Vegetables Development Breeder

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Vegetables Development Breeder

POSITION PURPOSE:

The Product Development Breeder is a member of a multi-disciplinary team contributing to the development of superior seed and trait products for global vegetable seeds customers and consumers. Product Development Breeders are responsible for executing strategy and coordinating breeding pipeline activities, including experimental design, data collection, and analytics-driven advancement of customer-centric products. The Product Development Breeder is expected to deliver enhanced seed products, data insights, and objective guidance to partners in R&D and the Commercial organization through deep knowledge of the crop as well as utilization of accelerated breeding strategies and innovations in genomics, field evaluation, and data science. They also are expected to provide technical expertise to develop and implement new technologies and processes that positively impact the breeding pipelines, while partnering with functions across Bayer Crop Science to deliver on commercial priorities. As our team works across a diverse range of crops, there is an opportunity for this position to evolve. Depending on business priorities and project needs, the successful candidate may also engage in research and development activities related to other vegetable crops in the future.

Role & Responsibilities

• Actively participates as a core member and technical expert in Global Product Unit (primarily Cucurbits) and as an active member of the Vegetables Design & Development team.
• Executes and provides inputs on the creation and continuous improvement of technical strategy required for product development, aligned with product concepts and commercial needs to deliver a robust portfolio of improved germplasm products
• Interacts with partners in Integrated Planning & Insights (IPI), Phenotyping & Seed Generation (P&SG), Data Science & Engineering (DSE) teams, and others to ensure proper execution of our technical strategies and coordinate successful pipeline delivery
• Contributes technical insights for resource plan (LRP) each year that incorporates the effects of new Precision Breeding capabilities and adequately accounts for operational realities
• Codevelops, tests, and implements new experimental designs, data collection methods, and analytics and IT approaches to improve our decision science and positively impact product development pipelines globally
• Directs field evaluation of pre-commercial products and leverage both data and in-field observations to build deep product knowledge
• Partners with diverse teams to adapt our phenotyping methodologies to modern climate conditions and management practices, delivering provide insights that can be used to prescribe product recommendations
• Actively participate in commercial and customer-facing events and tours to translate and communicate product knowledge with partners and growers
• Actively drive commercial deployment and product knowledge transfer to measurably improve product placement and launch effectiveness
• Acts as a champion of the digital transformation by supporting the development and implementation of strategic technical outcomes for product development, including leveraging real and simulated data (when possible) to improve selection and placement decisions
• Partners with teams throughout R&D to derive actionable insights from historical data that can be used to improve our breeding strategies
• Drives alignment across R&D and Commercial teams to ensure customer needs and market trends are being properly incorporated into our pipeline strategy and selection approaches
• Supports Sustainability, Safety, Health, and Environment initiatives, and Compliance, Business Conduct and Human Rights focus and culture in the team
  
  

KEY WORKING RELATIONS

• Member of Vegetables R&D Design & Development Capability Center and crop-specific Product Unit
• Key partner to Integrated Planning & Insights (IPI), Phenotyping & Seed Generation (P&SG), Data Science & Engineering (DSE) teams
• Key partner to Veg Crop Strategy and Commercial teams
• Establish tight linkages and partnerships with R&D, Product Supply, and Commercial teams to assure alignment on product targets, launch timelines, and new product opportunities
• Active member of global projects/initiatives as related to strategy development, technology adoption, budgeting & LRP, and portfolio management.
  
  

WHO YOU ARE:

• PhD degree in Plant or Animal Breeding, Quantitative or Statistical Genetics, Data Science or other relevant scientific field with minimum of 4 years of relevant experience or MS degree with 8+ years of experience in breeding programs, genetics or applied data science projects
• Demonstrated effectiveness in developing technical strategy, driving innovation, and building cross-functional partnerships to solve business or technical problems
• 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
• Customer-centric mindset, with proven record of identifying customer needs, prioritizing resources, and bringing timely and sustainable solutions
  
  

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Location: India : Karnataka : Bangalore

Division: Crop Science

Reference Code: 863654

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