PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST FACE

Principal Scientist, Facial Treatments Kenvue is recruiting for a Principal Scientist, Facial Treatment products. This position will be located in Skillman, NJ. Kenvue touches more than a billion people’s lives each day through our health care products and services, our corporate giving, and the volunteer efforts of our employees. Kenvue develops and markets beloved brands that address the needs of consumers and health care professionals worldwide. Our portfolio ranges across several distinct business units: Baby Care, Oral Care, Compromised Skin Care, Beauty, Feminine Care, and Over-The-Counter (OTC) products. Thriving on a diverse company culture, celebrating the uniqueness of our employees and committed to inclusion. Proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Description The ideal candidate will lead regional and global projects for new Facial Treatment products, and will be directly responsible for new product formulation development incorporating consumer insights from appropriate channels. The Principal Scientist, Facial Treatments will have End to End responsibility for product development and franchise strategy for Facial Treatments including SPF innovation and LCM projects. Strong communication skills together with the ability to manage complexity are must have prerequisites. The candidate will provide strategic and operational skills in the execution of regional and global projects, including analyzing the new consumer insight to build a strategic innovation pipeline. Responsibilities will also include people leadership and development of more junior scientists. The Principal Scientist, Facial Treatments will be accountable for the design and execution of both global and regional projects linked to global strategy, which includes defining scope, staying within budget/OOP targets and problem resolution methods with demonstrated rigor and deep organizational knowledge. He/She will ensure global projects are developed to meet regional needs following the Global Product Development Operating Model, participate in cross functional projects and potentially leadership teams as the regional leader for North America Treatment Need State R&D. He/she will develop a technical expertise in the facial leave-on area, operate and lead independent of technical direction and execute projects and analysis with hands-on involvement. Ability to manage routine processes and complexity, risk-taking and decision making are critical components of the role in providing guidance and solutions to technical problems The Principal Scientist, Facial Treatments will draft and execute peer reviewed manuscripts, tech reports and patent fillings. Ability to manage routine processes and complexity, risk taking and decision making are critical components of the role in providing guidance and solutions to technical problems.

Qualifications:

Qualifications A Bachelor’s degree is required (Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or Pharmacy is preferred), with a minimum of nine years of related experience (academic or industry), or a Master’s or PhD Degree with a minimum of three years of related experience (academic or industry). Experience with formulation is required. Cosmetics, OTC or pharmaceutical experience is required. Fluent written and oral English communication skills are required. People leadership skills preferred. This position is located in Skillman, NJ with up to 10% domestic or international travel required.