Principal Scientist, Digital Enablement

About the role

The Principal Scientist, Digital Enablement will play a key role in accelerating innovation across Kenvue by embedding digital technologies, AI capabilities, and data-driven solutions into product development teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead R&D Digital Transformation
• Accelerate the adoption of generative AI (e.g. Microsoft Copilot), AI-enabled workflows, knowledge systems, digital laboratories, and emerging technologies.
• Partner with Tech & Data, digital capabilities team, external partners, and R&D leadership to develop and execute strategic capability roadmaps.
• Establish scalable approaches for AI-enabled product development and innovation processes.
• Enable Product Development Excellence
• Identify workflow inefficiencies and improvement opportunities.
• Support teams from concept generation through commercialization using modern digital capabilities.
• Help establish best practices that enhance first-time-right execution and reduce cycle times.
• Advance Front-End Innovation
• Leverage AI, digital insights, and data-driven methods to strengthen innovation pipelines.
• Improve translation of consumer, healthcare professional, and market insights into actionable technical development plans.
• Promote rapid experimentation, learning cycles, and innovation efficiency.
• Build R&D Knowledge Systems
• Develop and improve knowledge management practices, metadata standards, and structured documentation approaches.
• Support enterprise knowledge platforms and AI-ready content strategies.
• Improve discoverability and reuse of technical knowledge across projects and functional teams.
• Promote strong data governance and documentation practices.
• Drive Adoption and Organizational Change
• Champion new ways of working across technical organizations.
• Develop training materials, best practices, communities of practice, and reusable playbooks.
• Coach scientists and engineers on AI, automation, and digital capability utilization.
• Build organizational engagement through visible leadership, storytelling, and demonstrated business impact.
• Measure Value Creation
• Define adoption of metrics and business impact measures.
• Track improvements in productivity, cycle-time reduction, knowledge reuse, quality, and project execution.
• Support development of ROI and value-realization frameworks for digital investments.
• Communicate outcomes and success stories to R&D and enterprise leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Pharmacy, Materials Science, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 6+ years of progressive experience in research and development, formulation development, R&D engineering, innovation, or related technical fields, preferably in digital enablement or related scientific fields.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience delivering consumer health, OTC, personal care, cosmetics, medical device, or related products.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex research projects with minimal supervision.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects and influencing stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong understanding of product development processes, stage-gate methodologies, technical risk management, and commercialization activities.
• Demonstrated experience leading digital transformation, process improvement, capability-building, or innovation-enablement initiatives.
• Experience working with AI platforms, Microsoft Copilot, digital knowledge systems, analytics platforms, or other enterprise digital capabilities.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and change management skills to articulate digital strategies and scientific concepts effectively across diverse teams.
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements and quality standards applicable to scientific research and data management.

Benefits

• Annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges: $127,075.00 - $179,400.00
• Competitive Benefit Package
• Paid Company Holidays, Paid Vacation, Volunteer Time & More!
• Learning & Development Opportunities
• Kenvuer Impact Networks