North America Project Manager

Company Description

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.

Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold.

Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.

Lead and manage all aspects of end-to-end delivery for assigned projects within the North America Crop Protection Development project portfolio. Ensure delivery of new Active Ingredient (AI) and Portfolio Life Cycle Management (PLCM) projects in NA CPD in line with strategic drivers, and within agreed timelines, budget, scope, and quality. Engage as a business partner with cross-functional project development forums (regional, global). Ensure adherence to project plans and governance within stage gate plan.

Accountabilities

• Manage necessary Project and portfolio management IT tools; promote global standards, methodology, tools, and ways of working aimed at managing and reducing complexity and increasing effectiveness and efficiency in operations.
• 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.
• Lead regional multi-functional project teams to bring together complete, consistent, and reliable information on projects. Proactively identify, document, and manage project risks, issues, and opportunities to ensure rigorous control of the product development.
• Ensure strong and effective project management and delivery of the assigned project portfolio via cross-functional collaboration with Product Safety (PS), Product Technology and Engineering (PT&E), Product Biology/Field Development, Regulatory, and Product Marketing.
• Project governance: lead projects through established stage gate promotion process at Regional and Global Levels. Ensure that all proper documentation for stage promotions are well prepared and archived. Ensure projects obtain the necessary Technical and Business review in advance of governance body review.
• Work closely with Marketing teams to ensure project pipeline is in line with strategy and its delivery. Key project contact for multiple key functional leaders including Marketing, Regulatory, and Product Biology, among others.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s, MBA or higher preferred.
• Minimum 2-4 years’ work experience in project management; 4-9 years’ work experience overall in Agribusiness or related field. Including a technical role or external experience in agrochemical or relevant industry and cross-cultural/international experience.
• Travel – occasional travel and includes overnight stay, as needed.
• Advanced project management training, such as PMP (Project Management Professional) or equivalent qualification is desirable. Project Management Certification not required but expected within 18 months in role.
• Authorized to work in the US.

Preferred

• Can do attitude with focus on delivery and quality.
• Ability to influence without direct reports, negotiation skills.
• Agile and responsive mindset to support business needs.
• Self-motivated, independent, and able to lead multi-cultural teams to achieve results.
• Displays support for departmental and organizational goals.
• In-depth knowledge of R&D functions and processes necessary for new product development.
• Understands appropriate priorities for function and manages own time for project commitments.

Additional Information

What We Offer:

• 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

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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