Global R&D Risk and Compliance Director in Surrey

Job Purpose

To ensure and enable a compliant organisation and robust inspection readiness across RDP by providing risk and compliance oversight, coordinating governance for risks owned or monitored by the R&D Head and CMO, and acting as a Centre of Excellence for Risk, Compliance and Management Monitoring across RDP and R&D. As a member of the QPPV & Excellence team, this role may also support QPPV activities where required.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, lead, coach and develop an efficient and motivated team, ensuring effective recruitment, talent development, succession planning and retention.
• Manage team budget, resources and operational activities to deliver agreed objectives.
• Set, deploy and maintain meaningful KPIs and metrics that support compliance and continuous improvement across the RDP organisation.
• Own and drive the management monitoring process, with oversight of other relevant controls such as processes, standards and training where appropriate.
• Support RDP stakeholders in risk management, including identification, control strategy, residual risk assessment and prioritisation.
• Oversee the regulatory intelligence process for GVP, GCP and GLP regulatory requirements.
• Establish and maintain appropriate risk management structures and processes, including SOPs, templates, risk registers and governance charters, and train RDP/R&D stakeholders accordingly.
• Collect and consolidate relevant information from risk owners to support risk forums, compliance oversight and overall risk assessment.
• Coordinate risk management forums, including the CMO ROC and R&D CRF, acting as secretariat.
• 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, including templates and training resources, to strengthen compliance and risk management across RDP and R&D.
• Support Haleon QPPV activities as required, including input to the PSMF and collection and collation of data for QPPV oversight.

Skills & Experience

• Degree in Life Sciences or equivalent.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in Risk, Compliance and Quality management within R&D functions such as Clinical, Regulatory, Safety or Pharmacovigilance.
• 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.

Desirable Experience

• Supporting QPPV activities, including contribution to the Pharmacovigilance System Master File (PSMF) and QPPV oversight reporting.
• Establishing or maturing risk governance frameworks in matrixed global organisations.
• Designing and delivering compliance or risk management training across diverse stakeholder groups.

Key Competencies

• Strong people leadership, with the ability to drive change and foster a culture of trust, accountability and speak‑up.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to adapt messaging to different audiences and influence senior stakeholders.
• Self‑motivated, proactive and quick to learn, with a collaborative approach to sharing knowledge and receiving feedback.
• Able to challenge existing ways of working, generate new ideas and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Comfortable operating in a changing business and risk environment, with strong adaptability and resilience.
• Highly organised, with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple activities in parallel while remaining responsive to emerging needs.
• Strong problem‑solving skills, with the ability to work independently and drive resolution of complex issues.
• Able to work effectively in a matrix organisation, remove silos and ambiguity, and bring clarity and pragmatism to complex situations.

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