Senior Director, R&D Chief of Staff and Capabilities

Job Description

About Us

Kleenex. Cottonelle. Scott. Huggies. Kotex. Poise. Depend. Kimberly-Clark Professional. You already know our legendary brandsand so does the rest of the fact millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldnt exist without talented professionals like you.

At Kimberly-Clark youll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation growth and impact. Were founded on more than 150 years of market leadership and were always looking for new and better ways to perform so theres your open door of opportunity. Its all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

Were out to create Better Care for a Better World and that takes leaders and teams who care about making a the Senior Director R&D Chief of Staff and Capabilities role youll apply your professional expertise talent and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic ground-breaking brands to help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

What Youll Do (Role Purpose)

The Senior Director R&D Chief of Staff and Capabilities (Chief of Staff) serves as a strategic partner to the Chief Research & Development Officer driving operational excellence cross-functional alignment and execution of key initiatives across the global R&D organization. This role acts as a force multiplier for R&D leadership enabling focus on innovation talent development and long-term growth by managing strategic planning communications governance and special projects.

The Chief of Staff will lead and coordinate high-impact programs facilitate decision-making processes and ensure seamless collaboration across R&D Global Growth Organization and Corporate functions. This individual will also serve as a trusted advisor helping to shape the R&D agenda monitor progress against strategic goals and foster a culture of accountability agility and innovation. The role is also responsible for developing capability and talent development strategy and initiatives like digitization of work technical Learning & Development within R&E University and more.

More specifically the Chief of Staff will:

• Global R&D Budget Planning and Governance: Lead the coordination and oversight of the global R&D budget planning process ensuring financial discipline transparency and alignment with strategic priorities. Partner with Finance and R&D leaders to manage budget governance and optimize resource allocation.

• Innovation KPIs and Impact Measurement: Develop and maintain innovation performance metrics and impact tools to assess R&D effectiveness across the portfolio. Enable data-driven decision-making and storytelling around innovation outcomes and value creation.

• Long-Term Research Pipeline Tracking and Reporting: Collaborate with the Central R&D team to ensure the long-term research pipeline is robust and aligned with the Enterprise growth agenda. Oversee governance tracking and reporting of long-term research initiatives to the R&D Leadership Team (RDLT).

• Capital Planning: Manage capital planning processes for R&D including investment prioritization governance frameworks and alignment with strategic growth initiatives. Ensure capital deployment supports innovation and infrastructure needs.

• Strategy & Transformation Office Interface: Serve as the primary liaison between R&D and the Strategy & Transformation Office supporting strategic planning cycles enterprise initiatives and executive-level deliverables (e.g. Board of Directors presentations major cross-functional projects).

• RDLT Meetings Town Halls and Communications: Lead the planning and execution of R&D Leadership Team meetings global town halls and internal communications. Ensure consistent messaging effective engagement and alignment across the R&D organization.

• R&D Communications: Drive a unified and compelling R&D narrative across segments and sectors showcasing the value delivered from early-stage innovation (e.g. Moonshots Technology Platforms) through to lifecycle management (LCM). Partner with Communications to amplify R&D impact internally and externally.

• Functional Strategic Plan Governance and Reporting: Oversee governance and reporting of the R&D functional strategic plan ensuring alignment with enterprise goals visibility of progress and accountability across teams.

• Organizational Effectiveness and Design Optimization: Partner with the Global Head of R&D Transformation to evolve the R&D operating model including organizational design capabilities ways of working and high-performance culture. Support change management and continuous improvement efforts.

Experiences Were Looking For

The Chief of Staff will possess/be:

• 15 years of strategic leadership experience within large complex global companies; ideally within CPG or manufacturing industries

• Proven ability to work in or alongside R&D Engineering Product Development QRC and/or innovation teams

• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional initiatives managing complex projects and driving execution across global teams

• Ability to synthesize complex information anticipate challenges and advise the Chief R&D Officer on strategic decisions

• Financial acumen understanding of corporate governance strategic planning and performance metrics; comfort with data analysis dashboards and performance tracking

• Ability to connect people and create networks - align teams around strategic priorities and foster collaboration (e.g. marketing supply chain finance)

• Exceptional program management prioritization and process optimization skills

• Familiarity with scientific processes product lifecycle management and regulatory environments

• Clear thinker who is focused and demonstrates attention to detail organization and high drive for results

• Demonstrated operational intensity via simplification

• Good judgment and high EQ to navigate complex interpersonal dynamics

• Willingness to provide Senior Leaders with advice and counsel that challenges

• Comfort with ambiguity & complexity

• Experience driving transformation cultural change or organizational redesign in fast-paced environments

• Agile fluid and comfortable with change management

• International and multicultural experience desired

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering Life Sciences or related field; Advanced Degree is an added benefit

Location

Neenah WI or Roswell Georgia

Ways of Working and Leadership Competencies We Value

• Focus on Consumers. We keep the needs of customers and consumers at the center of our work. Building strong customer relationships and delivering consumer-centric solutions. Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies that delight our consumers.

• Play to Win. We aim high measure our results and live our values because winning with integrity matters. Setting aggressive goals and consistently achieving results even under tough circumstances. Pushing past status quo to create new and better ways to solve problems and win.

• Move Fast. We turn decisions into action remove barriers and seek progress over perfection. Stepping up to champion ideas address difficult issues and say what needs to be said. Tackling challenges with a sense of urgency seizing new opportunities and scaling winning solutions.

• Grow our People. We champion inclusion and encourage our people to ideate innovate and contribute to their growth. Encouraging diverse perspectives experiences and backgrounds that enable our winning culture. Placing a high priority on developing self and others to meet career goals and the organizations goals.

Total Benefits

Here are a few of the benefits youd enjoy. For a complete overview see .

• Great support for good health with medical dental and vision coverage options. 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.

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.

Kimberly-Clark will support in-country relocation for the chosen candidate. The benefits provided will be per the terms of Kimberly-Clarks applicable mobility benefits/policy provided will decided in Kimberly-Clarks sole discretion.

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