Senior Legal Counsel, US Employment

About the role

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 Responsibilities

• Align business partners, including HR, Reward and Employee Relations stakeholders, and manage legal risk.
• Provide legal advice and support implementation of employment-related policies, procedures, and initiatives.
• Manage employment-related demand letters, charges, single plaintiff and class action disputes, arbitrations and mediations and advise on effective management of employee grievances, investigations and ADA issues to minimize legal risk to the Company.
• Support drafting and negotiating broad range of employment-related agreements, analyze employment and compensation-related issues, and provide subject matter expertise on issues related to every aspect of the employment lifecycle.
• Provide general advice regarding employee benefits.
• Identify topics for development of guidance, templates and tools to enable HR to self-serve and be self-sufficient in everyday HR Legal matters.
• Participate in creating and providing training on key employment law risks, changes to the law and best practices. Provide strategic support for HR risk management efforts.
• Engage and manage external legal counsel effectively and ensure that our engagements reflect our inclusion and belonging legal obligations and policies.
• Interface with company employees at all levels, including senior executives and business lawyers.
• Collaborate with other lawyers on the Global HR Legal team with respect to advice and counselling provided to HR and other business partners.
• Work with Puerto Rico counsel to advise on matters involving Puerto Rico employees.
• Supporting with matters outside the US as appropriate to provide practical, clear support and guidance to market HR teams.
• Assessing local and global litigation and internal case trends and identifying opportunities for training and process/template improvement.
• Supporting Global HR legal projects, including by facilitating the preparation of market versions of global contract and (where appropriate) policy templates and obtaining market legal advice to support the design and delivery of global projects.

Why you?

• Strong academic background, Bachelor’s Degree and Juris Doctorate or equivalent law degree.
• Must be admitted to practice law and be in good standing with Bar.
• Minimum 5 years legal experience advising clients or Human Resources with employment law matters.
• Experience with workplace investigations and disciplinary actions, wage and hour compliance, contracts (Employment Contract, Non-Compete, Severance Agreements etc.), discrimination, harassment and retaliation claims, and other related employment law matters.
• Excellent influencing and stakeholder management skills at all levels of management.
• Ability to partner effectively with HR, Legal team leaders and the business to drive Haleon’s purpose.
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure, juggle numerous priorities and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to learn and apply new legal concepts quickly, proactively identify issues, and succeed in developing solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Basic Qualifications

• In-house experience strongly preferred.
• Experience working in a CPG or FCMG environment.
• Admission and good standing in other parts of tri-state area in addition to New Jersey is an advantage.
• Some experience of working with lawyers outside the US is an advantage.

Key soft skills

• Influencing
• Empathy
• Analytical thinking
• Taking initiative
• Prioritization
• Pragmatism
• Solutions-focused approach
• Ressilience in managing ambiguity

Location

This role is hybrid based in Warren, NJ, and requires 3 days per week in the office.

Compensation

The salary range for this role is: $160,876 - $221,204 plus an 18% on-target bonus.

Benefits

Haleon offers a robust Total Reward package that consists of competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits program. This includes a generous 401(k) plan, tuition reimbursement and time off programs including 6 months paid parental leave. On day one, you are eligible for benefits, including our healthcare programs where the company pays for the majority of your medical coverage for you and your family. We also offer the opportunity to receive a discretionary bonus based on the achievement of key business performance and other incentive/recognition programs as part of the offering.

Job Posting End Date

2026-07-21

Equal Opportunities

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.

Accommodation Requests

If you require a reasonable accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at Haleon at any stage of the application process, please contact us by sending an email to HR.AmericasSC-CS@haleon.com. Please include the following in your email: Use subject line: ‘Haleon Careers: Job Accommodation Request’ Your Name and contact information Requisition ID and Job Title you are interested in Location of Requisition (city/state or province/country) Description of specific accommodation you are requesting