Portfolio & Performance Lead - R&D

Responsibilities

• Strategic Portfolio Definition & Management
• Work closely with a D&T LT member and their leadership team to define, manage and evolve the Pillar's delivery and operational portfolio.
• Maintain a single, coherent view of all programmes, workstreams and initiatives within scope.
• Ensure priorities, dependencies and delivery plans remain aligned to strategic objectives .
• Portfolio Consistency & Governance Discipline
• Ensure portfolio management is carried out in a consistent way, aligned to the Strategic Portfolio Management Office / CoE direction.
• Apply common approaches to prioritisation, performance tracking, change control and escalation.
• Coordinate and operate governance forums, ensuring decisions are taken, actions tracked and outcomes delivered.
• Planning Cycles & Strategic Alignment
• Lead the Pillar's annual and quarterly planning cycles, including objectives , OKRs, roadmaps and inputs to budget planning.
• Support Integrated Growth Plan (long ‑ range planning) and Annual Business Plan build ‑ out, ensuring delivery and operational portfolios align to strategic intent.
• Translate strategy into clear plans, milestones and measurable outcomes.
• Performance, Risk & Insight
• Implement robust portfolio and performance reporting, enabling effective tracking of progress, risks, issues and outcomes.
• Help identify and manage operational and compliance risks at Pillar level, ensuring visibility, mitigation planning and escalation where required .
• Bring clarity to complex situations by synthesising data, insights and trade ‑ offs for leadership.
• Financial Reporting & Partnership
• Work closely with Finance Operational Analysts and central Finance to ensure clear, consistent and trusted financial reporting across the portfolio.
• Support tracking of spend, forecasts and variances, translating financial data into meaningful insights for non ‑ finance leaders.
• Ensure financial performance discussions are fact ‑ based and aligned to delivery and operational realities.
• Leadership Cadence & Governance Forums
• Facilitate Monthly Operational Reviews (MORs) with the D&T LT member, ensuring effective discussion of performance, risks and actions.
• Support and facilitate Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs) with the Pillar

Benefits

Additional Information

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. Role overview The Performance & Portfolio Lead - R&D plays a key role in enabling a D&T Pillar to operate as a high ‑ performing , strategically aligned function within Haleon's Digital & Technology organization . Working closely with a D&T Leadership Team member, this role translates strategy into clear, structured plans and a well-governed portfolio, ensuring it is actively managed and delivers measurable outcomes. It drives alignment, performance visibility, financial transparency, and disciplined execution, supported by strong governance and consistent ways of working across all D&T Pillars. As a trusted partner to senior leadership, the role brings clarity in complex environments, ensures prioritization across competing demands, and enables effective decision-making through insightful performance management, governance, and communication. This is a highly visible role requiring strong analytical capability, executive presence, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders across D&T and the wider business. Key accountabilities Define and manage the Pillar's annual and multi ‑ year delivery and operational portfolio in partnership with the D&T LT member Ensure consistent portfolio management aligned with Strategic Portfolio Management Office / CoE standards Support Integrated Growth Plan (long-range planning) and Annual Business Plan development Provide clear, consistent performance and financial insight through high ‑ quality reporting Identify , assess, and manage operational and compliance risks at Pillar level Facilitate key governance forums, including Monthly Operational Reviews and Quarterly Business Reviews If you thrive in a high-impact, strategic role and enjoy bringing structure, clarity, and performance focus to complex environments, we'd love to hear from you!

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