Agronomy Testing Specialist, Biosciences

The Mosaic Company • Durham, NC

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About The Position

The Agronomy Testing Specialist supports accurate, efficient, and well-managed data flow for farm-scale testing within the TruMetrics system. This role coordinates test protocols and data, ensuring information is organized, accessible, and effectively communicated across internal teams and stakeholders to support analytics, decision-making, and cross-functional alignment.

The role owns the TruMetrics program and processes, including farm-scale trial planning, assignment, establishment, reporting, data management, quality assurance, and coordination with commercial agronomy, research and development, data science, IT, marketing, and external CROs. It also oversees the farm-scale trial program, manages protocol libraries and CRO billing, and develops data visualizations, dashboards, and summaries to communicate program progress and results.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Agronomy Research, Agronomics, Plant Biology, Remote Sensing Geospatial Monitoring, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of agronomic field trial research experience; robust graduate or internship experience may qualify.
• Excellent capabilities with geospatial data and file management.
• Broad knowledge of crop nutrition, biologicals, and crop physiology.
• Self-directed and highly motivated.
• Knowledge of field and general agronomic safety.
• Excellent organization and process-management skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel within North America and to other destinations.
• Excellent qualitative and quantitative analytical abilities.
• Ability to manage a diverse and extensive field trial program.
• Ability to work independently while managing several projects.
• Excellent presentation and verbal communication skills across multimedia formats, webinars, large and small audiences, and conference calls.
• Demonstrated critical-thinking and decision-making skills.
• Ability to collaborate with people from diverse international backgrounds.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs, ArcGIS, Microsoft Power BI, PowerApps, and JD/GeoJSON formats.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred.
• Broad knowledge of North American crop production practices preferred.
• Background in field trial data management preferred.
• Experience with statistical software R and SAS preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the TruMetrics program and processes, including farm-scale trial planning, assignment, establishment, and reporting.
• Lead data entry and data management to support commercial agronomy and R&D goals through the TruMetrics platform.
• Monitor trials for quality assurance, quality control, and completeness.
• Work with commercial agronomy and R&D staff to answer data questions supporting product advancement and market development.
• Work with the data science team to enable prompt and complete analysis of farm-scale data and provide timely, accurate, market-facing insights.
• Maintain and organize protocols within TruMetrics.
• Manage or assist with trial creation and completion for all users.
• Lead trial quality assurance and quality control across trial steps, including communicating requirements to CROs.
• Assist with data transfers from adjacent systems, including Total Acre/YMS and INVISION, for TruMetrics intake.
• Support the data science team’s data needs from TruMetrics.
• Collaborate with IT and other stakeholders to enable and maintain TruMetrics functionality.
• Work with commercial agronomy to catalog and implement farm-scale trials in support of trial goals.
• Communicate trial strategies and tactics within Mosaic to align stakeholders on budgets and deliverables.
• Create and maintain protocols and the protocol library within TruMetrics, including appropriate user access.
• Manage billing and invoicing for CROs.
• Enable efficient access to data for statisticians.
• Communicate farm-scale trial plans, progress, and results to stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Create and manage visualizations, dashboards, and data summaries that help stakeholders find insights about programs, progress, and results.
• Work with marketing and IT to support the TruResponse website and upgrades.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and bonus incentives.
• 11 paid holidays each year.
• 401(k) with a company match and annual company contribution.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid vacation time.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Paid paternity and maternity leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level