Variety Trials and Deployment Manager

1 week ago

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan beBee Careers Full time
Job Description

This role is part of a team responsible for yield and phenotyping within the R&D Ag Science Variety Trialing organization. The successful candidate will lead variety advancement and development as it aligns with business priorities.

Main Responsibilities

The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with breeders to develop and select varieties. They will support the development and implementation of performance and quality testing programs to capture environmental data, phenotype data, and define experimental designs that support robust decisions.

  • Developing, coordinating, and delivering variety testing plans to develop and select varieties that meet business-defined product profiles.
  • Collaborating with internal partners, including the breeding team, trait discovery team, and variety-specific agronomy crop technology team.
  • Driving final alignment on varieties that advance to becoming part of the portfolio of options for growers.
  • Maintaining external breeding partnerships to identify, test, and validate new varieties through commercial approval.
  • Collaborating with R&D Ag Science sector trialing teams to understand region-specific variety performance.
Key Qualifications

The ideal candidate should have:

  • A PhD (with >5 years experience or MSc +10y experience in an ag seed or chemical company) with plot trial experience preferably in potato, crop trait valuation, strategic needs assessment, trait/variety portfolio management, commercial agronomy, and/or technology development of new variety solutions.
  • Previous experience executing/managing trials working to support development and implementation of performance and quality testing programs.
  • Experience in leadership and understanding of strategy, brand management, sales, and market analysis.
  • Specialized knowledge of variety testing, statistical experimental design, field plot technique, statistical data analysis, and interpretation, plus reporting.
  • Excellent communication skills, verbal and written, and ability to productively interact with people at all levels across the organization.
  • Ability to travel ~20% of the time domestically.

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