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Product Development Scientist 

Product Development Scientist

PURPOSE:

The Product Development Scientist is a member of a multi-disciplinary team contributing to the development of superior crops for customers in North America. They are responsible for executing strategy and coordinating breeding pipeline activities, including experimental design, data collection, and analytics-driven advancement of customer- centric products. The Product Development Scientist is expected to deliver enhanced seed products, data insights, and objective guidance to partners in R&D and the Commercial organization through utilization of accelerated breeding schemes and innovations in genomics, field evaluation, and data science. They also are expected to provide technical expertise to develop and implement new technologies and processes that positively impact the breeding pipelines, while partnering with functions across Bayer Crop Science to deliver on commercial priorities.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Designs, develops, implements, and executes the technical strategy required for product development, aligned with product concepts and commercial needs to deliver a robust portfolio of improved germplasm products;
• Interacts with partners in Planning, Field Testing, nursery operations, data science, Product Design, and others to ensure proper execution of our technical strategies and coordinate successful pipeline delivery;
• Builds and communicates a thorough resource plan (LRP) each year that incorporates the effects of new Precision Breeding capabilities and adequately accounts for operational realities;
• Codevelops, tests, and implements new experimental designs, data collection methods, and analytics and IT approaches to improve our decision science and positively impact product development pipelines globally;
• Conducts and directs field evaluation of pre-commercial products and leverage both data and in-field observations to build deep product knowledge;
• Partners with Plant Health/Product Systems and Sustainability teams to adapt our phenotyping methodologies to modern climate conditions and management practices and provide insights that can be used to prescribe product recommendations;
• Attend commercial and customer-facing events and tours to translate and communicate product knowledge with partners and growers;
• Actively drive commercial deployment and product roll-outs to ensure adequate knowledge transfer and measurably improve product placement and launch effectiveness;
• Acts as a champion of the digital transformation by supporting the development and implementation of Precision Breeding technical outcomes for product development in NA, including fully leveraging real and simulated data to improve selection and placement decisions;
• Partners with teams throughout Breeding to derive actionable insights from historical data that can be used to improve our breeding strategies;
• Drives alignment across R&D and Commercial teams to ensure customer needs and market trends are being properly incorporated into our selection approaches;
• Supports Sustainability, Safety, Health, and Environment initiatives, and Compliance, Business Conduct and Human Rights focus and culture in the region.

WHO ARE YOU

Bayers is seeking an incumbent that processes the following:

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD degree in Plant or Animal Breeding, Quantitative or Statistical Genetics, Data Science, or related fields, or MS degree with 5+ years of experience in similar fields;
• Demonstrated effectiveness in developing technical strategy, driving innovation, and building cross-functional partnerships to solve business or technical problems;
• Customer-centricity, with proven record of identifying customer needs, prioritizing resources, and bringing timely and sustainable solutions.

Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $94,788.00 to $127,885.00.  Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant).  Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc.. 

This salary range is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.

This posting will be available for application until at least 7-20-24.

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