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.
As an IT Product Manager you will lead a DevOps team providing a set of systems and services to deliver the Crop Protection Research and Development strategy and meet the ever-changing needs of growers. You lead the IT platform, systems and services to enable Crop Protection Research and Development teams to perform their work and create value through data and digital platforms. You drive and execute the platform strategy in close collaboration with the product owner.
You ensure that excellent IT services are provided to Research and Development by external technology partners, working with Syngenta colleagues. You drive the supplier relationships required for your platforms in partnership with the business, supply management and procurement.
You will be a key contributor to driving the digitization of Crop Protection Research and Development, constantly creating value in the short term, while keeping the longer-term ambition in mind. You will proactively engage across the IT organization and Research and Development with the teams that can contribute to a specific implementation.
Accountabilities:
- Operate the CI/CD pipeline for the platform in line with best practices.
- Ensure the IT team is equipped with the required skills and capabilities to operate the platform.
- Establish, maintain and evolve supplier relationships and necessary DevOps contracts, in partnership with the business, supply management and procurement.
- With the product owner and senior leadership, co-create the platform strategy and roadmap, underpinning our Digital Science agenda.
- Continuously improve the platform support model to guarantee meeting operational requirements, based on business needs prioritized by the product owner.
- Measure platform performance and benefits on a regular basis and provide visibility of the value generated through the platform.
- Partner with key stakeholders in R&D and IT to embed the platform in the wider technology ecosystem and enable maximum leverage across Syngenta.
- Engage with the product owner to ensure communication and stakeholder management plan for the platform is in place and shared.
- Graduate degree in information technology or a natural science.
- Solid experience with Agile change delivery and steady state operations (e.g. DevOps, SaFE)
- Several years of experience in managing one or more products / technologies in a life sciences environment.
- Initial track record in leading teams directly or indirectly in a matrix environment.
- Experience in working across countries and cultures in order to achieve solutions, including with external vendors.
- Demonstrated skills in working across teams to bring increased business value through seeing the bigger picture, collaboration and alignment of diverse needs.
- Demonstrated ability to bridge information technology with business strategies.
- Fluency in English, additional languages beneficial.
Additional Information
- A role which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment
- 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.
Learn more about our team and our mission here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZWQfmvqsf8 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.
