Global Creative Operations Lead

At Syngenta our goal is to build the most collaborative and trustworthy team in agriculture providing top-quality seeds and innovative crop protection solutions that improve farmers success.

To support this mission Syngentas Global Branding and Creative Factory team is seeking a Global Creative Operations Lead in Madrid. This role will lead the development of a unified digital-first brand narrative across markets and business areas while managing Syngentas internal Creative Factory.

The role brings together creative direction operational leadership AI-enabled ways of working and strong business partnership. It is well suited to someone with agency or in-house agency experience who enjoys building capability leading diverse teams and turning complex scientific and commercial topics into clear engaging creative work.

Accountabilities

• Lead the global brand storytelling approach ensuring Syngentas narrative is consistent accurate and relevant across markets channels and audiences.
• Oversee and further develop the internal Creative Factory work creating an environment where teams can experiment learn and deliver high-quality creative outputs.
• Manage and develop a global multidisciplinary team and collaboration with colleagues across Europe India Pakistan Ukraine and other markets.
• Partner with global brand leads marketing R&D communications digital and market teams to translate business priorities into clear creative strategies and campaigns.
• Drive the practical use of AI digital tools emerging media and data-led storytelling to improve creative quality speed relevance and impact.
• Manage creative resources and budgets effectively balancing quality cost internal capability and the use of external agencies where specialist support is needed.
• Measure creative and brand performance using insights feedback analytics and continuous learning.

Qualifications :

• 10 years experience in brand strategy creative direction marketing innovation agency leadership or a related field.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary creative teams and delivering large-scale brand or campaign work across multiple markets.
• Strong background in digital-first storytelling content strategy creative operations and emerging creative technologies including practical use of AI.
• Experience connecting creative ideas to business outcomes including cost impact audience engagement and brand effectiveness.
• Ability to work with senior stakeholders and technical experts including scientists agronomists marketing teams and commercial leaders.
• Experience managing budgets creative resources and external agency relationships.
• Strong communication presentation and influencing skills with the ability to work across cultures time zones and different levels of English fluency.
• Comfortable working in an evolving environment building new ways of working and helping teams adapt to change.

Additional Information :

• A culture that promotes work/life balance and celebrates diversity.
• Possibility of being part of our #FutureOfWorkPolicy: 3 days at home 2 at the office.
• Extensive benefits package including a pension plan scheme bonus life insurance & a pool of flexible benefits to choose (Ticket Restaurant WellHub etc.)
• A role that contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment.
• Learning culture and a wide range of development options including access to learning platforms (Degreed and LinkedIn Learning)

Equal Opportunity
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.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time