Senior Product Developer

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Senior Product Developer##
** Job Description
** You were made to do this work: 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  this role, you will:
* Serve as a senior product developer on the Consumer Towels Product Development team.
* Provide product leadership for the end-to-end development of Consumer Towel innovation, ensuring successful development, commercialization and launch of products.  This will include Front End Innovation (FEI) work building Innovation Pathways from consumer insights to product design and ensuring robust learning plans to support market launch.
* Work in conjunction with R&D team members and cross-functional partners from Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, Quality and Manufacturing to execute projects.
* Reports to a Senior Research & Development Manager and receives work direction from the Research Technical Leader, as well as the Research & Development Manager, though this role is largely self-directed.
* Give work direction, coaching, and mentoring to 2-3 team members.
* Lead a cross-functional R&D team to deliver project goals, identifying and driving learning plans, managing project timelines, and driving adherence to key dates/deliverables to ensure project is on-track.
* Manage Front End of Innovation (FEI) funnel projects to meet deadlines, success criteria and budgets.
* Partner with business and market research team members to develop and execute plans to gather consumer insights and drive product innovation in support of strategic business plan goals.
* Work closely with Supply Chain, Marketing and Finance teams, among others, to achieve project goals; significant influence without authority required.
* Provide work direction, while coaching and mentoring members of the cross-functional R&D team.
* Ensure all work complies with Corporate Safety, Regulatory, Product Safety, and Quality requirements.
* Document knowledge and report research and development work as required by R&D policy and IP needs.
* Works closely with R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing and Finance teams, among others, to achieve project goals.
* Significant influence without authority required.

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.
**** About 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  one of our manufacturing 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:

Required:

* Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university.
* 5+ years of experience in product development and/or…