Senior Scientist, R&D - Transformation

The Kraft Heinz Company • Glenview, IL

1d • $89,800 - $112,200 • Hybrid

About The Position

As the Senior Scientist for NA R&D Transformation, you will lead knowledge management that enables R&D teams to capture, organize, reuse, and apply technical knowledge more effectively. You will strengthen R&D knowledge maturity by improving access to technical documentation, external research, reusable learnings, and emerging digital tools — accelerating innovation, reducing duplication, and enabling better decision-making.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science required in either a science or engineering field (e.g., Food Science, Food Engineering, Packaging, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Biochemistry, or Life Sciences) or in Library/Information Science, Knowledge Management, or a related discipline.
• 4+ years in a Research and Development function required with exposure to areas such as Innovation, Product Process, Packaging, Sensory, or Analytical.
• Strong communication, facilitation, influencing, project management, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage stakeholders, lead organizational change, and maintain a customer focus while working with large volume of information and attention to detail highly desired.

Nice To Haves

• Experience and/or education highly desired in in library science, information science, digital tools, or knowledge management.
• Familiarity with AI tools including LLM, RAG, sematic layers, agents, research assistants, and knowledge management methodologies preferred.
• Experience with or exposure to ServiceNow, Microsoft Power Platform (PowerApps, Power BI), AI-enabled research/search tools, and Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELN) desired.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a roadmap to advance the maturity of NA R&D knowledge and information management.
• Strengthen the deliberate creation, codification, application, and reuse of R&D knowledge, including structured approaches that convert tacit knowledge into explicit reusable assets and reduce duplication of work.
• Own knowledge assets and standards, spanning technical documentation, external knowledge sources, library/historical content, and AI/search-enabled tools.
• Define and apply taxonomy, ontology, knowledge graphs, and metadata for critical knowledge, and establish supporting governance.
• Improve accessibility of assets through next-generation knowledge initiatives such as enterprise search tools, on-demand AI research platforms, and expert knowledge enablement.
• Partner with R&D teams, digital teams, and functional stakeholders to drive adoption of knowledge management tools, standards, and ways of working.
• Engage the R&D community through communication platforms, training, office hours, and department meetings.
• Guide and motivate R&D teams in knowledge capture by sharing practices, expertise, and learning across the enterprise.
• Manage R&D enterprise knowledge resources, partnerships, and external/vendor stakeholders.
• Define and track metrics to measure knowledge management maturity, adoption, and impact.

Benefits

• Coverage for employees (and their eligible dependents) through affordable access to healthcare, protection, and saving for the future, we offer plans tailored to meet you and your family’s needs.
• Events, resources, and learning opportunities that inspire a physical, social, emotional, and financial well-being lifestyle for our employees and their families.
• Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Screenings/Assessments
• Paid Time Off, Company Holidays, Leave of Absence, Flexible Work Arrangements, Recognition, Training
• Employee Assistance Program, Wellbeing Programs, Family Support Programs
• 401k, Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment, Disability

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior