Haleon
Laboratory Validation Specialist
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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 realize 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.
This UK-based role is hybrid with a minimum 3 days onsite at Weybridge St Georges, with regular time at the new site to oversee activities.
This is a fixed 12-month contract.
Job Purpose
The Laboratory Validation Specialist will enable successful activation of the new Weybridge Innovation Facility by ensuring laboratories, equipment, and ways of working are ready to support innovation from Day 1.
Working with R&D teams, Lab Area SMEs, Facilities, Construction, EHS, and external partners, the role will coordinate laboratory readiness, including transfer, set-up, validation, and operationalization of specialist equipment, materials, and samples.
The role protects continuity of scientific capability during transition while embedding compliant, safe, and future-ready laboratory operations.
This UK-based role is home-based at Weybridge St Georges, with regular time at the new site to oversee activities.
This is a fixed 12-month contract.
Extensive laboratory validation experience, including the decommissioning, validation, and recommissioning of HPLC, LCMS, GCMS, and IC systems in compliance with GxP requirements, is essential
Key Responsibilities
Laboratory Readiness & Validation
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- Lead the Lab Sub-Team, maintaining plans, timelines, risk mitigations, change control, and escalation routes into the Operational Transfer Core Team.
- Lead set-up and activation of assigned laboratory areas, translating scientific requirements into safe, compliant, and operational environments.
- Work with Lab Area SMEs to define equipment needs, workflows, utilities, and adjacency requirements, ensuring laboratories are fit for purpose at agreed milestones.
- Apply a consistent validation approach aligned with Haleon standards and support equipment owners through validation, commissioning, and documentation.
- Partner with EHS and Facilities to identify and mitigate hazards linked to layouts, equipment installation, commissioning, and laboratory workflows.
Equipment, Materials & Sample Transfer
- Oversee scientific aspects of equipment, material, and sample transfer, including suitability assessments, refurbishment or replacement input, decommissioning, transport, and recommissioning.
- Maintain scientific integrity, traceability, compliance, and safety throughout transfer, installation, and early operation.
- Act as the scientific point of contact for EHS-related queries associated with laboratory equipment and activities.
Documentation, Training & Knowledge Transfer
- Author, review, and support laboratory readiness documentation, including SOPs, work instructions, URS input, commissioning, and validation records.
- Develop and deliver training on safe equipment operation, EHS ways of working, emergency response, and escalation routes.
- Embed critical scientific knowledge, local practices, and know-how into the new facility support model.
Operational Transfer & Collaboration
- Contribute to the Operational Transfer Core Team, providing visibility of laboratory readiness, risks, mitigations, and progress.
- Work with NPD and Innovation teams to minimize disruption to the innovation pipeline during transition.
- Support phased go-live, early operation, and troubleshooting, and collaborate effectively with Haleon colleagues and third-party partners.
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Behaviours
Role model Haleon culture by:
- Unlocking value at pace by taking ownership of key project milestones.
- Collaborating for impact with sub-team leads, stakeholders, and partners.
- Building enthusiasm, accountability, and teamwork during transition.
- Growing self and others by sharing knowledge and supporting capability-building.
Job Posting End Date
2026-07-21
Equal Opportunities
Haleon are committed to mobilizing 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.
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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.
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