You are not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we are 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 will bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you will help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.
As the Product Testing Technical Strategist, you’ll serve as the strategic thought leader and end to end owner of product testing capability within the North America Innovation Capabilities and Transformation organization. This senior technical leadership role is accountable for defining, challenging, and advancing the product learning strategy across predictive, physical, and consumer testing, ensuring that testing insights directly enable business priorities, accelerate innovation, and strengthen decision quality. Beyond establishing strategy, the Product Testing Technical Strategist is also accountable for the full execution and continuous evolution of the product testing ecosystem, in strong partnership with the Business Unit Innovation teams. The role drives a shift from execution-focused delivery to integrated, future-ready capability leadership, setting clear direction while also ensuring operational excellence and measurable impact. Acting as the strategic integrator across the testing continuum, this role builds and deploys scalable tools, methods, and operating models that elevate learning agility – delivering more learning with the same or fewer resources. You'll proactively challenge existing norms, identify capability gaps, and champion transformative approaches that expand the value and influence of product testing. Success requires close partnership with all Business Unit product development teams, global R&D, and Innovation Capabilities leadership to ensure product learning is cohesive, strategic, and a competitive advantage.
In this role, you will:
Serve as a strategic partner for Business Unit R&D across all brands. Align testing plans with business timelines, innovation roadmaps, innovation risk and reward levels, and claims requirements. Ensure teams are consistently challenging the norms of how we test product innovation.
Translate business needs into scalable, predictive, and agile testing strategies. Define, communicate, and lead the execution of the product testing vision.
Lead development of new testing frameworks, methods, and tools that improve speed, confidence, and cost efficiency. Drive standardization where appropriate while enabling flexibility for innovation.
Drive deeper integration across the broader testing function to strengthen end to end decision support. Break down silos and increase shared understanding of the full testing continuum.
Mentor and coach team members to build strategic thinking, influence, and capability depth. Strengthen attraction and retention of talent.
Champion adoption of digital, predictive, and AI-enabled testing approaches.
Actively support culture transformation and champion ways of working evolution. Shape operating models that improve clarity, accountability, and efficiency across teams.
Proactively look to solutions outside the team to solve business problems. Leverage external suppliers, industry organizations and academic connections to incorporate new technologies and gain access to needed resources to drive efficiency and manage workload of existing team.
About Us
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 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:
Minimum of 10+ years of relevant experience, including a minimum of 3 years of recent experience leading product development for innovation projects in the business unit R&D function
Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, engineering, or related field.
Background in CPG or consumer innovation, particularly within a matrixed or global organization.
Demonstrated success in leading multidisciplinary teams and delivering results through others in environments requiring cross-functional collaboration.
Expertise in consumer research and product testing with a strong track record of enabling innovation and consumer-relevant solutions.
Strong business acumen with proven competence in strategic planning, operational oversight, and financial management.
Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder engagement skills at multiple organizational levels.
Ability to travel up to 10% as needed for business meetings or partner collaboration.
Preferred:
Advanced degree or additional training in consumer sciences, R&D management, or business administration.
Background in agile product development in categories relevant or adjacent to Kimberly-Clark
Experience providing product development leadership over a major, transformational product innovation program.
Experience modernizing physical testing and sensory labs and capabilities including digital platform integration and change management.
Total Benefits
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.
Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions. Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.
Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch dollars when caring for yourself or dependents.
Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.
Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.
To Be Considered
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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. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects 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 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 candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. Kimberly-Clark will support in-country relocation for the chosen candidate for the role. The benefits provided will be per the terms of Kimberly-Clark’s applicable mobility policies. The benefits/policy provided will be decided at Kimberly-Clark’s sole discretion.
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