Principal Legal Counsel, Quality, Regulatory & Manufacturing

GSK Consumer Healthcare (Haleon)

Warren, New Jersey, United States
Base: $216,487 - $297,669; bonus/equity: 18% on-ta...
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Quality, regulatory, and manufacturing expertise
Product safety and ingredient risk
Global supply chain regulations
** Haleon is seeking a Principal Legal Counsel specializing in Quality, Regulatory, and Manufacturing to provide legal counsel in a highly regulated environment. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in regulatory compliance within the consumer health sector and will play a crucial role in managing risks associated with product safety and quality. **

Job Summary

  • The Principal Legal Counsel provides deep expertise in quality, regulatory, and good manufacturing practices, partnering closely with the QSC function to manage increasing complexity and risk in a highly regulated global environment.
  • Key responsibilities include serving as a strategic legal partner to the QSCP function, advising on ingredient-related regulatory risk, and providing senior legal counsel to cross-functional product risk and safety governance forums.
  • This role is critical to protecting Haleon’s licence to operate, maintaining regulatory credibility, reducing reliance on external legal counsel, and enabling confident, timely decision making across manufacturing sites and regions.

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** Haleon is seeking a Principal Legal Counsel specializing in Quality, Regulatory, and Manufacturing to provide legal counsel in a highly regulated environment. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in regulatory compliance within the consumer health sector and will play a crucial role in managing risks associated with product safety and quality. **

Salary

Base: $216,487 - $297,669; Bonus/Equity: 18% on-target annual bonus; Benefits: Comprehensive benefits program

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • quality, regulatory, and manufacturing expertise
  • product safety and ingredient risk
  • global supply chain regulations
  • regulatory interactions and inspections
  • cross-functional collaboration

Nice-to-have

  • strategic guidance for business continuity
  • reducing reliance on external counsel
  • enabling confident decision making

Key Requirements

  • Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree
  • 10+ years of legal counsel experience
  • In-house counsel experience in a matrixed organization
  • Knowledge of consumer health, FDA, and regulated manufacturing
  • Admission to practice law in at least one relevant jurisdiction

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