Advancement & Placement Analytics Lead
- Germplasm Development
- Durham, NC
- Syngenta Seeds
Job description
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Role purpose
The Advancement & Placement Lead will play instrumental role on driving collaboration with Decision Science portfolio and teams across Syngenta and leading Vegetables & Flowers Seeds Development teams to:
- Streamline data flows and enable new analytical capabilities for product advancement and placement
- Optimize trial experimental design across pipeline stages
- Drive implementation of prescriptive modelling at scale and integrating GxExM across production environments and customer segments
Accountabilities
- Lead and steer delivery of ad hoc analytics as necessary to meet advancement and placement objectives in close collaboration with Market Segment and Germplasm Development teams
- Steer the enablement and transition to new analytical tools proactively while optimizing data flows and simplifying ways of working
- Drive collaboration with Decision Science portfolio teams on product advancement and placement and contribute towards development of advanced analytical capabilities
- Lead the optimization of experimental design for testing across production environments and pipeline stages to fully leverage and maximize predictive breeding outcomes
- Optimize environment and management data standards, capture and processing to enable GxExM at scale
- Leverage insights and data from targeted production environments and customer segments to develop crop management prescriptions for key germplasm to optimize variety distribution and new product introduction
- Drive cross-functional collaborations, leverage existing knowledge and expertise, and foster creativity to accelerate advancement and placement capabilities across vegetable crops
- Keep up to date with internal and external scientific advancements in biostatistics and data science toolbox and methodologies. Spearhead initiatives that advance innovation in vegetable teams.
- Coach/mentor direct reports and extended team members, and contribute towards employee development on day to day basis. Participate in recruiting or people initiatives as appropriate
Critical Knowledge
- PhD in Biostatistics, Statistical Genetics, or related field
- Minimum of 5 years experience in seeds industry R&D setting
- Expertise in statistics and experimental design, predictive modeling and relevant omics technologies
- Understanding of commercial breeding pipeline and product testing, product advancement process and placement objectives
Critical Experience
- Advanced data fluency and excellent command of open-source programming languages
- Experience with large, complex datasets encompassing structured or unstructured sources and diverse phenotypic, environmental and crop management data
- Experience developing and/or deploying statistical modelling and machine learning
- Experience with cloud computing applications, API architectures, and visualization platforms
- Experience developing analytical tools, user interfaces and standalone applications
- Proven experience with good coding practices such as version control, code documentation, automated testing, and code review
Critical Personal Capabilities
- Ability to lead effectively global cross-disciplinary teams, and drive strong collaborations
- Ability to drive change in process and mindset, influence decisions and achieve outstanding outcomes
- Demonstrated creativity in problem solving and ability to foster scientific innovation in others
- Outstanding communication skills, and ability to distill complex concepts and deliver clear messages to non-expert audience
- Strong growth mindset for continuous learning and development
Travel within region and internationally up to 10%
What We Offer:
- Full Benefit Package (Medical, Dental & Vision) that starts the same day you do
- 401k plan with company match, Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Contribution
- Open Vacation Policy with a minimum of 15 days of vacation and up to 30 days with manager approval, 9 Paid Holidays
- Maternity and Paternity Leave, Education Assistance, Wellness Programs, Corporate Discounts among others
- A culture that promotes work/life balance, celebrates diversity, and offers numerous family-oriented events throughout the year
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- Durham, NC