Senior R&D Technical Leader

Senior R&D Technical Leader

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

It starts with YOU.

In this role you will be responsible for partnering with the marketing leader to set the short to medium product portfolio strategy and innovation plans for categories in EM (Emerging Markets).

Delivering the innovation plans on time with highest quality  – as well as managing the R&E open diaper product development  team and priorities across EM organization to ensure fast and max adoption (from other regions and across the region) considering supply complexity and financial optimization.

You will also:



* Lead the delivery of the AFC (Adult & Fem Care) open diaper innovation pipeline across EM, ensuring projects are executed on time, with high quality, and aligned with business and financial targets.


* Partner closely with Sector and Regional Marketing teams to define, align, and execute the 0–3 year product portfolio and innovation roadmap for EM markets.


* Act as technical owner and project lead for innovation initiatives, guiding projects from ideation through IMF, commercialization, and regional rollout.


* Drive “adopt & adapt” innovation, scaling global and NA-led solutions while adjusting for EM-specific needs such as formats, mill capabilities, cost constraints, and supply complexity.


* Serve as the senior technical authority within the EM R&D AFC community, providing technical direction, coaching, and capability building across regions.


* Influence and align cross-functional stakeholders (Marketing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, Global R&D) to secure buy-in and enable fast, effective execution of innovation projects.


* Contribute to business performance and cost transformation initiatives, balancing technical rigor with pragmatic, “right-enough” solutions to deliver value at scale.

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 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.

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