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If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.
Product Development Scientist
Main
Purpose:
Drive Precision Breeding technology for Product Development for EMEA CropsProvide technical leadership and insight to prioritize develop, implement and advance innovations into the pipeline and well as collaborate with product design and stakeholders on building seed & trait portfolio.Drive Product Development breeding roadmap definition and pipeline engineeringKey Tasks & Responsibilities:
Lead pipeline engineering and breeding roadmap design for product development including the stage planDefine and continuously improve breeding schemes and precision breeding to maximize realized genetic gain in the pipelineAccountable for product development advancement decisions and managing the pipeline and pre-commercial portfolio by product concept partnering across functions for efficient deployment of product and solutions.Lead advancement and implementation of traits in the product pipeline including the conversionsDrive cognitive pipeline analytics and AI models implementing data science and digital driven breeding pipeline using state of the art analytics of phenotypic and breeding data across locations and seasons.Drive inbred and product diversity analytics and germplasm enhancement / global leverage program, lead the germplasm component of tailored solutions and diversityLead the definition of the selection criteria for Product Development and acceleration of advancements by product conceptDesign germplasm evaluation (Nursery & Yield trials) and drive prescriptive testing for product development and production systemsDesign the experimental for the pipeline, the stage plan for PDev, E2E breeding roadmaps, and the solutions engineering componentsDesign product and solutions concepts to create next generation products informed by genomic and phenomics insightsDevelop and utilize latest breeding technologies to develop superior hybrids for market segmentsFunction as a key member of product units as needed to achieve clearly defined outcomesDrive stakeholder engagement with MD, and commercial teams to ensure product delivery and launch effectiveness of new productsKey Working Relations:
Global Breeding Product DesignGlobal Breeding Product DevelopmentGlobal & EMEA Breeding Capability centersDSEARICommercial product TeamsAgronomic ExcellenceProduct supplyQualifications & Competencies:
PhD with minimum of 4 years relevant experience, MS with minimum of 6 years relevant experience, BS with minimum of 10 years relevant experience. Demonstrated capabilities to develop, execute and evaluate complex programsQuantitative genetics, Breeding and population genetics, Data scientist, Breeding workflow designers, Digital Skills, Programing, Data AnalyticsHigh agility to respond to changing environments and adapt to new situations and work in a teamEffective verbal communication skills, essential to be fluent in EnglishStrong project management skills managing complex, multi-faceted projects resulting in measurable successStrong ability in building cross-functional partnerships and influence others to drive results and innovation with customer-centricityDemonstration of application VACC competenciesDrivers licenseAs part of our commitment to inclusion, we want to ensure persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact us at
Location:
South Africa :
Gauteng :
Petit
Division:
Crop Science
Reference Code:
874683
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