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[Apply on Kraft Heinz Company’s careers site →](https://jobs.kraftheinz.com/careers/job/1970324837549935) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Kraft Heinz Company](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/kraft-heinz-company/) / Product & Package Assurance Strategy Principal Scientist, R&D – Consumer Experience (CX) ​ ## Job description ​​Align executives on benchmarking program vision, scope, decision uses, product selection, and annual operating cadence across business units. ​Stand up enterprise governance: intake, prioritization, decision rights, and escalation paths; drive stakeholder alignment on test plans. ​Build and maintain enterprise dashboards and reporting that communicate progress, success criteria, and implications for leadership. ​Automate core program operations (ex: financial pulls, portfolio views, priority identification) in partnership with Finance/Analytics/Tech. ​Lead annual product status update with cross-functional inputs to revisit and get a pulse on current product & pack performance, formulation updates, & in-market dynamics (with Ops, Nutrition, Regulatory, etc.) ​Develop and embed quarterly tracking system to ensure action items are visible and prioritized as projects. ​Create the communication strategy and rhythms (LT updates, cross-BU forums, standard readout formats) that reinforce adoption and make the program “sticky” ​Drive socialization and training within & outside R&D to embed common language, adoption, and expectations for the benchmarking program. ​Connect across business units to ensure consistent enterprise rollout, transparency, and comparability of program outputs. ​Track program health (adoption, timeliness, stakeholder satisfaction) and drive corrective actions to improve engagement & actionable outputs.​ ​​Bachelor's degree minimum (Consumer Behavior/Psychology, Marketing Research, Engineering, Food Science, Human Factors, Industrial Design, or related STEM field). ​Minimum of 6+ years (BS), 5+ years (MS) or 4+ years (PhD) in consumer/product research, consumer experience, or applied insights supporting product development and commercialization—CPG or food & beverage strongly preferred—with demonstrated progression as a technical authority across multiple brands/platforms and vendor ecosystems. ​Proven executive alignment and stakeholder management (VP+), with clear judgment on decision rights and escalation. ​Strong program operating discipline: governance, dashboards, KPIs, cadence design, change management, financial competency. ​Strategic thinker, with demonstrated ability to translate complex information into crisp leadership communications and decisions. ​Recognized expertise across CX research methods (qualitative and quantitative), including end-to-end study design, instrument development, analysis planning, synthesis, and storytelling ​Proven experience leading complex, cross-functional programs with multiple stakeholders, and delivery milestones ​Bias toward standardization and process improvement; able to simplify ambiguity into clear plans and ownership. ​Ability to influence without authority across technical and commercial teams; comfortable aligning competing priorities under time pressure. ​Demonstrated capability building: coaching, technical training, and establishing best practices/standards in a matrixed organization. ​Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.​ ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Oct 7, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 11, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 - Listed for: 11 days - Location: Glenview R&D Center, Illinois, United States of America[Apply on Kraft Heinz Company’s careers site →](https://jobs.kraftheinz.com/careers/job/1970324837549935) ## More jobs at Kraft Heinz Company ### [Associate Manager, Culinary](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/kraft-heinz-company/jobs/62c48a5917f3583123d2/) Glenview R&D Center, Illinois, United States of America ### [Director, R&D – Central Packaging E2E Execution](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/kraft-heinz-company/jobs/316df9ee5980f758fa16/) Glenview R&D Center, Illinois, United States of America ### [Director, R&D – Digital Transformation](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/kraft-heinz-company/jobs/ddff5ecbb4af9af8bd85/) Glenview R&D Center, Illinois, United States of America ### [Maintenance Technician, R&D - Pilot Plant](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/kraft-heinz-company/jobs/45f25db3b10a83169fc9/) Glenview R&D Center, Illinois, United States of America ### [Manager, R&D - Packaging Dev](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/kraft-heinz-company/jobs/d28e9188f401fc59c21a/) Glenview R&D Center, Illinois, United States of America ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Product Strategy Manager, Stamping](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/eaton/jobs/06a16eafd4fea232304e/) Eaton · Southfield, Michigan, USA ### [Senior Associate – Product Execution & Delivery Assurance (Portfolio / Platform Programs)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jpmorganchase/jobs/f6e829b9c977ccc4d2d8/) JPMorganChase · New York, NY, United States ### [Home Lending Senior Product Strategy Associate](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/jpmorganchase/jobs/d6db676f9394377bd4f5/) JPMorganChase · Jacksonville, FL, United States ### [UX Product Research and Strategy Lead](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/citigroup/jobs/a326b5849f156b38d9a7/) Citigroup · Tampa Florida United States ### [Product Manager, Storage Architecture & Ecosystem Strategy](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/lenovo-group/jobs/e2da409f13341774057e/) Lenovo Group · United States of America, North Carolina, Morrisville OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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