Prod. Dev. Breeder Tomato and Cabbage

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**Prod. Dev. Breeder Tomato and Cabbage**

**POSITION PURPOSE**:
This position is an individual contributor who is passionate about Vegetable R&D to develop high performing hybrid and varietal products as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team. This individual will leverage state of art breeding, phenotyping, genotyping and analytical methods to develop and characterize superior, innovative products while interacting with key partners throughout global Bayer Crop Science. Additionally, the individual will establish key data that will drive decisions leading to recommendations that define future success of our products.

**YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Develop and execute strategy related to product assessment, advancement, and adaptation to different growing environments and management practices.
- Provide leadership in pipeline modeling, environmental analyses, testing footprint optimization, data preparation, QAQC of raw sources and optimal visualization solutions to support decision strategy across the pipeline.
- A key focus will be on identifying genetic combination to maximize product performance and deliver genetic gain through digital transformation, new technology & germplasm knowledge in partnership with design breeder.
- Establish breeding, testing and advancement strategies to support delivery of tailored solutions with a focus on delivering value to, on & beyond the farm.
- Support trait deployment strategies by leveraging trait integration methods for rapid deployment of novel trait in products.
- Identify and develop products that address innovation targets that provide value to growers, consumers and supply chain.
- Leverage analytics and digital tools to routinely assess pipeline performance health across precommercial stages, ensuring delivery of genetic gain and innovation targets synchronized with target portfolio lifecycle.
- Serve as a content expert on products, methods of development and product positioning within R&D, market development, commercial teams, customer events, external scientific and industry events.
- Work closely with Patent Science, Regulatory and R&D leadership to develop IP strategy and secure IP for product descriptions
- Contribute to and foster a culture of safety, sustainability and inclusion
- Be an influential role model with all partners to create a future looking culture and great place to work.

**WHO YOU ARE**:

- Education: PhD with minimum experience, MS with at least 5 years of experience in plant or animal breeding, genetics or related field.
- Demonstrated accomplishment in innovation and willingness to take risk, with track record of identifying and driving implementation of leading edge technology
- Experience with strategic planning and allocation of breeding resources in product development.
- Expert knowledge of advanced breeding technologies, advanced analytics and statistics, and quantitative genetics.
- Ample experience in leading in the matrix by influencing cross functional and cross regional teams to achieve common strategic outcomes.
- Strong agility, flexibility to manage change and motivate across professional backgrounds, nationalities, cultures and languages and resilience to lead through change.
- Superior problem solving and critical thinking skills; experience presenting results to influence strategy and decision making.

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**YOUR APPLICATION**

**Location**:

- India : Karnataka : Bangalore**Division**:

- Crop Science**Reference Code**:

- 708476**Contact Us**
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