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. 

In this role, you will:

The Senior Scientist - Projects will lead Research and Development (R&D) projects specific to Child Care Develop and Commercialize (D&C) tea, for Pull-Ups® and Goodnites® projects and innovation initiatives for Kimberly-Clark, North America (KCNA).

As a member of the R&D Team, this individual will collaboratively lead projects through the Innovation Management Framework (stages and gates process), building on consumer insights to develop and launch.  This role will work in conjunction with R&D Baby and Child Care (BCC) Product, Process, Materials, and Engineering team members and cross-functional partners from Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality and Manufacturing.

The incumbent reports to an R&D Manager and receives work direction from the Manager, Director and Technical Leaders.  This role I largely self-direction but will give work direction, coaching, and mentoring to 3-10 indirect team members.


* Lead cross-functional R&D teams to deliver upon project goals.  Work with Project Team to identify and drive learning plans, manage and drive adherence to timelines, manage a budget, drive adherence to success criteria and escalate as appropriate to ensure projects are on-track.


* Work with cross-functional partners to deliver programs with strong business cases though the Innovation Management Framework and regularly present to Senior Leaders in committee forums. 


* Works closely with Marketing, Manufacturing, 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. 


* 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 project teams in documentation practices.


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


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

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