North America R&D Project Manager at Syngenta Group in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States

Job description

• At Syngenta, our goal is to build the most collaborative and trustworthy team in agriculture, providing top-quality seeds and innovative crop protection solutions that improve farmers' success. To support this mission, Syngenta's Development Team is seeking a North American R&D Project Manager in Greensboro, NC. This role will lead and manage all aspects of end-to-end delivery for assigned projects within the North America (NA) Crop Protection Development (CPD) project portfolio, with alignment to our company strategy and governance framework.

Responsibilities

• Lead collaborative and effective regional multi-functional project teams to bring together complete, consistent, and reliable information on projects.
• Proactively identify, document, and manage project resources, timelines, risks, issues, and opportunities to ensure rigorous control of the development process.
• Lead projects through established stage gate promotion process at Regional and Global Levels.
• Ensure that all proper documentation for stage promotions is well prepared and archived.
• Ensure projects obtain the necessary Technical and Commercial review in advance of governance body review.
• Ensure transparency at project and portfolio level; responsible for promoting and facilitating decision-making that is fact-based.
• Management of resource deployment, risk profile and clarity on project progress and delivery to milestones and budget.
• Work closely with Marketing teams to ensure project pipeline aligns with our commercial strategy.
• Serve as the primary project contact for multiple key functional leaders and be accountable for stakeholder management.
• Tightly manage project data in IT tools; promote global standards, methodology, and ways of working aimed at managing and reducing complexity and increasing effectiveness and efficiency in operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's/Master's or higher, or equivalent work experience.
• Advanced English (reading, writing, and speaking).
• Advanced project management training, such as PMP (Project Management Professional) or equivalent qualification is desirable.
• Minimum 2 years work experience in project management.
• Minimum 8 years work experience in Agribusiness Research and Development or related industry, including a technical role and with cross-cultural/international experience, preferred.
• In-depth knowledge of R&D functions and processes necessary for new product development
• Candidates must be already located in the United States and not require visa sponsorship now or in the future (Includes OPT).

Skills

Required

• Collaborative
• Trustworthy
• Effective communication
• Stakeholder management
• Decision-making
• Transparency
• Project management
• IT tools for project data management

Benefits

• A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes professional development, and strives for a work-life balance that supports the team members. Offers flexible work options to support your work and personal needs.
• Full Benefit Package (Medical, Dental & Vision) that starts your first day.
• 401k plan with company match, Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Contribution.
• Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, Maternity and Paternity Leave, Education Assistance, Wellness Programs, Corporate Discounts, among other benefits.
• Syngenta has been ranked as a top employer by Science Journal. Learn more about our team and our mission here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVCN_51GbNI