Senior Medical and Scientific Affairs Scientist at Haleon

Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

04 May, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

03 Feb, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Medical Affairs, Project Management, Interpersonal Skills, Organizational Skills, Communication Skills, Relationship Building, Medical Insights, Change Management, Agile Decision-Making, Team Performance Management, Budgeting, Forecasting, Commercial Acumen, Talent Development, Innovation, Collaboration

Industry

Consumer Services

Description

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. This role is office‑based and requires a consistent on‑site presence at our Nyon site. Are you interested in a medical affairs role that leverages your expertise to accelerate global medical affairs engagement? If so, this Office Based Medical Affairs Manager role could be an ideal opportunity to explore. As an Office Based Medical Affairs Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring adequate therapy area input, maximized leveraging of existing Medical platforms, and aligned implementation of Medical Affairs processes and initiatives across the Medical organization. This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following: Represent business voice, leverage Medical platforms, and lead implementation and support for Medical Affairs processes and projects launched across Global Medical Affairs (GMA) and regions (e.g. Medical Science Liaison practices, Medical Excellence, etc.) Serve as GMA representative to support transversal business prioritization exercises (e.g. Business Planning, Green Table), orchestrate Regional Prioritization, and ensure follow-up of delivery. Establish and enhance effective GMA communication and exchange with Local Operating Companies (LOCs). Impact assessment and support for roll-out of new processes in collaboration with Business Operations Lead. Serve as subject matter expert (SME) to embed innovative processes (from Medical Innovation) in GMA and regional teams. Establish and enhance mechanisms to leverage Medical Insights across Medical Affairs. Basic Qualifications: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: Master’s degree in Science with 3 or more years of experience in a pharmaceutical setting Physician or Pharmacist with 1 or more years of project management or operational experience Preferred Qualifications: If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus: Understanding of medical functions and medical affairs activities Strong interpersonal, organizational, written and oral communications skills Ability to develop relationships with internal and external experts based upon trust and mutual respect Haleon values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture. These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As Haleon focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities: Agile and distributed decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigor and risk Managing individual and team performance. Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution. Implementing change initiatives and leading change. Sustaining energy and well-being, building resilience in teams. Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning both internally and externally. Developing people and building a talent pipeline. Translating strategy into action - a compelling narrative, motivating others, setting objectives and delegation. Building strong relationships and collaboration, managing trusted stakeholder relationships internally and externally. Budgeting and forecasting, commercial and financial acumen. Job Posting End Date 2026-02-24 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. Adjustment or Accommodations Request If you require a reasonable adjustment or accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at Haleon at any stage of the application process, please let your recruiter know by providing them with a description of specific adjustments you are requesting. We’ll provide all reasonable adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process and treat all information you provide us in confidence. Note to candidates The Haleon recruitment team will contact you using a Haleon email account (@haleon.com). If you are not sure whether the email you received is from Haleon, please get in touch. 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.

Responsibilities

The Senior Medical and Scientific Affairs Scientist will represent the business voice and lead the implementation of Medical Affairs processes across Global Medical Affairs. This role also involves establishing effective communication with Local Operating Companies and embedding innovative processes in the teams.