Senior Product Developer

Senior Product Developer

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.

In this role, you will:


* Serve as a senior product developer on the Consumer Towels Product Development team. 


* Provide product leadership for the end-to-end development of Consumer Towel innovation, ensuring successful development, commercialization and launch of products.  This will include Front End Innovation (FEI) work building Innovation Pathways from consumer insights to product design and ensuring robust learning plans to support market launch.


* Work in conjunction with R&D team members and cross-functional partners from Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, Quality and Manufacturing to execute projects.


* Reports to a Senior Research & Development Manager and receives work direction from the Research Technical Leader, as well as the Research & Development Manager, though this role is largely self-directed.


* Give work direction, coaching, and mentoring to 2-3 team members.


* Lead a cross-functional R&D team to deliver project goals, identifying and driving learning plans, managing project timelines, and driving adherence to key dates/deliverables to ensure project is on-track.


* Manage Front End of Innovation (FEI) funnel projects to meet deadlines, success criteria and budgets.


* Partner with business and market research team members to develop and execute plans to gather consumer insights and drive product innovation in support of strategic business plan goals.


* Work closely with Supply Chain, Marketing and Finance teams, among others, to achieve project goals; significant influence without authority required.


* Provide work direction, while coaching and mentoring members of the cross-functional R&D team.


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


* Document knowledge and report research and development work as required by R&D policy and IP needs.


* Works closely with R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing and Finance teams, among others, to achieve project goals.


* Significant influence without authority required.

About Us

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