Senior Product Scientist

Kimberly-Clark; Neenah (WI); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work model

Wellbeing programs

Career development

Job summary

Kimberly-Clark is seeking a senior product development professional in the United States (Neenah, WI area) to lead the Cottonelle Dry Bath BusCon portfolio. You will mentor teams, manage specifications and materials, support process updates, and drive innovations aligned with business goals.

You will apply scientific methods, collaborate across functions, and ensure safety, quality, and compliance while contributing to long-term growth and sustainability initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university.
• 5+ years of experience in product development or related studies.
• Advanced communication skills and ability to influence leadership.
• Experience leading and directing team members and cross-functional peers.
• Willingness to travel 15–25%.

Responsibilities

• Lead, prioritize, and maintain the Cottonelle Dry Bath BusCon portfolio.
• Mentor BusCon work: spec materials, claims, process updates, ECM qualification.
• Support D&C execution and transition from launch to BusCon on new products.
• Model safe, ethical, quality, regulatory, and sustainability practices.
• Conceive and develop ideas aligned with business unit goals.
• Maintain technical and scientific expertise and communicate impact to KC.

Skills

Product development

Scientific methods

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science

Tools

PLM systems

Job description

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 were made to create Better Care for a Better World: exploring uncharted questions, engineering innovative solutions, advancing scientific understanding, and constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. You want to be part ofa performance culture dedicated to solving real-world problems with purpose and precision. You want to work in an environment that promotes sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. In this role, you’ll help us shape the future and improve lives for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

In one of our R&D roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. Job responsibilities include:

• Leading, prioritizing, and maintaining the overall Cottonelle® Dry Bath BusCon portfolio of work. Supporting resourcing decisions across the portfolio, factoring in technical needs and individual development opportunities
• Mentoring and executing BusCon areas of work: specification and raw material management, claims support, product support for process updates, ECM qualification and maintenance
• Flowing-to-work as needed to support D&C execution and enable seamless transition from launch through BusCon on all product innovations
• Modeling expected actions in safety, ethics, quality, regulatory, and sustainability, and ensure that all elements of the corporate Human Resources Development and Diversity policy are fully supported.
• Managing self in accordance with expected One KC Behaviors.
• Conceiving, developing, validating, and sharing ideas leading to new or improved products, processes, materials, systems or scientific knowledge aligned with business unit objectives.
• Maintaining technical and scientific expertise in an area of technology and communicate impact of developments on Kimberly-Clark.
• Driving a culture of protected and documented innovation to protect and defend Kimberly-Clark proprietary technology, products, and business processes through appropriate use of patents and trade secrets.
• Communicating appropriately and effectively with all customers, internal and external, conducting all communications and transactions with the utmost integrity and honesty to build an unimpeachable business reputation.

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

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university.
• 5+ years of experience in product development, technology development, executing consumer and/or technical/scientific studies.
• Advanced communication skills and ability to influence leadership across all levels of the R&E and cross-functional organization.
• Demonstrated strengths in some of these areas: scientific experiment methods/analysis, planning/organizing, developing learning plans, comprehension of technical literature and executing consumer research.
• Demonstrated ability to provide work direction to team members not in a direct reporting relationship
• 15-25% travel

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science related field
• 7+ years of relevant experience
• Experience in product development, tissue processes, design of experiments, data analysis and safe operation of high-speed manufacturing and/or converting equipment and processes. The focus of this role will be supporting the Intimate Care Dry business, leading product development initiatives in collaboration with process development engineers and the overall project manager.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to work in Quality and Specification Management (PLM) systems while providing clear direction as to opportunity areas for improvement.
• Desire and awareness to seek and understand competitive technologies and innovation.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

Total Benefits

We believe that our employees are our greatest asset, and we're committed to providing them with the resources they need to be successful. If you're looking for a rewarding career with a company that cares about its employees, then Kimberly-Clark is the place for you.

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.

Flex That Works at Kimberly-Clark

We believe great work happens when people come together with purpose. That’s why we offer a flexible work model that blends remote work with intentional in-person collaboration — helping you connect, grow, and innovate while maintaining the balance you value.

And finally, the fine print….

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 encompassesthe 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.