Senior Scientist Product/Projects

Senior Scientist Product/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 Product/Projects, you will provide product and project leadership for Discovery Innovation for specialty pants. As a member of the R&D Team, you will collaboratively lead projects through the early development process including Chartering, PI, and transition to D&C, building from consumer insights to viable innovation opportunities, including MVC, MVP, and MVT. In this role, you will develop learning plans and project plans to validate the innovation. This role will work in conjunction with Research and Development Team Members and cross-functional partners from Marketing, Sales, I&A, and Global R&D and Marketing.

In this role, you will:

• Lead cross-functional R&D team to deliver upon project goals. Work with Project Team to identify and drive learning plans, manage project timeline and budget, and drive adherence to key dates/deliverables to ensure project is on-track. Work with cross-functional partners to scope new programs with strong business cases though the early stages of development, including delivering MVC, MVP, and MVT.

• Partner with the D&C team to ensure alignment and successful hand-over as appropriate.

• Works closely with Marketing, I&A, Sales, and Finance teams, among others, to achieve project goals; significant influence without authority required.

• Provide work direction, coach, and mentor members of the cross-discipline R&D team.

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

• Interface effectively with the other work stream teams to ensure business success.

• Lead claims and Benefit Visualizations across Pull-Ups and Goodnites® to bring our product benefits to life.

• Document key learnings and significant research findings in a searchable, retrievable format and coach junior team members in their documentation practices.

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. 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 and 7 years or more of experience in project management and/or product development

• Proven track record of effectively communicating to and influencing leaders and team members across all levels of the R&E and cross-functional organization

• Must have experience with developing learning plans and executing consumer research

• Prior experience leading projects from idea to execution

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

• 15-25% travel, in-country and international

Preferred (not essential, but desired):

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science related field and 9 years or more of relevant experience

• Experience in project manag