Innovation Programme Manager | LATAM - PMO

Haleon · Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR

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. Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world\-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category\-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control of. In an environment that we’re co\-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question. With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Voltaren and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we’re uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business **Innovation Programme Manager \| LATAM \- PMO** **Are you passionate about turning strategy into execution and bringing cross\-functional teams together to deliver business\-critical initiatives?** We are looking for an Innovation Programme Manager to lead selected innovation and maintenance projects across the consumer healthcare portfolio. You will create structure in complex environments, connect functional plans into one integrated delivery roadmap and help teams make timely, fact\-based decisions. **In this role, you will partner closely with the Project Accountable Lead (Mkt) and stakeholders across R\&D, Supply Chain, Finance, Regulatory and local markets. Curiosity and category market understanding are key for PM to deliver fit for purpose and agile Innovations.** You will manage scope, timelines, risks, resources, budget, KPIs and governance, while maintaining accurate project information and supporting gate readiness, portfolio visibility and continuous improvement. **Key responsibilities** ======================== **Project leadership and delivery** ----------------------------------- * Lead selected strategic, cross\-functional innovation and maintenance projects, including new product development, product renovation, packaging changes, new claims, visual brand upgrades and key process improvements. * Understand and own brand strategy in partnership with Marketing to aggregate to project scope and guide the team to the best scenario for the consumer and business. * Partner with the Category to translate business objectives into a clear project strategy, scope, delivery plan and decision roadmap. * Build and mobilize effective cross\-functional project teams, clarifying roles, deliverables, dependencies and resource requirements. * Develop and maintain integrated project timelines in the portfolio and project management system, incorporating functional deliverables and local market launch activities. * Drive timely decision\-making, transparent stakeholder communication and strong execution discipline across the project lifecycle. * Manage project risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies, ensuring mitigation and contingency plans are in place and actively tracked. * Monitor critical milestones, budget and spend forecasts, escalating material variances or changes to the approved business case through the appropriate governance process. **Governance, data and portfolio support** ------------------------------------------ * Co\-drive gate readiness with the Category Lead, ensuring required inputs are complete, decisions are clearly documented and agreed actions are implemented. * Maintain accurate, timely and decision\-useful project information in the portfolio and project management system, working closely with cross\-functional data owners. * Support probability\-of\-success assessments and category portfolio analysis to provide visibility of pipeline sustainability, risks and delivery confidence. * Manage projects risks and mitigation plans proactively. * For selected markets, coordinate country\-level launch details and alignment with General Managers and relevant local stakeholders. * Capture and share lessons learned, enabling reuse of best practices across teams and projects. * Contribute to innov