Digital & Tech Partner - OH

About the role 

The R&D Tech Business Partner – Oral Health is accountable for endtoend technology leadership supporting Haleon’s Oral Health category strategy. This role partners closely with Global Oral Health R&D, Category, and Market teams to translate scientific ambition and consumer needs into scalable digital, data, and AI-enabled capabilities that accelerate innovation, claims, and competitive advantage across toothpaste, mouthwash, devices, and therapeutic adjacencies.   

Role Responsibilities 

Category Strategy & Technology Enablement 

• Act as the primary technology partner to Oral Health R&D and Category Leadership. 

• Translate Oral Health growth and superiority strategies into multi‑year digital, data, and AI roadmaps. 

• Enable capabilities supporting claims development, formulation optimization, consumer superiority, and speed-to-market.  

Breakthrough Innovation & Scientific Enablement 

• Lead adoption of advanced technologies such as AI‑driven formulation modeling, in‑silico testing, digital twins, and Real‑World Data (RWD) for Oral Health. 

• Enable digital sensory science, observatory platforms, and virtual testing to accelerate consumer insight generation. 

• Partner with External Innovation teams on digital platforms supporting scouting and partnerships in Oral Health technologies.  

Cross‑Functional Leadership & Governance 

• Act as the “connective tissue” across R&D, Regulatory, Medical, Commercial, Supply Chain, and Digital & Tech. 

• Shape portfolio prioritization, investment trade‑offs, and value realization for Oral Health technology initiatives.  

Product Ownership 

• Serve as senior product owner for Oral Health‑critical digital platforms (e.g., innovation PPM, RWD, sensory tools, superiority dashboards). 

• Ensure solutions are scalable, reusable, and compliant with enterprise architecture and data governance standards.  

Why you? 

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Science, Engineering, Technology, Data, or a related discipline; advanced degree (e.g. MSc, PhD, MBA) preferred.  

• Significant experience in Digital, Data, and Technology leadership roles, with direct accountability for shaping and delivering multi‑year digital and data roadmaps in a complex enterprise environment.  

• Proven experience partnering with R&D, Innovation, or Scientific functions within FMCG, Consumer Healthcare, Life Sciences, or a similarly regulated industry.  

• Demonstrated expertise in advanced digital and data capabilities, including AI/ML, analytics, data platforms, and emerging technologies supporting product development, innovation, or consumer insight.  

• Strong experience acting as a senior technology partner or product leader, translating business and scientific strategies into scalable digital solutions.  

• Track record of product ownership or platform leadership, including prioritisation, value realisation, and lifecycle management of critical digital products.  

• Experience operating within regulated and data‑governed environments, with working knowledge of data governance, privacy, security, and compliance requirements. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Proven ability to lead through influence rather than authority, operating effectively across cross‑functional teams including R&D, Regulatory, Medical, Commercial, Supply Chain, and Digital & Technology.  

• Strong strategic thinking, portfolio management, and investment decision‑making capability, balancing innovation ambition with delivery, risk, and value.  

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to bridge science, technology, and business outcomes at senior leadership levels.