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Digital Product Advancement and Placement Lead


Job Location:

Slater, IA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 11 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 8 September 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy
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Job Summary

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 Analytics & Data Sciences Team is seeking a Product Advancement and Placement Lead. This role will use visionary leadership to set the direction for building an integrated automated and digitized product advancement and placement workflow which leverages cutting-edge data science capabilities for customer-centric product development.

You will do this by directing a group of team leads that design and maintain solution roadmaps prioritize capability development across multiple digital product platforms to continuously generate new value. Your group will deliver value through the development and deployment of novel decision science capabilities in global enterprise tools. The role is accountable for translating scientific and analytical capabilities into deployable decision science solutions that drive measurable business outcomes globally.

The role requires a unique blend of technical expertise knowledge of modern breeding techniques strong data science and digital fluency and proven leadership in product and program delivery. Come be a part of the most trusted and compelling company in the industry!

Accountabilities:

  • Define and lead the strategic direction of the product advancement and placement program by setting priorities for capabilities ensuring alignment to business objectives and measurable outcomes.
  • Develop and maintain a comprehensive product advancement and placement.
  • Translate scientific and business needs into a clear outcome-driven vision with measurable success metrics for digital workflows and platforms.
  • Orchestrate the delivery of strategic outcomes across multiple solution teams to deliver differentiated decision science capabilities and measurable business impact.
  • Navigate a complex global stakeholder environment by driving alignment where possible and making clear data-driven prioritization decisions when required.
  • Develop and sustain a highly engaged multidisciplinary team of quantitative geneticists data scientists data engineers analytics leads and product owners fostering the growth of technical product and leadership capabilities.
  • Build and maintain strong partnerships with R&D IT Applied Data Science teams Regional Crop teams and external collaborators to translate data science plant breeding and digital technologies into business value through enhanced analytics and decision-making.
  • Partner with technical leadership to ensure alignment between business priorities technical delivery and scalable implementation.
  • Contribute to the definition and execution of enterprise analytics strategy ensuring alignment of product advancement and placement decision science capabilities with business priorities.
  • Promote a safe work environment and a strong safety culture.

Qualifications :

PLEASE NOTE:
Candidates must reside in and be permanently authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship. This comprises but is not limited to OPT CPT and H-1B visa holders.

  • Ph.D. or equivalent in Plant Breeding Plant Science Genetics or a related field with 8 years of relevant industry experience.
  • Extensive knowledge of plant breeding and product development pipelines comprising advancement decision points stage-gate processes and multi-environment product evaluation.
  • Proven experience applying quantitative genetics statistics machine learning and decision science in R&D environmentswith demonstrated impact on pipeline decisions and measurable business outcomes.
  • Experience leading the end-to-end modeling process from problem formulation through development validation deployment and continuous improvement in operational environments.
  • Track record of building and leading high-performing multidisciplinary teams spanning science data science and engineering in a global matrix organization.
  • Experience with digital product development principlesincluding roadmap ownership backlog prioritization agile delivery and user-centric design.
  • Strong ability to translate complex analytical concepts into actionable insights for both technical and non-technical stakeholders with excellent communication influencing and stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience partnering with IT organizations to design develop and support enterprise software applications at scale.

Additional Information :

Salary for this position ranges from $106400 - $152000 annually.

What We Offer: 

  • A culture that celebrates belonging and collaboration promotes professional development and strives for a work-life balance that supports the team members. Offers flexible work options to support your work and personal needs. 
  • Full Benefit Package (Medical Dental & Vision) that starts your first day. 
  • 401k plan with company match Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Contribution. 
  • Paid Vacation Paid Holidays Maternity and Paternity Leave Education Assistance Wellness Programs Corporate Discounts among other benefits. 

Syngenta has been ranked as a top employer by Science Journal. Learn more about our team and our mission here:  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 :

Yes


Employment Type :

Full-time


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