Principal Scientist, Skin Health Product Development

About Us

At Kenvue, we realize the extraordinary power of everyday care. Built on over a century of heritage and rooted in science, we’re the house of iconic brands - including NEUTROGENA®, AVEENO®, TYLENOL®, LISTERINE®, JOHNSON’S® and BAND-AID® that you already know and love. Our global team is ~ 22,000 brilliant people with a workplace culture where every voice matters, and every contribution is appreciated. We are passionate about insights, innovation and committed to delivering the best products to our customers. With expertise and empathy, being a Kenvuer means having the power to impact millions of people every day. We put people first, care fiercely, earn trust with science and solve with courage – and have brilliant opportunities waiting for you! Join us in shaping our future–and yours.

What you will do

This position will be based in Bangkok, Thailand and reports into Senior Manager/Manager, Product Development, Skin Health & Beauty APAC. You will be part of an Asia-wide R&D organization responsible for taking innovations from concept to launch, serving millions of consumers across multiple markets.

The Principal Scientist, Product Development, Skin Health & Beauty APAC is responsible for the end-to-end product development process in support of development/deployment of product experiences that drive consumer delight across a range of skin health and beauty brands. You will have the opportunity to showcase your capability across a wide portfolio of well-known brands including Aveeno®, Neutrogena®, OGX®, Clean & Clear®.

Your responsibility covers development and deployment of product innovation – combining strong consumer insights with formulation development/deployment to create products that consumers love. Delivering high quality, safe, sustainable, scientifically backed & efficacious products with exceptional consumer experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the relevant teams to understand the market, consumer insights and project needs. Turn those insights into a learning plan to develop/adapt formulations and/or claims/demo development that meet a specific set of criteria.
• Building strong brand franchise capability, upskilling junior team members across the organization on these capabilities.
• Working hand in hand with R&D cross functional teams, marketing and supply chain to drive our innovation pipelines.
• Responsible for developing/adapting formulations to enable the regional product pipelines end-to-end for key brands such as Neutrogena®, Aveeno®, OGX®, Clean & Clear®.
• Partner with internal teams to create impactful scientific communication and claims.
• Partner with relevant teams to address consumer, external queries on product and formulation, identifying opportunities for improvisation and communication changes.
• Partner with prototype evaluation teams for the technical evaluation of lead formulation options.
• Understanding impact of ingredient & formula design on product performance (e.g. stability, rheology) and experience (e.g. sensory) and being able to adapt to meet required criteria.
• Support Root Cause Analysis to address problems that may occur at any stage of the development process, from lab scale, through pilot, production scale or after launch.
• Working as part of a multi-functional team and managing your own workplan and run experimental programs independently.

Required Qualifications

• Experience working in consumer goods sector – personal care, homecare or foods; pharmaceuticals also considered.
• Proven experience in product development, strong experience in product formulation is preferred.
• Having strong end-to-end experience from concept, claim communication to formulation and launch go-to-market implementation.
• Being able to build strong interdependent partnerships internally in R&D and to broader cross-functional teams.

Desired Qualifications

• Additional experience across other areas in R&D such as claims, packaging & consumer research.