Director, IT Quality & EHS

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional®. At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact. 

This role leads the modernization and simplification of the Quality and EHS technology landscape, delivering reliable, scalable and validated solutions that enable operational quality, regulatory compliance, worker health and safety, environmental compliance, and GxP/CSV compliance.

The Director partners closely with Quality, QRC, EHS, Manufacturing, R&D, Regulatory and enterprise technology leaders to establish common global platforms, improve data quality and integration, reduce technology complexity, and strengthen compliance and inspection readiness.

You were made to create Better Care for a Better World: designing new technologies, diving into data, optimizing digital experiences, and constantly developing better, faster ways to get results. You want to be part of a performance culture dedicated to building technology for a purpose that matters. Here, you’ll work in an environment that promotes sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development while you help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.  It starts with YOU. 

·        Define and own the global technology strategy and multi-year roadmap for enterprise Quality, EHS and Safety capabilities.

·        Establish strategic platform direction across electronic Quality Management Systems, manufacturing quality, laboratory quality systems, environmental health and safety, occupational health, and supporting data and analytics.

·        Drive simplification and consolidation of fragmented legacy technologies onto scalable enterprise platforms while protecting regulatory compliance and business continuity.

·        Establish investment priorities and ensure technology investments deliver measurable business, compliance and operational value.

·        Provide strategic leadership for enterprise quality platforms supporting document control, nonconformance, CAPA, complaints, investigations, audits, supplier quality and quality workflows.

·        Lead the evolution of the enterprise eQMS landscape, including EtQ NXG and the transition from legacy EtQ, Veeva and other quality platforms.

·        Ensure Quality solutions maintain validated state, data integrity, access controls, testing evidence, auditability and appropriate change governance.

·        Partner with Quality and QRC process owners to standardize processes, controls and decision rights.

·        Provide technology leadership across manufacturing-quality processes, including SAP Quality Management, batch management, inspections, laboratory testing, quality events and certificates of analysis.

·        Ensure effective integration across SAP S/4HANA, eQMS, LIMS, manufacturing platforms and enterprise data solutions.

·        Enable reliable management of quality notifications, inspection results, batch status, holds and usage decisions supporting end-to-end material traceability.

·        Partner with Manufacturing and plant Quality organizations to strengthen operational reliability and quality execution.

·        Establish the enterprise EHS technology strategy and lead platform selection, rationalization and implementation toward an integrated global EHS landscape.

·        Enable capabilities supporting incidents and near misses, investigations, risk assessments, corrective actions, audits, permits, emergency readiness, occupational health and industrial hygiene.

·        Ensure appropriate governance of health and safety data, including privacy, cybersecurity, records management and regulatory controls.

·        Partner with EHS and site leadership to improve worker participation, hazard reporting, risk management, regulatory compliance and operational visibility.

·        From an IT perspective, Lead GxP/CSV and IT Quality Assurance processes across regulated technology.

·        Establish validation strategy, GxP impact assessment, validation planning, traceability and inspection-readiness expectations.

·        Ensure regulated technology remains validated and appropriately controlled throughout its lifecycle.

·        Partner with Quality, Regulatory, Cybersecurity and Internal Audit to maintain compliance and audit readiness.

·        Ensure Quality and EHS platforms integrate effectively with SAP/ERP, manufacturing, PLM/R&D, laboratory, HR, learning and analytics capabilities.

·        Develop analytics and AI capabilities that improve quality insights, risk identification, decision-making and process automation.

·        Evaluate emerging technology, including agentic AI and intelligent automation, where it can safely strengthen Quality and EHS outcomes.

·        Lead a globally distributed organization of product, platform and delivery professionals.

·        Develop talent and establish clear accountability across the organization.

·        Manage strategic technology vendors and partners, holding providers accountable for service, delivery, roadmap and value.

·        Own portfolio investment planning, budget management and prioritization.

·        Establish performance measures addressing platform reliability, compliance, adoption, service quality and business outcomes.

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.

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 purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

·        Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, Quality, Supply Chain, Business or related discipline; advanced degree preferred.

·        Significant technology leadership experience within a complex global organization, preferably in a regulated environment.

·        Demonstrated experience leading enterprise Quality, QMS/eQMS, EHS or regulated technology platforms.

·        Strong understanding of operational Quality, EHS and computer system validation requirements.

·        Experience modernizing validated enterprise platforms while maintaining compliance and operational continuity.

·        Experience with technologies such as EtQ/EtQ NXG, SAP QM, SAP S/4HANA, LIMS, Veeva, TrackWise, Cority, Intelex, Enablon or comparable platforms, consistent with the technology estate represented in your role-card work.

·        Strong knowledge of GxP, CSV/computer software assurance, cybersecurity, data integrity, audit readiness and controlled change.

·        Experience managing global technology teams, strategic vendors and significant technology investments.

·        Strong executive communication and influencing skills across Quality, EHS, Manufacturing, R&D, Regulatory and Technology organizations.

• Quality and EHS platform availability and operational performance
• Progress against legacy application rationalization and consolidation roadmap
• Adoption of strategic enterprise Quality and EHS platforms
• Improved Quality/EHS data integrity, integration and analytics
• Technology portfolio cost optimization and value realization

For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world, which is why we seek to build a workforce that encompasses the experiences of our consumers.  When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position. 

Employment is subject to verification of local policies.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check. 

 Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply.

This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. Kimberly-Clark will not provide relocation support for this role.