Senior Scientist, R&D - Product Development

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Job Description Sr. Scientist, R&D – Technical Lead Role Summary: This role is a senior, hands-on technical leadership position within our U.S. businesses. The Sr. Scientist serves as a high-impact individual contributor who sets a high bar for technical excellence, shapes front-end innovation, and ensures robust product and process performance. While the role has no direct reports initially, the incumbent is expected to lead through influence, establish technical standards, and mentor junior developers as a subject-matter authority. What You’ll Do: 1) Front-End Innovation Proactively generate consumer-insight-led concepts that clearly articulate unmet need, benefit statement, and reason-to-believe (RTB); author crisp concept briefs with technical enablers and claims pathways. Apply Price-Based Development (PBD): approximate from target shelf price using retailer margin and desired company margin to model feasible COGS/BOM and investment requirements; pressure test value equations and price-pack-architecture. Create focused learning plans using a risk-based approach: isolate and tackle the most uncertain/impactful assumptions first to solve or fail fast; frame problems, design expe...