs and projects spanning Operating Model, Process and Enterprise level transformation. Your role therefore is pivotal to front-ending and delivering the Operating Model transformation road map for Haleon.

• Transition Scoping and planning:

• Facilitate discovery workshops and document transition scope. Plan follow-ups where required.
• Facilitate planning workshops; develop and baseline the end-end transition roadmap / plan.

• Business Case: Closely monitor spend; manage baseline changes through change control.

• Governance:

  • Partner with the Global PMO to ensure toll gate criteria are well defined relative to the transition nature and tollgates are orchestrated in line with the transition plan. Prepare content for tollgates.
  • Prepare status reports on overall transition health for report-out at weekly governance. Leverage standard tooling and best practices as prescribed by the Global PMO for status updates.

• Detailed Design / Solutioning, Knowledge Transfer (KT) planning:

• Consolidate outcomes of the detailed design for report-out.
• Facilitate Knowledge Transfer planning workshops covering all aspects of the processes to be transitioned with clear alignment on scope, trainers, timelines, and ways of working.

• Recruitment,, Knowledge Transfer (KT):

  • Participate in recruitment steer cos; ensure HR gets required support from business to hire at pace.
  • Align with IT requirements and raise provisioning requests in line with timelines.
  • Onboard new joiners and orient / deploy for KT in accordance with the KT plan.

• Stakeholder Management: Plan stakeholder connects at an agreed cadence to keep them informed of the transition progress. Maintain a stakeholder log evidencing stakeholder engagement (Actions from the meetings, follow up plans etc.)

Facilitate Governance & actions Management

• Chair and lead the partnership governance
• Partner with the Enterprise Transformation office and represent HBS in TO governance
• Collect and Co-ordinate Actions into the Programme Team
• Ensure that the Actions Board is being proactively managed
• Identify escalations to bring to Programme Leadership

RAID Management

• Collect and Create Appropriate Programme Level Risk and Issues records
• Facilitate RAID log review meetings, identifying those RAID Items to be covered at the next review, and managing the invitee list appropriately
• Ensure that the collected RAID items are being proactively managed
• Identify escalations to bring to Programme Leadership

Change Control Management

• Create Relevant Change Controls on behalf of the Programme
• Manage the Change Board invite based upon scope of Change Items to be presented
• Action any approved changes, updating the key Programme artefacts
• Communicating outcomes from the Change Board

• Qualifications & Skills:

• 7+ years demonstrated experience of transitioning processes from local markets to Shared Services Captives, Outsourcing partners etc.
• Transition management experience across multiple functions (Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Tech etc.) in a Consumer goods company is a plus, but not mandatory
• Demonstrated proficiency in project, program, portfolio management processes and principles
• Demonstrated experience delivering projects through both Agile and waterfall approach is desirable.
• Demonstrated resilience in navigating through complex and ambiguous change.
• Excellent interpersonal (communication and presentation) and organizational skills
• Hands on experience on PM tools – Example MS Project, MS P4W, Jira, Confluence, Teams
• Good to have Certifications – PMP, Prince 2

This is a unique opportunity to influence change, interact with global stakeholders on projects and programs that drive a real impact to the Haleon businesses. Your ability to ‘make things happen’ coupled with a ‘positive can-do attitude’ will set you up for success in this role.

Job Posting End Date

2026-09-26

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 for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making any employment decisions, including hiring decisions.

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• 7+ years demonstrated experience of transitioning processes from local markets to Shared Services Captives, Outsourcing partners etc.
• Transition management experience across multiple functions (Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Tech etc.) in a Consumer goods company is a plus, but not mandatory
• Demonstrated proficiency in project, program, portfolio management processes and principles
• Demonstrated experience delivering projects through both Agile and waterfall approach is desirable.
• Demonstrated resilience in navigating through complex and ambiguous change.
• Excellent interpersonal (communication and presentation) and organizational skills
• Hands on experience on PM tools – Example MS Project, MS P4W, Jira, Confluence, Teams
• Good to have Certifications – PMP, Prince 2