Global Senior Consumer Safety and Metabolism Expert

As a Global Senior Consumer Safety and Metabolism Technical Expert, you will contribute to multiple projects in relation to the consumer safety of Syngenta products. This involves providing technical expertise, contributing to global and regional registrations, ensuring regulatory compliance, developing and maintaining a regulatory knowledge database, and not least collaborating effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

The role requires proactive communication, problem-solving, efficient project management, timely escalation of issues, and a commitment to leveraging digital innovation within the regulatory landscape.

Accountabilities:

• Manage global PLCM projects within Syngenta Crop Protection Global Product Safety Portfolio, ensuring proper specification, assessment, review, and timely delivery using efficient project management methodologies.
• Provide senior technical expertise in consumer safety, metabolism, and analytical science. Develop and deliver risk assessments, regulatory documentation, and expert advocacy in support of worldwide registration activities, collaborating closely with Global Regulatory and regional counterparts in Product Safety and Regulatory.
• Pro-actively maintain an effective network in the global regulatory community and Product Safety pillars to ensure inter/intra-functional transparency on safety positions.
• Co-develop and maintain a high-performance product safety database encompassing Syngenta’s global product safety positions. Explore and implement digital tools to enhance database management and accessibility in collaboration with relevant IT functions.
• Influence the development of technical and regulatory strategies. Identify and propose innovative solutions to improve regulatory processes.
• Support the maintenance of high-quality technical guidance documents.
• Assess third-party products to ensure compliance with Syngenta's standards.

Syngenta Crop Protection, the largest Syngenta Group unit, leads in sustainable farming solutions, offering innovative products to keep crops healthy while minimizing environmental impact, from planting to harvest. Syngenta Crop Protection, the largest Syngenta Group unit, leads in sustainable farming solutions, offering innovative products to keep crops healthy while minimizing environmental impact, from planting to harvest. 

Jealott's Hill International Research Centre is situated in pleasant semi-rural surroundings between Bracknell and Maidenhead and is the place of work for approximately 800 Syngenta scientists and support staff. Jealott’s Hill is one of the main global research and development sites and key activities include research into discovery of new active ingredients, new formulation technologies, product safety, technical support of our product range and seeds research.

• Master’s/PhD degree in Biology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Analytical Science or related subject, preferably with post-graduate qualifications.
• Experience in a technical discipline (e.g., food science, consumer safety, biochemistry) and risk assessment, as well as preferably broad awareness of product registration requirements and regulatory science issues.
• Familiarity with global registration requirements.
• Proven ability to manage projects, build relationships, and work effectively in teams.
• Proven experience in implementing and managing projects using digital tools; ability to identify and implement digital solutions to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Good understanding of digital innovation trends in the regulatory and scientific fields.
• Fluent in English including high level written and verbal communication skills, any other language is regarded as an advantage.
• Capable of good judgement in self-managing and escalating issues.
• Good negotiating and influencing skills.

Location: Jealott’s Hill, UK or some other European countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Slovakia or Spain.

• Extensive benefits package including a generous pension scheme, bonus scheme, private medical & life insurance.
• Flexible working,
• Up to 31.5 days annual holiday.
• We offer a position which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment.  
• Learning culture (Together we Grow) and wide range of training options.
• https://www.syngenta.co.uk/sites/g/files/kgtney361/files/media/document/2023/08/29/Syngenta_in_the_UK.pdf 

Syngenta has been ranked as a top 5 employer and number 1 in agriculture by Science Journal.

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