Lead Product Scientist

Lead Product Scientist

Job Description

Please Note: Position located in Neenah, Wisconsin Metro Area.

Kimberly-Clark relocation benefits available!

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 Lead Scientist – Product will lead the product function for select Front-End Innovation (FEI) programs in Huggies Diapers.

The focus of this role will be in both new product innovation and renovation on our current products.

This role will work in conjunction with Product Team members, Engineering, Materials, Marketing, Sales, Quality and Manufacturing to lead product activities for projects and fundamental work including ideation.

The incumbent reports to an R&D Manager and receives work direction from the Manager, Technical Leader, and Project Leader.


* Identify product innovation aligned to meet consumer and business needs within the Personal Care business. 


* Seek and understand competitive technologies and innovation.


* Provide leadership within a team environment to drive innovation from initial product prototype, BVs, and helping support the FEI process through MVC, MVP, MVT.


* Collaborate broadly inside the organization with Global R&D, Marketing, Insights and Analytics, pilot plant, and cross-functional disciplines.

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 purposef...