Medical Affairs Scientist Placement - Weybridge

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Medical Affairs Scientist Placement - Weybridge

Site Name: WEYBRIDGE BUILDING 5 THE HEIGHTS

Posted Date: Oct 4 2023

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer healthcare company. Shaped by all of us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for millions 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 building together. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question. 

Future Talent roles at Haleon offer the chance to change the way people see and manage their everyday health. That’s an incredible opportunity. An exciting challenge. And a huge responsibility. We’re always looking for ambitious individuals who are inspired by our purpose to deliver better everyday health, with humanity. And want to help us achieve this goal. Right now we’re looking for industrial placement students in Medical Affairs Managment to join us to do career defining work.

A career in Global Oral Health Medical Affairs where none of us stand still.

This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special.

The Medical Affairs Associate is a specialist role that operates both individually and within cross functional teams, providing advice and support to the following customer groups:

• Marketing & Expert Marketing
• Professional Relations, Communications
• Regulatory Affairs
• Legal
• Customer Services and External Customers, including advertising agencies and market research agencies.

This is an opportunity to experience the development and implementation of consumer products promotional material, and oral health training, safety and educational materials - at a global scale. The opportunity will provide unprecedented insight into the claims generation process, and scientific capability development at an FMCH company, working with many functions – Commercial, Regulatory, R&D and regional Medical Affairs. 

Working collaboratively with the Commercial Marketing, Product Safety Committee and Medical Affairs colleagues toward the development of strategies to support new products and claims in a range of new and innovative projects. In addition to this a key activity will be evolving the medical training materials involving oral health typical functional product ingredients from published scientific systematic reviews, for wider Consumer Healthcare use. The successful candidate will have to opportunity to see how the lab based and clinical research data is used to promote products to consumers and how the sensory attributes of a product contribute to compliance and improved health benefits. Medical affairs offers a unique view of the whole project lifecycle and functional inputs on a product from technical ingredients, overall product development, marketing and consumer safety as well as essential contact with academic advisors to ensure the most current medical research and techniques are adopted and published. 

This position reports to the Principal Medical Affairs Scientist (or designee) and works closely with all members of the Medical Affairs team to ensure that the advice provided represents the depth of experience and expertise within medical affairs. The team also works collaboratively with dental experts to ensure the company engages with the target market and remains involved in the ever-evolving scientific advances.  

What will your individual contribution at Haleon be?

• Assisting the development and creation of product claims support. 
• Leading a claims programme to help co-create consumer or expert focused claims and communications materials 
• Working both individually and with other teams (marketing, regulatory, legal, professional relations) to provide scientific and technical input to help develop consumer relevant claims, and educational/scientific programmes that are supported by robust scientific data. 
• Working closely with all members of the Medical Affairs team to ensure that the advice provided represents the depth of experience and expertise within Medical Affairs.
• Coordinating and conducting detailed literature reviews for claims, and mode of action of ingredients.
• Gain experience of Medical Affairs, Clinical Development, Regulatory Affairs and Medical Excellence (for example, understanding of the benefits and risks of the products and their appropriate use for the benefit of patients and consumers). 

To recognise your dedication, energy and effort, benefits include:

• A salary of £22,500
• Employee recognition through our global scheme which rewards exceptional achievements
• On-the-job experience and formal and informal training and development, delivered through a mixture of coaching, mentoring and formal training programmes
• Health and wellbeing programmes to take care of your physical and mental health

We’re the people changing the future of everyday health. So you will be someone who has:

• Creative and problem-solving thinkin
• Strategic/big-picture thinking
• Entrepreneurial and agile mindset
• Strong prioritisation and analytical skills
• Personal accountability
• Business and consumer/customer knowledge and understanding
• Adaptability and resilience in ambiguity
• A desire to learn and have meaningful impact

To enable you to perform in this future talent opportunity:

Education required:

Must be on track for a 2.1 (or above) in Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Foods, Cosmetics, Medical Sciences or related subjects.

• You will have completed a minimum of 2 years of an undergraduate degree, but will not have graduated at the start of your placement.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.

We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.

We flex the way we work so we can be at our best, where possible, and with agreement between line manager, team and individuals. We acknowledge not all colleagues can flex locations depending on their roles and that we don’t have all the answers. Yet.

We invite you to apply as soon as possible. The way we see it, every day is an opportunity. And we are joined by new talent, every day. We accept ongoing applications and will close this vacancy once we have enough applications.

Assessment centre dates: Assessment centres/interviews will commence from November onwards

Role start date: June 2024

About Haleon

We are Haleon. Our portfolio of category-leading brands previously formed the Consumer Healthcare division of global biopharma company GSK. As of Monday 18 July 2022, Haleon began its journey as an independent, global leader which is 100 per cent focused on everyday health.

In front of us is an incredible opportunity. To deliver better everyday health with humanity. An invitation to make it more achievable, more inclusive, and more sustainable. Together, weʼre empowering millions of people worldwide to take more control of their own health. To do this, each of us is committed to building on our global portfolio of category-leading brands like Sensodyne, Panadol and Voltaren.

To combine our trusted science with deep human understanding. And to take us beyond everything weʼve done before.

Early talent roles at Haleon offer the chance to change the way people see and manage their everyday health. Itʼs a unique opportunity. An exciting challenge. And a huge responsibility. Weʼre always looking for ambitious apprentices, students and graduates who are inspired by our purpose and share our passion for helping people make a difference to their everyday health.

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