Come join our team in the role of U.S. Business Development Lead!

The US Crop Protection Business Development Lead drives the creation of accretive value and acceleration of business growth through strategic collaborations with 3rd party companies. Additionally, this role will partner with Portfolio Marketing Leads to lead lifecycle management strategy across portfolios and manage the sales and strategy of all tech material. Representing the business with a ONE Corteva mentality is critical for alignment of business strategy. This role is responsible for delivery of the accretive net revenue and gross margin generated from executed projects as well as annual financial plan, tech and private label pricing strategy, lifecycle management, OTD forecast, and go to market strategy. This role will support both the US Crop Protection and US Specialty business for business development activities.  The role reports to the US Crop Protection Marketing Leader and is based in Indianapolis, IN. 

What You'll Do:

• Collaboration with Business Segments, Portfolio Marketing Leads and Strategic Marketing Managers on strategic portfolio compliments

• Develop strategic connections with 3rd party companies and distribution partners that will be critical to facilitating access to products or creating additional routes to market for Corteva products.

• Work cross-functionally to understand market trends, competitive actions and internal plans to identify opportunities to enable the development of a cohesive 3-year portfolio strategy and annual marketing plans to achieve the annual financial plan.

• Development of annual financial and sales objectives, including volume, price, product mix and programs.

• Interaction with sales, account management and channel partners to identify differentiated value propositions and go-to-market strategies.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders including sales, account management, regulatory, segment teams, legal, demand management and market insights to drive aligned objectives forward.

• Serve as the foundational lead and collaborate with Demand Managers on monthly volume and pricing forecasting.

• Coordinate with strategic marketing managers for effective oversite of local product concept portfolio management teams to efficiently achieve business objectives.

• Strategic thinking, ability to identify, scope business opportunities with teams, and conduct strategic analysis.

What You'll Need:

• Strong team leadership ability.

• Effective ability to connect, collaborate and drive aligned success

• Experience building and executing marketing strategies and tactics to drive results

• Excellent communication skills including questioning, listening, presentation, written and verbal

• Financial and analytical skills

• Ability to gather multiple points of information, distill down to key themes, develop plans and execute

• Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks across multiple functional areas

• Bachelors degree, preferably in Agriculture or Business

• Minimum of 7 years of sales and/or marketing experience, preferably agriculture

• VISA sponsorship is NOT available for this position

Benefits – How We’ll Support You:

• Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills

• Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place

• Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment

• Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays

• Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father

• Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program

Are you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.

Corteva Agriscience is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to embracing our differences to enrich lives, advance innovation, and boost company performance. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, military or veteran status, pregnancy related conditions (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), disability or any other protected status in accordance with federal, state, or local laws.