Senior Scientist - Projects

Senior Scientist - Projects

Job Description

You were made to do this work: exploring uncharted questions, engineering innovative solutions, advancing scientific understanding, and constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. You want to be part of a performance culture dedicated to solving real-world problems with purpose and precision. You want to work in an environment that promotes sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. In this role, you’ll help us shape the future and improve lives for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU.

As the Senior Scientist- Projects, you will provide product leadership on the Hands and Face (Kleenex) Team, ensuring successful development, commercialization and launch of products, building from consumer insights to product design and market launch, incorporating Sustainability initiatives throughout. This role will focus on the implementation of product insights through commercialization. This role will work in conjunction with R&D team members and cross-functional partners from Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, Quality and Manufacturing to execute projects.

In this role, you will:

• Lead a cross-functional R&D team to deliver project goals, identifying and drive learning plans, managing project timeline, and driving adherence to key dates/deliverables to ensure project is on-track.

• Lead programs focused on the development and commercialization of tissue innovation, including sustainable fiber implementation and consult/support of Hands and Face Business continuity initiatives.

• Partner with business and market research team members to develop and execute plans to gather consumer insights and drive product innovation in support of strategic business plan goals.

• Work closely with Supply Chain, Marketing and Finance teams, among others, to achieve project goals; significant influence without authority required.

• Provide work direction, while coaching and mentoring members of the cross-functional R&E team.

• Ensure all work complies with Corporate Safety, Regulatory, Product Safety, and Quality requirements. 

• Document knowledge and report research and development work as required by R&D policy and IP needs.

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring.  You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

In one of our, R&D roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university

• 6 years or more of experience in project management and/or product/process development   

• Proven track record of effectively communicating to and influencing leaders/team members across all levels of the organization

• Prior experience leading projects from idea through execution

• Ability to provide work direction to team members not in a direct reporting relationship

• Up to 20% travel, with potential for increased frequency of travel around product launches/implementation

Preferred (not essential, but desired):

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science related field

• Prefer 10 years or more of relevant experience

• Strong knowledge and background in customer/consumer