Product Manager

Syngenta Group

4h • Hybrid

About The Position

In our continuing mission to enable digital science across Crop Protection Research and Development (CP R&D) we are looking for Product Managers to define, deliver and continuously improve digital products that create measurable business value across Crop Protection R&D to support AI products, digital trialing, agritech and LIMS (laboratory information management systems) initiatives. While bridging business strategy, user needs, and technology execution, you will own the product lifecycle with accountability for scalability of product solutions and value realization. Within the role you will drive product strategy in close collaboration with business product owners, business analysts, and technical leads. Acting as a key contributor, you will deliver value while maintaining long-term vision in enterprise context to maximize impact across organizational boundaries.

Requirements

• University undergraduate and/or advanced degree in IT, Engineering, Computer Science, Sciences or other relevant educational experience.
• Strong leadership capabilities with experience of stakeholder and change management with proven ability to influence without direct authority.
• Demonstrated career experience in leading product-centric teams & agile product management, with a track record of driving technical product roadmaps.
• Fluency in conceptual product architecture with knowledge of technics for prioritisation and defining success metrics.
• Collaborative, creative and curios value-oriented mindset, seeing digital technologies as an enabler to drive profitable business outcomes.
• Ability to engage with business and technical leaders to ensure expectations are set appropriately.
• Capability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to change.
• Strategic thinking and system mindset with the ability to analyse and simplify complex problems, articulate trade-offs resulting in cut-through while maintaining end-to-end design integrity.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated understanding of Life Sciences business context is desired.

Responsibilities

• Defining product vision aligned with business strategy.
• Develop and maintain product roadmap, translating strategic goals into prioritized backlog items, while identifying value drivers and defining success metrics (OKRs, KPIs).
• Leading cross-functional teams of analysts, engineers, business product owners and experts to maximise product value and meet business goals.
• Sharing product successes and learnings to drive broader adoption, while continuously measuring and optimizing value.
• Owning and prioritising the product backlog with the Business Product Owner and managing scope/time/cost/value trade-offs.
• Applying Agile practices effectively across sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives.
• Ensuring resolution and root cause analysis of cross-boundary operational issues.
• Tracking and communicating post-launch value realisation and maintaining total cost of ownership visibility.
• Managing risks and dependencies, while overseeing vendor and partner relationships.
• Keeping up to speed on latest market offerings/ technologies related to the product, their potential value and constraints.
• Acting as voice of the customer to drive adoption.

Benefits

• Generous pension scheme
• Bonus scheme
• Private medical & life insurance
• Up to 31.5 days annual holiday
• A position which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment.
• The chance to work as part of a global team to address the current and future needs of the agricultural sector and help feed an ever-increasing population.
• A vibrant growth and learning culture and wide range of training options.

What This Job Offers

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