Principal Scientist, Clinical Science

Kenvue•Summit, NJ

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Principal Scientist, Clinical Science plays a key role in shaping and delivering the global clinical strategy for new product innovations and claim upgrades, supporting study design, execution, data interpretation, and scientific storytelling. This role serves as the clinical subject matter expert on cross‑functional and global teams, ensuring clinical evidence is robust, relevant, and supports meaningful consumer and healthcare professional claims. The Principal Scientist partners closely with internal teams and external investigators to ensure studies are conducted with scientific rigor, regulatory compliance, and adherence to Good Clinical Practice. The position also contributes to claims development, publications, and scientific communications, while actively supporting Kenvue’s Human‑Centered Innovation mindset.

Requirements

Ensure all clinical activities are conducted in accordance with high ethical and quality standards, as well as all applicable policies and procedures.
Ability to collaborate, influence, manage routine processes, consider measured risks, and make decisions to drive project progress are critical components of the role.
Must be able to work independently, think analytically, manage multiple complex tasks and projects, while also being highly detail oriented and organized.
The ability to work in a matrix environment with cross-functional teams and have excellent verbal and written communication skills is essential.

Responsibilities

Serve as a member of Translational Science Clinical Science teams dedicated to the development and/or deployment of the global clinical strategy for new product or claim upgrade innovation projects, including the design, analysis and interpretation of clinical studies to meet desired claims and communication messages for each innovation project.
Play a clinical subject matter expert role in understanding the relevant science to provide contributions, translations and/or make recommendations to strengthen clinical-based claims and or science storytelling to cross-functional and global project teams within R&D, including novel clinical designs, endpoints and methodologies.
Serve as Clinical Study Director and fulfill all associated responsibilities for clinical studies partnering with internal clinical operations team and external clinical research service providers and/or HCP KOLs principal investigators, including adherence to internal policies and procedures and external regulatory requirements ensuring good clinical practice conduct.
Participate on global, cross functional teams for evaluation of new product ideas and project implementation, providing active scientific contributions and ensuring clinical timeline adherence to overall project timeline.
Contribute to and translate scientific and clinical knowledge and data for consumer-facing and healthcare professional message development, scientific posters and publications.
Actively participate in the Kenvue Human Centered Innovation mindset, contributing as the Clinical Subject Matter Expert in the claims process and claims system.