Variety Development Specialist

1 week ago

Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan beBee Careers Full time
Job Title: Variety Development Specialist

This role plays a critical part in the yield/phenotyping process within the Research and Development Agriculture Science organization. The Trialing Specialist will lead variety advancement and development, aligning with business priorities.

The position collaborates closely with breeders to develop and select varieties. It supports the creation and implementation of performance and quality testing programs to capture environmental data, phenotype data, and define experimental designs that support robust decision-making, strengthen go-to-market messaging, and inform breeding models.

The specialist works across senior business leaders in commercial, supply chain, procurement, processing, R&D quality, and consumer insights to understand needs, develop strategies, and work with breeding and crop technology teams to ensure a pipeline of business-relevant solutions.

In this role, the individual is also responsible for supporting grower needs by providing variety-specific growing information and practices to local procurement/supply chain partners.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop, coordinate, and deliver variety testing plans to develop and select varieties that meet business-defined product profiles.
  • Create a phenotyping and yield trial program that supports commercial decisions, delivers data to the global breeder center, and facilitates go-to-market value propositions.
  • Develop collaborative relationships with internal partners, including the breeding team, trait discovery team, and variety-specific agronomy crop technology team.
  • Support the development of product profiles with input from the processing, quality, sensory, business, supply chain, and procurement teams.
  • Drive final alignment on varieties that advance to becoming part of the portfolio of options for growers to produce.
  • Develop and maintain external breeding partnerships to identify, test, and validate the progression of new varieties through commercial approval.
  • Collaborate with R&D Ag Science sector trialing teams to understand region-specific variety performance and maintain current data on local varieties into the global catalog.
Qualifications:
  • A PhD or MSc degree in an agricultural 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.
  • Leadership experience 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; ability to productively interact with people at all levels across the organization.

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