Senior Scientist - Projects

Senior Scientist - Projects

Job Description

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role.

Neither are we.

Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference.

Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands.

In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU. 

The primary purpose of this position is to lead R&E activities for Pull-Ups IMF programs.

This role will work in conjunction with the R&E BCC Product Team Members, Marketing and Sales Teams, Engineering and Technology Teams, Insights and Analytics, Marketing S&I, Project Teams, Manufacturing facilities and the BCC cross-functional organization.  The candidate reports to an R&E Manager and receives work direction from the Manager, R&E Technical Leader, and cross-functional organization, though this role is largely self-directed.  This role will give work direction, coaching, and mentoring to 3-10 indirect team members.

 

In this role you will:


* Project lead for Goodnites IMF programs.

Lead cross-functional R&E team to deliver upon project goals.

Create timeline with key milestones, drive adherence to the timeline, escalate as appropriate, identify and drive key learning.

With help cross-functionally, deliver programs with strong business cases through IMF.


* Works closely with the Marketing, Sales, and Finance teams amongst others to achieve project goals.

Significant influence without authority required.


* Provide work direction, coach, and mentor members of the cross-functional R&E team.


* Protect and defend Kimberly-Clark proprietary product and technology through the appropriate use of patents and trade secrets.


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


* Ensure all work complies with corporate safety, regulatory, product safety and sustainability requirements. 


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

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