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.

We are recruiting a People Solutions Operations Lead to lead a team delivering high-quality HR First Contact and Employee Lifecycle services. This role will provide day-to-day leadership across the hire-to-retire service portfolio, ensuring consistent execution through Workday and ServiceNow, strong employee and manager experience, and effective collaboration across global, regional and in-market teams. The role reports to the Head of Global People Solutions Operations and is based in [Location]. 

A day in the life 

You will lead an operational team responsible for accurate, timely and compliant delivery of People Solutions services. 

We’ll trust you with: 

• Leading and coaching HR First Contact and Employee Lifecycle specialists, aligning Tier 1 and Tier 2 delivery under one team and creating strong collaboration, market knowledge and backup coverage. 

• Owning and continuously improving end-to-end operational delivery across employee queries, employee data changes, employee lifecycle data management, right-to-work, employee documentation, absence support, pre-payroll controls and complex case resolution. Monitoring service performance, productivity, quality, case ageing and adherence to agreed SLAs and KPIs by using data and trend insights to remove bottlenecks and improve outcomes. 

• Acting as the operational escalation point for complex, sensitive or unresolved cases, ensuring clear ownership, appropriate risk assessment and timely communication with employees, managers and HR stakeholders. 

• Ensuring services comply with global processes, local legal and regulatory requirements, audit controls, data privacy standards and record-management expectations. 

• Partnering and acting as a trusted advisor to other People Solutions Operations Leads, HRBPs, HR Partners, Payroll, Reward, Talent Acquisition, HR Technology and process owners to resolve issues and deliver change. 

• Acting as a trusted advisor to HR stakeholders and process owners, translating operational insights into actionable recommendations and influencing decisions that enhance service delivery and employee experience. 

• Championing standardisation, knowledge management, continuous improvement, self-service and effective use of Workday and ServiceNow while preserving necessary local requirements. 

• Building an inclusive, accountable and high-performing team through regular feedback, recognition, performance management, capability building, succession planning and individual development plans. 

Your areas of knowledge and expertise that matter most for this role 

• Significant experience leading an HR operations, shared services or People Services team delivering employee lifecycle and query-management services across multiple processes or markets. 

• Strong working knowledge of HR operations, case management, service performance, audit and compliance controls, together with practical experience using Workday, ServiceNow or comparable HR platforms. 

• Demonstrated people leadership, including coaching, performance management, workload prioritisation, change leadership and development of diverse teams. 

• Excellent judgement, stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to resolve complex cases, navigate local and global requirements, and translate operational data into clear actions. 

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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.