Senior Scientist, Consumer Science

Kenvue•Summit, NJ

3d•$105,400 - $148,800•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Scientist will work within the Consumer Science team in an end-to-end R&D organization, supporting product development across multiple brands, including TYLENOL®, MOTRIN®, ZYRTEC®, BENADRYL®, and ZARBEES®, as well as upstream innovation. The role fosters a consumer-centric culture in R&D by building consumer empathy and collaborating effectively with cross-functional partners. It also develops capabilities through agile digital research tools, data science, advanced analytics, and modeling techniques to meet project and program objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and at least 3 years, master's degree and 1–2+ years, or PhD degree and 0+ years of industry experience in qualitative and quantitative research in Consumer Science, Consumer Technical Insights, Sensory Science, Food Science, Psychology, Consumer Behavior, or Market Research.
Experience with a broad range of consumer research, including product and concept testing, quantitative and qualitative research, product benchmarking, and drivers of liking.
Experience documenting, visualizing, and interpreting data.
Strong analytical thinking and communication skills, including comfort presenting data and recommendations to key stakeholders.
Ability to collaborate closely within Consumer Science and cross-functionally with R&D and business partners, including Design and Insights.

Nice To Haves

Experience in consumer behavior science and/or data science.
Experience using digital consumer science tools.

Responsibilities

Apply Design Thinking principles to understand consumer needs, aspirations, and motivations and support end-to-end innovation projects and programs from exploration to validation.
Identify and pilot new approaches and methodologies, including those leveraging data science, advanced analytics, and AI where appropriate.
Design and execute Learning Plans with cross-functional partners in Marketing, Insights, Design, and Formulation to meet project needs and answer consumer questions.
Design and execute exploratory qualitative and quantitative research, product design and optimization research, benchmarking studies, and consumer-perceived claims validation studies aligned with project and program objectives.
Communicate consumer insights and actionable recommendations to cross-functional teams through storytelling and data visualization.
Participate in analysis and interpretation of results and communicate findings to project teams.
Participate in the Global Consumer Science community of practice to support a consumer-centric culture in R&D.
Ensure activities comply with high ethical and quality standards and applicable policies and procedures.