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.
About the role
The HCM Configurator – Release is accountable for the safe, controlled, and predictable deployment of change across the HCM ecosystem. This role exists to ensure that the volume, cadence, and complexity of change introduced through SaaS platforms, legislative updates, integrations, and transformation initiatives does not compromise operational stability, payroll accuracy, or compliance.
Sitting within the HCM delivery and operations model, this role acts as the release authority and control integrator between Product, Configuration, Quality, Security, and DevOps. It ensures that individual “ready” changes are assessed collectively, sequenced intelligently, and deployed in a way the organisation can safely absorb.
This role is essential in a global HR environment with:
Frequent SaaS releases (e.g., Workday)
Payroll‑adjacent and statutory change
Multiple vendors and delivery streams
Parallel transformation and BAU activity
Role Responsibilities
Release Strategy & Governance
Own the HCM release strategy and operating rhythm, defining how cadence, bundling, and sequencing are managed across platforms and geographies
Establish and maintain release guardrails, including blackout periods, deployment windows, and risk thresholds
Define and enforce release readiness criteria, including quality, security, compliance, and operational sign‑off requirements
Act as the final release decision point for go / no‑go decisions, escalating material risk where required
Release Planning & Coordination
Own and manage end‑to‑end release calendars across HCM platforms, ensuring alignment of BAU, legislative, and transformational changes
Identify and actively manage cross‑team and cross‑vendor dependencies, preventing conflicting or compounding releases
Sequence releases to minimise blast radius, particularly around payroll, core lifecycle events, and regulatory processes
Ensure clear visibility of upcoming releases to Product, HR Operations, Payroll, and downstream consumers
Deployment & Cutover Control
Coordinate environment readiness (configuration completeness, data readiness, integration alignment) prior to deployment
Oversee controlled production deployment and cutover activities, ensuring proper validation and rollback readiness
Lead or coordinate hypercare readiness and execution, ensuring rapid triage and resolution of post‑release issues
Capture lessons learned and ensure they are fed back into release planning and standards
Risk, Compliance & Transparency
Assess and articulate release risk in business terms, not just technical terms
Ensure releases comply with audit, SOX, and regulatory expectations, with traceable evidence
Maintain release artefacts and documentation required for governance, audit, and leadership reporting
Provide clear, timely communication on what is releasing, when, why, and with what impact
Continuous Improvement
Drive continuous improvement of release predictability, stability, and transparency
Partner with Quality and DevOps to reduce manual effort, rework, and dependency risk over time
Identify recurring release issues and proactively address root causes (not just symptoms)
Why you?
Basic Qualifications:
12+ years hands‑on experience owning enterprise HCM release management in SaaS environments (e.g., Workday)
Strong understanding of HR processes, payroll dependencies, statutory change, and downstream impacts
Proven experience coordinating releases across multiple teams, geographies, and vendors
Solid grounding in change, release, and deployment control practices
Experience operating in risk‑aware or regulated environments
Preferred Qualifications:
Releases occur predictably and transparently, with minimal disruption to employees and HR operations
Payroll, lifecycle, and statutory processes remain stable even during high‑change periods
Product teams have confidence that release risk is understood and controlled
Hypercare becomes shorter, quieter, and more focused as release discipline improves
Leadership has clear line of sight into change impact and risk, not surprises after go‑live
Job Posting End Date
2026-07-07
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.
Adjustment or Accommodations Request
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.
Skills Required
- 12+ years hands-on experience in enterprise HCM release management in SaaS environments
- Strong understanding of HR processes and payroll dependencies
- Proven experience coordinating releases across multiple teams, geographies, and vendors
- Solid grounding in change, release, and deployment control practices
- Experience in risk-aware or regulated environments
What We Do
You have loved and trusted our brands for over 170 years. We have a clear purpose, to deliver better everyday health with humanity. Our category-leading brands include Sensodyne, Panadol, Centrum, TUMS, Advil, Otrivin and Voltaren. We combine deep human understanding and trusted science to make everyday health more inclusive, more achievable and more sustainable. Want to learn more about us? Follow to stay up to date
