Global Commercial Legal Counsel

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

The Global Commercial Legal Counsel OTC, serves as a key member of Haleon’s Global Commercial Legal team, providing comprehensive legal support to the Global Marketing and R&D functions.

The position acts as the primary legal adviser for the OTC global category, delivering expert guidance across critical areas including advertising/marketing, challenges involving competitors, brand rights, product development, patents, regulatory, compliance, corporate communications, and business transactions.

The role reports to the Global Category Legal Lead OTC, and collaborates closely with the Senior Counsels for Trademarks and Patents as well as senior leaders across Haleon.

In addition to category responsibilities, the role provides above‑category support to the Global Marketing Services team. This includes legal advice on marketing operations, such as product website accessibility, global marketing governance processes including the content approval framework emerging AdTech matters, and broader digital governance considerations.

The Global Commercial Legal Counsel also works in partnership with in‑market legal teams and colleagues across the Legal Compliance & Company Secretariat (LCCS) function, contributing broad expertise to enable effective, compliant, and strategically aligned business operations across the Haleon enterprise.

Key responsibilities

• Strategically partner with the OTC category teams to deliver high-quality legal advice and provide day-to-day legal support, partnering closely with local legal teams and business stakeholders to provide timely, practical solutions.
• Provide claims support for strategic projects, including attendance at review meetings and managing approvals.
• Provide practical legal guidance and solutions for local advertising law challenges, balancing risk management with business ambition.
• Deliver contractual support for OTC-specific matters, ensuring commercial objectives are achieved with robust legal protection.
• Lead the creation, maintenance, and rollout of toolkits and trackers to drive harmonised, efficient legal support for local lawyers and Global Marketing teams.
• Monitor changes in legislation relevant to the OTC category and proactively share updates, ensuring business compliance and readiness.
• Act as the first point of contact for on-the-ground ad hoc legal support for the OTC team in Nyon, working closely with Legal and Paralegal resources.
• Support Marketing Operations with above-category matters, including legal input for web replatforming, digital transformation initiatives, and standard reviews.
• Collaborate with the Global Category Legal Lead, OTC to drive consistency in legal approaches across local markets, sharing best practices and lessons learned.
• Build strong relationships with local legal teams and cross-functional partners, promoting knowledge-sharing and supporting Haleon’s legal community to deliver on category and business priorities.

Competencies

• Extensive in-house legal experience in one or more of the following substantive areas:  Advertising/Marketing, Commercial Transactions, Consumer Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals and/or Consumer Packaged Goods (science background helpful but not required)
• Demonstrated ability to learn and apply new legal concepts quickly, proactively identify issues, and succeed in developing solutions in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication skills, including careful listening to facilitate understanding of business needs, and the ability to translate complex legal considerations into practical business advice
• Track record of accountability and sound judgment, including ability and willingness to take ownership of projects, prioritize and resolve issues, and obtain business results
• Strong negotiation and drafting skills
• Detail-oriented yet pragmatic approach to problem-solving
• High energy and motivation to learn new areas, stay current with relevant legal developments, influence leadership, and contribute to the success of the business and the Legal Compliance & Company Secretariat department

Qualifications

• University Degree or equivalent law degree and law conversion
• Legal Practice Course complete (UK)

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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.
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