Lead Product Scientist

Lead Product Scientist

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 your Lead Product Scientist role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU. 

Summary of Position:

The Lead Product Scientist will work on the Insights to Commercialization Flushable Wipes team to commercialize product innovation and support life cycle maximization of commercialized products.  The incumbent will provide leadership within a team environment to execute innovation from initial hypothesis generation through pilot scale demonstration and onto commercial assets.

The incumbent will collaborate broadly inside the corporation with R&E, pilot plant, mill operations and with cross functional disciplines.  The incumbent will report to the R&E Senior Manager within Family Care Research and Engineering.

Responsibilities:


* Collaborate with project leads, process/product engineers, and cross-functional partners to drive commercialization of product innovation.   


* Understand consumer insights to support building product innovation plans. 


* Support product life-cycle maximization as needed, including quality system initiatives. 


* Work independently and progress with limited instruction and as part of a larger cross functional team. 


* Maintain technical and scientific expertise in the flushable wipes category and communicate impact of developments on Kimberly-Clark.  


* Coach and mentor less-experienced team members to increase technical understanding and ability to execute programs. 


* Supporting building project and team budgets and schedules.   


* Drive the protection and documentation of innovation to protect and defend Kimberly-Clark proprietary technology and products through appropriate use of patents and trade secrets. 


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

Influence:


* The incumbent will interact daily across the R&E community consisting of product, process, and material experts.

This team is accountable for the development of improved or new materials that deliver on consumer needs and improved performance in personal care absorbent products.

The incumbent will provide leadership and decision making from the material perspective to advance projects through the business stage and gate approval process.

Weekly the incumbent will influence vendors and partner with corporate research, procurement, supply chain, safety, regulatory, and legal as required by project needs. 

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