Product Design Senior Principal Scientis

Main Purpose

Product Design Senior Principal Scientist serves as a pivotal Visionary, Architect, Catalyst and Coach within a multi-disciplinary team responsible for leveraging genomic, phenomic, and environmental data to design improved germplasm. The role demands the individual to function as a strategic leader in the delivery of enhanced seed products, data insights, and prescriptions to the Product Development pipeline through utilization of accelerated breeding schemes and innovations in genomics, quantitative genetics, computational biology, and functional genomics. The position necessitates spearheading innovation, understanding, adoption and application to plant breeding of the latest scientific breakthroughs in Germplasm Improvement Science.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities

• Spearhead leadership to architect the technical strategy to design improved cohorts of germplasm that are aligned with Product Concept targets from initial crossing through the handoff to Product Development​
• Ensure alignment or resources, needs and usage with partners ​
• Cultivate and maintain collaborative relationships with Breeding R&D and Crop Science partner teams, including field testing, data science, engineering, molecular breeding, logistics, trait integration, Product Development, Market Development, and Commercial organizations to deliver a robust product pipeline​
• Ensures meaningful knowledge and data transfer during transition points per crop cycle timelines​
• Strategically unearth and catalyzes key areas of opportunity for new technology implementation and/or process improvement, while positively driving to a collaborative, innovative, and design-centric culture​
• Initiates, integrates and leads projects/initiatives with partner teams and across world regions (NA, LATAM, EMEA, APAC), crops and technology to guide development and implementation of Precision Breeding​
• Scout, mentor and elevate cross functional talent and serves as a coach and mentor for peers or colleagues in key areas of expertise that support personal development​
• Champion the Health Safety & Environment, Compliance, Business Conduct and Human Rights policies and culture​

Key Working Relations​

• Breeding partner teams: Trait & Seed Innovation, regional Product Development​
• Teams within other Crop Science R&D functions: Plant Biotechnology, Agriscience Research & Insights, Digital Science & Engineering, Market Development, Product Supply, and Crop Strategy​

Qualifications & Competencies

• PhD degree in Genetics (human, animal or plant) Plant Breeding, Animal Breeding, Quantitative Genetics, Bioinformatics, Statistics, Data Science or other relevant scientific field with minimum of 8 years of relevant experience or MS degree with 12+ years of experience in breeding programs, genetics or applied data science projects​
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively in cross-functional and cross-cultural teams to achieve common goals ​
• Demonstrated experience leading and influencing activities of cross-functional teams without direct reporting relationships ​
• Ability to lead and influence key stakeholders through challenges and opportunities; facilitates solutions ​
• Results orientation with demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects/priorities simultaneously​
• Experience in analysis of large biological data sets, quantitative genetics, biostatistics, and functional genomics​
• Experience coding in R, Python or similar software​
• Strong collaboration ability demonstrated through building cross-functional partnerships and influencing others to drive results and solve business problems​
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex problems​