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.

About the role

Accountable for strengthening governance, oversight and risk management of the Contract Sales Organization (CSO) model in China. The role will lead day-to-day CSO compliance monitoring, provide management-level guidance to business stakeholders, and oversee the annual CSO audit programme from planning through remediation closure. Acting as a trusted compliance partner, this role will work closely with Commercial, Legal, Finance, Procurement and CSO partners to ensure CSO operations are well controlled, business-enabling and aligned with Haleon policies, applicable laws and industry expectations. This role direct reports to Sales VP and dotted reports to Head of Compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the CSO compliance monitoring framework, including routine checks on activity execution, documentation, expense records and other key control evidence.

• Provide management-level compliance advice and practical risk-based guidance to Commercial teams, enabling compliant and sustainable CSO operations.

• Own the annual CSO audit programme, including audit planning, scope alignment, fieldwork coordination, findings validation, management reporting and remediation follow-up.

• Assess CSO compliance performance and emerging risks through periodic review, data analysis and stakeholder engagement, and translate insights into actionable control improvements.

• Drive CSO compliance capability building through targeted training, communication and policy reinforcement for internal teams and CSO partners.

• Prepare clear, concise and risk-based updates for management review, including monitoring outcomes, audit findings, remediation status and key risk themes.

Qualifications and skills

Essential

·       Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience in CSO compliance management, third-party compliance, commercial compliance, internal audit or related risk and control roles, with proven ability to manage priorities independently.

·       Solid understanding of CSO operating models, compliance monitoring, audit governance, third-party controls and anti-bribery/anti-corruption requirements in China.

·       Strong judgement and analytical capability to identify compliance gaps, assess risk significance, recommend practical remediation and communicate issues with confidence to management and business stakeholders.

Preferred

·       Experience working in healthcare, pharmaceutical, consumer health or other highly regulated industries.

·       Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the maturity to challenge constructively, build trust and balance compliance requirements with business operation needs.

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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.