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.
Role Purpose
The Data, AI and Sustainability Platform Operations Lead is responsible for the technical operational management, stability, continuous improvement & compliance adherence of the entire Data, AI and Sustainability Platform landscape being deployed and consumed in Haleon.
This role is accountable for ensuring operational readiness, service reliability, and regulatory compliance to support statutory and enterprise reporting obligations. The Operations Lead leads and coaches a mid‑to‑large sized, globally distributed operations team, while remaining hands‑on in Data & AI and Sustainability platform configuration and technical problem‑solving.
The role plays a critical part in meeting the organisation’s Platform Operations, Governance, Risk, Compliance, and Data Lifecycle objectives, working closely with Architecture, Engineering, Data Science , Data Governance, Sustainability Data Product teams and enterprise stakeholders.
Data & AI Platform Operations Lead acts as the bridge between Engineering and Business Stakeholders to ensure trusted accessible data.
Key responsibilities:
Platform Operations & Service Management
Own the day‑to‑day tech operation of Data & AI and Sustainability platforms, including Data Lakes, Databricks, Unity Catalogues, AI platforms, Enterprise Data Foundations and Sustainability Platform i.e Microsoft Sustainability Manager along with related Data Platform Technologies.
Ensure high availability, performance, and stability of Data Platform and Sustainability landscape.
Oversee incident, problem, change, and release management, applying ITIL best practices.
Ensure compliance with security, regulatory, and validation requirements across all Data & AI and Sustainability Platforms.
Plan, Lead and Execute OPEX cost optimization initiatives.
Technical Leadership & Hands‑On Contribution
Provide technical leadership and direction across Data & AI and Sustainability Platforms (MSM)
Contribute directly in a hands‑on capacity to Data platform & MSM configuration, troubleshooting, and optimization.
Lead platform administration activities, including:
Environment management and monitoring
Patching and upgrades
Disaster recovery and resilience planning
Identify and drive opportunities to reuse and standardize platform capabilities.
Strong focus on Service Improvement Initiatives, Quality of Service, Compliance adherence, Security of data and IT resources.
Release & Environment Management
Define and execute release management processes for AI and Sustainability Platforms.
Coordinate with development and operations teams to plan, test, and deploy releases with minimal disruption.
Support CI/CD pipelines, automation, and controlled promotion across DEV, QA, and PROD environments.
People & Vendor Management
Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Data & AI and Sustainability Platform Operations, including permanent staff, contractors, and strategic partners.
Ensure appropriate capability, capacity, and skills are in place to meet operational and delivery commitments.
Manage agency resources and external vendors to ensure high-quality outcomes.
Foster a performance‑driven, collaborative culture across globally distributed teams.
Risk, Governance & Stakeholder Engagement
Ensure risks and issues related to owned platforms, programmes, and projects are identified, recorded, and actively managed.
Escalate and remove blockers in a complex, matrix organisation, engaging senior stakeholders as required.
Collaborate closely with Data Product & Enterprise Architecture teams including but not limited to Data Architecture, Data Engineering, Sustainability Reporting, BI, Cloud Platform Engineering, Power BI, Fabric Administration etc) and related business owners.
Support governance processes through engagement with Architecture Review Boards and Data Architects across the data platform area.
Ensuring close alignment to internal & external regulatory and compliance requirements, Quality ,Governance & Data Lifecycle Audits with no critical or high findings or violation against them.
Qualifications & Skills:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
Strong experience in deployment, implementation, operations and service delivery of Azure Data & AI Platforms and Sustainability Platform (Microsoft Sustainability Manager)
Strong Hands-on expertise in:
Azure Data & AI platforms (Azure Data Lakes, DataBricks, Data Factory, Warehouses, Synapse, Purview, Data Ingestion Pipelines (Must)
Excellent understanding of Cloud Operations such as Infrastructure as a Service and Platform as a Service preferably Azure (Must)
Microsoft Sustainability Manager (Must)
Microsoft Fabric Administration (Must)
Disaster recovery and resilience
Quality and compliance adherence
CI/CD implementation using:
Git‑based source control
Azure DevOps or GitHub
Behavioral
Proven people leadership and team management capabilities.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence across technical and non‑technical audiences.
Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills with a pragmatic, delivery‑focused mindset.
Ability to operate effectively in a fast‑paced, highly regulated, matrix organization.
Strong understanding of business objectives and operational priorities.
Strong focus on Service Improvement Initiatives, Quality of Service, Compliance adherence, Security of data and IT resources.
Fluent written and spoken English
Experience Required:
Minimum 15 years’ experience in IT Operations Management, Data Platform Operations Management, Technical Service Delivery or a related role with a focus on Data & AI Platform Management.
Excellent experience in Azure Data & AI Platform operations and Microsoft Sustainability Manager.
Excellent understanding and proven track record of establishing ITIL and Agile principles in a large organization.
Strong knowledge of Data Engineering Principles, Data Ingestion, ETL/ELT Data Pipelines, Monitoring and Observability.
Proven experience managing teams and leading enterprise‑scale Data Platform initiatives.
Experience operating within regulated environments with strong understanding of Quality, Data Security and compliance expectations.
Familiarity with Haleon Quality System principles, policies, procedures, and standards is preferred.
Job Posting End Date
2026-06-30
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.
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.
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