Technical Lead - PPM

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 Technical Lead – PPM provides hands‑on technical leadership for Haleon’s PPM platforms, with a primary focus on technical expertise leveraging Wellspring Accolade.

This role is responsible for solution configuration, creating data model, and integration enablement, ensuring that PPM capabilities support innovation and maintenance portfolios, are well‑integrated with enterprise data lakes, and are fit‑for‑purpose for analytics and decision‑making.

The role works closely with the PPM Product Manager, Architects, Data & Analytics teams, and Wellspring partners to deliver stable, scalable, and compliant PPM solutions.

Key Role Responsibilities

Accolade Configuration & Technical Enablement

• Provide hands‑on configuration leadership for Wellspring Accolade, aligned to agreed solution designs.

  
  
  

• Configure and support:

  
  
  

  • Project, program, and portfolio structures

    
    
    

  • Resource and financial models

    
    
    

  • Workflow, governance, and reporting configurations

    
    
    

• Support configuration across multiple environments (DEV, QA, UAT, PROD).

  
  
  

• Review and validate configurations delivered by Wellspring and system integrators.

  
  
  

PPM Data Model & Backend Understanding

• Develop and maintain strong understanding of Accolade’s backend data model, including:

  
  
  

  • Project, SKU, financial, and resource data

    
    
    

  • Portfolio roll‑ups and calculations

    
    
    

• Support definition and validation of data contracts between Accolade and downstream systems.

  
  
  

• Identify and mitigate data quality, performance, and scalability risks.

  
  
  

Integration & Data Lake Enablement

• Support design and delivery of integrations between Accolade and enterprise data platforms, including data lakes used for analytics and reporting.

  
  
  

• Work with Data Engineering teams to ensure:

  
  
  

  • Reliable ingestion of PPM data

    
    
    

  • Clear data lineage and refresh cadences

    
    
    

  • Alignment with reporting and BI needs

    
    
    

• Support API‑based and file‑based integration patterns, under architectural guidance.

  
  
  

Release, Testing & Operational Support

• Support PPM releases, upgrades, and enhancements, including:

  
  
  

  • Impact assessments

    
    
    

  • Deployment readiness

    
    
    

  • Post‑release verification

    
    
    

• Partner with Testing and Application Support teams to resolve defects and incidents.

  
  
  

• Support transition of new capabilities into steady‑state operations.

  
  
  

Quality, Risk & Compliance

• Ensure technical activities align with security, risk, and compliance requirements.

  
  
  

• Support documentation of technical designs, configuration changes, and integration artefacts.

  
  
  

• Proactively identify technical risks and escalate where needed.

  
  
  

Collaboration & Delivery Ways of Working

• Work closely with:

  
  
  

  • PPM Product Managers (priorities and roadmap)

    
    
    

  • Architects (design guardrails)

    
    
    

  • Data & Analytics teams (data lake integration)

    
    
    

  • Wellspring / vendor teams (delivery execution)

    
    
    

• Act as a reliable technical point of contact for PPM solution delivery.

  
  
  

Why You? – Skills & Experience

Essential               

• 7–12 years of experience in enterprise application delivery or technical support roles.

  
  
  

• Hands‑on experience configuring Wellspring Accolade (or similar PPM platforms).

  
  
  

• Strong understanding of PPM data models, including financials, resources, and portfolio structures.

  
  
  

• Experience supporting integrations with data lakes or analytics platforms.

  
  
  

• Familiarity with API‑based integrations and data exchange patterns.

  
  
  

• Experience working in complex, multi‑vendor delivery environments.

  
  
  

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.

  
  
  

• Clear communication skills and ability to work with global teams.

  
  
  

Desirable

• Experience in Innovation or R&D PPM contexts.

  
  
  

• Exposure to data lake(data bricks), Power BI, or enterprise analytics platforms.

  
  
  

• Experience working in regulated or controlled environments.

  
  
  

• Familiarity with Agile delivery and release management.

  
  
  

• Prior experience supporting PPM tool replacements or transformations.

  
  
  

• Senior hands‑on technical contributor

  
  
  

• Strong focus on configuration, data, and integration execution

  
  
  

• Operates under defined architecture and product direction

  
  
  

• Key enabler for PPM stability, scalability, and analytics readiness

  
  
  

 Job Posting End Date

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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