2025 Summer Internship: Formulation Product Development

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer healthcare company. Shaped by all of us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for millions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re building together. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question. 

Future Talent roles at Haleon offer the chance to change the way people see and manage their everyday health. That’s an incredible opportunity. An exciting challenge. And a huge responsibility. We’re always looking for ambitious individuals who are inspired by our purpose to deliver better everyday health, with humanity. And want to help us achieve this goal. Right now, we’re looking for Interns in Global Product Maintenance to join us to do career defining work.

A career in Global Product Maintenance where none of us stand still.

The Global Product Maintenance Team ensures the business continuity of our commercial products through the resolution of technical issues due to raw material or processing changes. This team also utilizes investigation techniques when unforeseen issues arise during production. The team has access to lab and pilot scale facilities to prepare materials and products for feasibility, sensory, or clinical studies. We strive to be a trusted central resource on hand to give our business units the additional technical resource they need to maintain and/or enhance our commercial products on the market. Our motto is: ‘Outstanding Customer Service through Brilliant Science’.

In this role, the individual can participate and own key aspects of the plan for Complex Quality Supply Chain (QSC) Maintenance Technical projects (e.g., product reformulation, material understanding, product remediation). The individual may also have a key project/report to deliver as part of their placement, which will be delivered and written to meet Haleon’s internal standards.

What will your individual contribution at Haleon be?

• Design, plan and conduct product development activities, including pre-formulation, formulation, process development/optimization for soft gelatin capsule dosage forms.
• Collaborate with multiple functions for excipient or formulation analysis and stability evaluation, as required.
• Perform evaluations including but not limited to soft gelatin capsules characterization (physical characterization, dissolution, stability, etc.).
• Data analysis and presentation of results.
• Understand regulatory context and constraints around material use in pharmaceuticals (OTC drugs).
• Ensure all work is always conducted following good scientific practice and Good Manufacturing Practice (where required).

We’re the people changing the future of everyday health. So you will be someone who has:

• Creative and problem-solving thinking
• Strategic/big-picture thinking
• Entrepreneurial and agile mindset
• Strong prioritisation and analytical skills
• Personal accountability
• Business and consumer/customer knowledge and understanding.
• Adaptability and resilience in ambiguity
• A desire to learn and have meaningful impact
• Innovation mindset

To enable you to perform in this future talent opportunity:

Education required:

• Enrolled in 3rd or 4th year of multi-year/Bachelor’s degree or equivalent program.
• Chemical, Engineering, Pharmaceutical, Food or related science major.
• A cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 is preferred.

Other requirements:

• Developing knowledge of relevant dosage forms including unit operation understanding and analytical testing.
• Good oral and written communication skills; strong technical writing capability.
• Effective relationship building, organizational and project management skills.
• Developing knowledge in negotiating and agreeing timelines and milestones with sponsors/other functions and continually monitoring progress to ensure timely delivery.
• Demonstrated a sense of curiosity and appetite to learn by themselves, with strong prioritization and analytical thinking skills.
• Work hours:  Candidate must be able to work full-time (40 hours/ week) Monday-Friday 8am-5pm for 12 weeks.
• Ability to start in June 2025.
• This role is onsite at our Richmond, VA location.
• Provide your own funding for relocation and commuting.
• Must be eligible to work in the US at the time of, and for the duration of employment. Employees will be required to furnish evidence of US work authorization.

Expected start date: June 2025

We invite you to apply as soon as possible. The way we see it, every day is an opportunity. And we are joined by new talent, every day. We accept ongoing applications and will close this vacancy once we have enough applications.

Care to join us. Find out what life at Haleon is really like www.haleon.com/careers/