Innovation Agile, and Design Thinking Coach

For our partner Haleon OTC, we are looking for an Innovation Agile, and Design Thinking Coach

About Haleon

Haleon is a global leader in consumer healthcare, dedicated to delivering better everyday health with humanity. The portfolio includes some of the world's most trusted brands in over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, oral health, nutrition, and skin health.

Position Overview

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Innovation, Agile and Design Thinking Coach to support the OTC team in primarily based in Nyon. The successful candidate will be responsible for coaching high-performing teams, fostering an innovative mindset, and driving people-centred design (design thinking) across our organization. This role requires a unique blend of coaching expertise, creativity, and strategic thinking to disrupt conventional approaches and inspire breakthrough solutions.

Duration: 8 months / 2 ½ days a week expectation 20 to 30 hours a week, flexible base.

The challenge

Redesign the ways of working, collaboration in Front End Innovation with agile practices, cross-functional teamwork, iterative learning, clarity, and pace. Two pilot programs aim to meet commercial business needs. A coach will support the teams and help redefine our working methods. There will also be a program manager in place to manage the operational details of the 2 teams.

Key Deliverables

1. Coach Innovation Teams: Coach and mentor two of our Front-end Innovation teams in

new ways of working (including Agile & Design Thinking) and culture , including 1:1

support to unlock creative thinking. Working on initiatives to enhance their capabilities,

collaboration, and performance.

2. Drive Innovative Solutions: Challenge and disrupt traditional thinking to drive

innovative solutions and approaches.

3. Inform Innovation Goals: Input intoour innovation goals and create a plan to achieve

them.

4. Design and Scope Involvement: Help to design and scope their activity and change

management plan for our business needs.

5. Facilitate Workshops: Facilitate workshops, training, and coaching sessions to build

design thinking, innovation, and creative problem-solving capabilities.

6. Train & Build Agile way of working capabilities: Teach and guide teams on how to

operate in an Agile way that is relevant to the OTC business context.

7. Guide Design Thinking Process: Guide teams through the design thinking process, from

empathy and ideation to prototyping and testing.

8. Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams: Collaborate with the two cross-functional

teams to integrate design thinking principles into project workflows and business

strategies.

9. Foster Continuous Improvement: Foster a culture of continuous improvement,

experimentation, and learning.

10. Provide Ongoing Support: Provide ongoing support and feedback to teams, helping

them navigate challenges and achieve their goals.

11. Manage Stakeholder Expectations: Provide ongoing support to help teams deliver on

their required goals, meet, and manage stakeholder expectations.

12. Deliver a toolkit and (ongoing) recommendations to inform our governance,

processes, documentation and ways of working (WoW) to support change management;

to embed innovative mindset, design thinking, continuous improvement, experimentation

and iterative learning.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in coaching, innovation, or design thinking roles.

• Proven track record of successfully coaching high-performing teams and driving

innovative solutions.Strong knowledge of design thinking principles, methodologies,

and tools.

• Demonstrated experience in Change Management

• Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to think strategically and creatively, challenging the status quo.

• Experience in leading workshops and training sessions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification in coaching, design thinking, or related fields.

• Experience in the consumer healthcare or OTC industry.

• Proficiency in design thinking tools.