Lead Scientist Product

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. 

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 one of our professional roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center.

In this role, you will:

• Lead product systems development efforts for multiple projects and initiatives across the range of FDA Class II regulated product development cycle.  This spans from early front-end innovation, development and commercialization, through post market surveillance. 
• Learn and execute the Product Development processes: design controls, risk management, specification management and process validation. 
• Guide cross-functional quality, engineering, research and manufacturing team members through the design control processes 
• Lead development of product key milestones, budget, timeline, and resource forecast for assigned project(s). 
• Ensure development and execution of product specification and quality plans appropriate for phase of project. 
• Facilitate discussions with marketing and the design team regarding claims and aesthetics. 
• Provides mentorship to junior members of the product development team. 
• Plan and carry out project responsibility with limited assistance and direction. 
• Seek, recognize, define, and solve problems to achieve unit objectives. Identify complex technical issues to determine root cause, develop and recommend solutions. 
• Build mastery of medical device product development principles and test methods and apply them successfully on development projects. 

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Engineering or Scientific discipline

• 3+ years of experience in research or engineering, product and material development, overall 5+ years industry experience in consumer products and/or related fields. 

• Proven track record of ability to resolve complex problems for development initiatives. 

• The ability to work as part of a team in a collaborative cross functional structure. 

• Excellent written and oral communication skills. 

• Ability to travel up to 15% domestic and international. 

• 2+ years of experience in class I and II medical device development. 

• Strong knowledge in the consumer goods product and/or material development cycles. 

• Product and material Knowledge of Tampons, Pessaries, Pads and Liners. 

• Experience with ETQ or related systems. 

• Experience and thought leadership in Quality Management Systems, Design Control, Design Verification/Validation and Risk Management. 

• A demonstrated ability to work with global stakeholders. 

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.

Kimberly-Clark will not provide support for relocation of the chosen candidate for this role, if necessary, relocation will be at the candidate’s own expense.  However, Kimberly-Clark will provide assistance and financial support to obtain immigration visas and work authorization for the chosen candidate, if needed. 

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