Digital Analytical Science IT Lead

In this role you will work within a multidisciplinary global team to discover, define, and design experiences that empower farmers to work more effectively and efficiently by utilizing our data-driven solutions.  

As a member of Syngenta’s IT R&D team you will define the data and technology strategy and orchestrate the digital experience for our lab scientists to meet the ever-changing needs of lab workers. You strengthen our innovation capabilities and enable CP Research teams to perform their work effectively and efficiently by driving automation and employment of digital technology. You will own the Analytical Data Platform and collaborate with multiple other platform teams in different countries with different cultures and in different time-zones. These platform teams focus on technologies that drive our lab work. They constantly seek to optimize the digital lab experience to make work enjoyable for our people and to execute our Digital Science agenda. You will drive the digitalization of Analytical Sciences, constantly creating value in the short term, while keeping the longer-term ambition in mind. You will proactively engage across R&D and form the community around digital analytical chemistry and biology. 

We all have a critical role to play and add value. Here is how this role will help: 

• Work closely with CP R&D IT and R&D leadership members, continuous improvement leads, and analytical chemistry experts to define the Digital Analytical Science strategy and implementation, underpinning our Digital Science agenda. 
• Inject your research experience with digital to constructively disrupt the status quo of “how things are being done here”. Inspire CP Research lab teams to exploit the full potential in our data assets and emerging digital technologies. 
• Pro-actively communicate and engage with the CP Research community as a visible ambassador of IT and digital. Build a community around Digital Analytical Science. Drive a positive and close working relationship with Syngenta’s IT teams, key collaborators, and outsourcing partners. Some of the technologies that we leverage are AWS / Azure management, DevOps, Testing, Coding Standards. 

We are highly people-focused – we look for professionals who are engaged, collaborative and excellent in execution. Leaders are expected to communicate effectively, develop teams and lead by example. Our industry and our function are changing rapidly so we are looking for new team members with a strong desire to develop themselves. You will be a great fit if you have: 

• Post-graduate degrees in a natural science, ideally with specialization in analytical science 
• Mindset of agile change delivery, service management, and steady state operations (e.g. DevOps, SaFE) 
• Fluency in English, additional languages beneficial  
• Analytical chemistry or biology experience combined with a passion for using innovative information technology to scale the impact of lab work 
• Experience with algorithms to process analytical data (e.g., LCMS or NMR) 
• Appreciation of the value in data - experience in capturing data at source 
• Track record of Lab IT technologies applied in research labs 
• Initial track record in leading teams directly or indirectly in a matrix environment 
• Demonstrated ability to bridge information technology with business strategies. 
• Based at a site that has a significant CPR labs footprint (Jealott’s Hill, UK; Stein, Switzerland) 
• May need to able to travel from time to time between CPR sites globally 

• A role which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment 
• Flexible working arrangements and environment with an open culture and diverse workforce, a possibility of working from home 
• Competitive salary and benefits package  
• The opportunity to work with and learn from highly qualified and experienced employees 
• A culture that promotes work/life balance, celebrates diversity and offers numerous events throughout the year 
• Learning culture and a wide range of development options, including access to learning platforms (Degreed, LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly)  
• High quality office environment 

Syngenta has been ranked as a top employer by Science Journal. 

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. 

Syngenta Group is a leading science-based agtech company, dedicated to bringing plant potential to life. Each of our 50,000 employees in more than 100 countries work together to solve humanity’s most pressing challenges: feeding the world safety while taking care of our planet. We are proud to stand at the forefront of the tech revolution in agriculture. Using the latest digital innovations, data, and cutting-edge technologies we want to reshape the industry through data-fueled intelligent science. This is only possible through digital science by smartly connecting, integrating and exploiting data from Research and Development to Commercial, to better tailor our products and grower advice.  

Our business success reflects the quality and skill of our people. We recognize that human diversity is as important to our business as biodiversity. Embracing the unique perspectives and capabilities of our employees helps us continue to catalyze innovation, maximize performance, and create business value. Join us and help shape the future of agriculture