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.

This role serves as the project and process leader for medium to large projects for the Cottonelle® dry bathroom tissue business.  This role will provide cross functional project leadership to ensure successful commercialization and launch of products that meet project success criteria and business financial goals through Innovation Management Framework, including primary point of coordination and interface with Research and Engineering, Marketing, Product Supply, Supply Chain, Finance, Go-to-Market, Sales, and Mill Operations. 

In this role, you will:

• Lead cross-functional R&D teams to deliver project goals, including managing timelines, driving adherence to key milestones, and ensuring alignment across functional areas and business teams.
• Drive key business decisions related to project launch timelines, success criteria, and resource allocation, while influencing stakeholders across Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, and other functions.
• Provide direction, coaching, and mentoring to project team members and junior staff, fostering development within the discipline and ensuring effective execution of responsibilities.
• Plan, communicate, and execute project responsibilities effectively, ensuring timely delivery and clear communication of plans and results to internal stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with Corporate Safety, Regulatory, Product Safety, and Quality standards throughout all phases of the project.
• Protect intellectual property through appropriate use of patents and trade secrets, and document R&D work in accordance with policy and IP requirements.
• Lead innovation programs focused on the development and commercialization of tissue technologies, identifying and driving learning plans to support project success.

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, required. Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a Science related field, preferred.
• A minimum of 5+ years of experience in product development and/or project management.
• Proven track record of effectively communicating to and influencing leaders/team members across all levels of the