AMEA Digital Strategy & Product Management Lead

At Syngenta Group were a global community of 56000 innovators across 90 countries united by a 250-year legacy of agricultural excellence. As the worlds most local agricultural technology partner we create tailor-made solutions that transform farming while protecting our planet driven by our commitment to innovation ethics and integrity. Through our inclusive environment and diverse perspectives we pioneer breakthrough solutions for farmers society and future generations. Join our worldwide teams of agricultural pioneers in creating a more resilient and equitable food system for all. 

Key accountabilities

1) Digital strategy & portfolio ownership

• Own the AMEA digital strategy across grower field force channel and commercial personas aligned to AMEA LT and RMLT must-win priorities.
• Consolidate CU digital priorities into a coherent annual plan and represent it to senior leadership.
• Lead the AMEA 2.0 Digital agenda including transformational AI use cases embedded within products.
• Build and steward the annual digital budget across global recharges regional projects and AI initiatives.

2) Product leadership

• Lead the digital product portfolio including:
  • Grower platforms (Cropwise)
  • Field force tools (SmartAgro Lite SFDC-based products)
  • Channel platforms (Syngenta Connect)
  • CXM platforms and AI/lead-generation engines
• Set product vision roadmap and north-star metrics; drive alignment through Monthly Product & Engineering Connects.
• Structure and drive POCs feature decisions and integrations (e.g. Scan-to-Leads lead handover engine).

3) Stakeholder & commercial alignment

• Serve as the primary digital interface to AMEA CU Leads and CLTs to shape and validate digital investments.
• Partner with global digital teams (Commercial and ITD) to align priorities and execution.
• Manage strategic external partnerships.
• Navigate Finance (recharges) Legal and Privacy (cross-border compliance T&Cs) and Global Digital stakeholders.

4) Team leadership & talent

• Lead a multi-disciplinary team of Product Managers Business Analysts and Digital Specialists across CP Field Crop and Veg Seeds.
• Drive hiring promotions work-level changes and NFTE extensions within Syngenta HR governance.
• Run intern programs and academic partnerships.

5) AI adoption & capability building

• Champion AI platform adoption (Lynx Copilot) across AMEA; productize validated use cases.
• Identify test and scale AI use cases across market research content creation and intelligent decision support embedded in live products.

Knowledge experience & capabilities

Required experience

• 15 years in digital product management product strategy or digital transformation; agri-business/FMCG/related sectors preferred.
• Proven track record owning a multi-product digital portfolio across diverse geographies ideally AMEA markets.
• Hands-on experience with budget planning senior stakeholder alignment and cross-functional commercial negotiations.
• Exposure to agri-tech platforms grower-facing tools or precision agriculture ecosystems is a strong advantage.

Knowledge

• Full digital product lifecycle: strategy discovery delivery adoption and iteration.
• AI/ML use cases in commercial or agricultural contexts; ability to prioritize based on business value.
• AMEA data privacy regulations (e.g. India Singapore Vietnam) and implications for platform deployment.
• Sustainability digital tools and ESG reporting in agriculture (advantageous).

Capabilities

• Commercial acumen: connect digital investments to business outcomes across BUs and markets.
• Matrix influence: lead without authority across global regional and country teams.
• Senior leadership communication: clear confident strategic narratives.
• Comfort with ambiguity and prioritization in a fast-moving resource-constrained environment.
• People-first leadership across mixed FTE NFTE and intern team compositions.

Critical success factors

• Business credibility: digital priorities clearly linked to growth GTM and market realities.
• Portfolio coherence: alignment across BUs/geographies while preserving CU agility.
• Delivery follow-through: roadmaps translate into shipped and adopted products.
• Speed of AI adoption: identify high-value use cases and embed them in live products quickly.
• Budget stewardship: financial discipline and transparency across recharges builds and AI initiatives.

Key challenges

• Balancing market diversity vs. product standardization across smallholder and advanced markets.
• Resource allocation in a constrained environment with competing CU/BU/global demands.
• Sustaining motivation and retention across FTE NFTE and intern segments.
• Cross-border compliance across varying data privacy laws and regulatory frameworks.
• Influencing global product decisions (Cropwise Lynx) to secure AMEA-specific adaptations.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors or Masters degree in informatics or related fields.
• Multiple years of business or IT experience

Additional Information :

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment hiring training promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race color religion gender national origin age sexual orientation marital or veteran status disability or any other legally protected status. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time