2025 Summer Internship: Analytical Scientist
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 Analytical Research and Development to join us to do career defining work.
A career in US/North America R&D where none of us stand still.
Help to develop innovative products for the North American market using the latest analytical techniques.
The lab-based role involves developing and running high performance liquid chromatography methods with various detection modes including UV light and mass spectrometry to analyze and develop Haleon’s innovative consumer products.
You’ll be active in the lab and working with a cross-functional team of pharmaceutical R&D scientists. The candidate will get real-world experience working in a modern pharmaceutical R&D lab.
What will your individual contribution at Haleon be?
- Train on and run high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC/UPLC) with and without mass spectrometry detection (LC-MS) to develop analytical methodologies to track drug assay and/or degradation products.
- Develop and execute experimental plans while documenting experiments in an electronic notebook in a GMP environment.
- Collaborate with Haleon R&D scientific subject matter experts to optimize methodology and drug prototypes.
- Present findings within the Haleon R&D community.
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
- Experience running analytical instrumentation
To enable you to perform in this future talent opportunity:
Education required:
- Rising junior or senior currently enrolled in an Undergraduate program majoring in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, or other related physical sciences.
Other requirements:
- Candidate must be able to work full-time (40 hours/ week) Monday-Friday 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/