Lead Product Developer

Overview

Lead Product Developer. 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:

• Lead the product development for Discovery (Front End Innovation) programs in Poise and U by Kotex Pads and Liners.
• 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.
• The incumbent reports to an R&D Manager and receives work direction from the Manager, Technical Leader, and Project Leader.

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.

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.

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

• 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, Benefit Visualizations, and helping support the Front-End Innovation process through Minimum Viable Concept, Product, and Technology (MVC, MVP, MVT).
• Collaborate broadly inside the organization with R&D, Strategy and Innovation (S&I) Marketing, Insight and Analytics (I&A), pilot plant, and cross-functional disciplines.

• Works closely with the Marketing, Insights and Analytics, Innovation Capabilities and Testing, Materials, and Engineering teams among others, to achieve project goals.

Required:

• Bachelor’s or advanced engineering or relevant scientific discipline degree.
• 3+ years relevant product and/or engineering experience in a variety of assignments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage and drive tasks while coordinating with cross-functional partners.
• Effective communication skills with the ability to discuss technical issues in a business environment.

Preferred:

• Experience in product development of consumer products, design of experiments, and data analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently or to lead small teams to complete assignments and related activities in an acceptable manner.
• Displayed strength of building relationships and build trust characteristics when working cross functionally.
• Desire…