Principal Scientist, Clinical Science

Principal Scientist, Clinical Science

What we do

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. Science is our passion; care is our talent.

Who We Are

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. For more information, click here.

Role reports to:

Associate Director Clinical Research

Location:

North America, United States, New Jersey, Summit

Work Location:

Hybrid

What you will do

The Principal Scientist, Clinical Science plays a key role in shaping and delivering the global clinical strategy for new product innovations and claim upgrades, supporting study design, execution, data interpretation, and scientific storytelling. This role serves as the clinical subject matter expert on cross‑functional and global teams, ensuring clinical evidence is robust, relevant, and supports meaningful consumer and healthcare professional claims. The Principal Scientist partners closely with internal teams and external investigators to ensure studies are conducted with scientific rigor, regulatory compliance, and adherence to Good Clinical Practice. The position also contributes to claims development, publications, and scientific communications, while actively supporting Kenvue’s Human‑Centered Innovation mindset. 

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a member of Translational Science Clinical Science teams dedicated to the development and/or deployment of the global clinical strategy for new product or claim upgrade innovation projects, including the design, analysis and interpretation of clinical studies to meet desired claims and communication messages for each innovation project.

• Play a clinical subject matter expert role in understanding the relevant science to provide contributions, translations and/or make recommendations to strengthen clinical-based claims and or science storytelling to cross-functional and global project teams within R&D, including novel clinical designs, endpoints and methodologies.

• Serve as Clinical Study Director and fulfill all associated responsibilities for clinical studies partnering with internal clinical operations team and external clinical research service providers and/or HCP KOLs principal investigators, including adherence to internal policies and procedures and external regulatory requirements ensuring good clinical practice conduct.

• Participate on global, cross functional teams for evaluation of new product ideas and project implementation, providing active scientific contributions and ensuring clinical timeline adherence to overall project timeline.

• Contribute to and translate scientific and clinical knowledge and data for consumer-facing and healthcare professional message development, scientific posters and publications. 

• Actively participate in the Kenvue Human Centered Innovation mindset, contributing as the Clinical Subject Matter Expert in the claims process and claims system.

What We Are Looking For

Required Qualifications

• Required Education: Bachelor's degree with at least 5 years or Master’s/PharmD/PhD degree with 3+ years of Consumer/OTC/pharmaceutical (or equivalent) industry and/or relevant clinical work experience.

• Ensure all clinical activities are conducted in accordance with high ethical and quality standards, as well as all applicable policies and procedures.

• Ability to collaborate, influence, manage routine processes, consider measured risks, and make decisions to drive project progress are critical components of the role.

• Must be able to work independently, think analytically, manage multiple complex tasks and projects, while also being highly detail oriented and organized.

• The ability to work in a matrix environment with cross-functional teams and have excellent verbal and written communication skills is essential.

What’s in it for you

$127,075.00 - $179,400.00

This takes into account a number of factors including work location, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level & other job-related factors.

Kenvue is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.