Digital Ag Solutions Manager

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. 

At Syngenta, we are working to build the most collaborative and trusted team in agriculture that provides leading seeds and crop protection innovations to enhance the prosperity of farmers. To support this challenge, Syngenta’s Crop Protection Commercial Team is currently seeking a Digital Agriculture Solutions Manager.

In this role, the individual will lead the assessment of pre-commercial digital agriculture products to ensure alignment with customer needs. This includes evaluating the strategic compatibility of digital agriculture solutions for the Canadian market through the development and validation of relevant hypotheses.

The individual will collaborate with Syngenta Digital Agriculture at both regional and global levels to customize tool features and platforms to meet the needs of Canadian customers. Additionally, the role supports the commercial introduction of digital ag tools and provides ongoing product support, ensuring customer success for digital agriculture tools during commercialization.

Accountabilities:

• Lead the Digital Ag Solutions team.
• Lead the review, assessment and validation of digital product toolsets for fit and value to the Canadian business and support the development of business cases in collaboration with the E-Commerce & Digital Ag Commercial Lead for piloting & scaling.
• Lead the development, execution & measurement of the annual Digital Ag Solutions validation and piloting activity plan aligned to the Digital Ag Strategy.
• Engage with North American Digital Ag and Sustainable Solutions (DASS) and Global Digital Agriculture (DA) teams to understand digital product development strategies and roadmaps and collaborate on projects that meet the needs of Canada.
• Engage with Regional Crop wise Leads and Global Digital Ag Product Managers to drive Canadian business case needs for development investments & track projects accordingly.
• Ensures development & delivery of effective materials & support models to position digital ag products into market.
• Lead the measurement of digital tool implementation to understand contribution to business performance and improve product optimization.
• Monitor the ag technology competitive landscape & industry innovation pipeline and maintain digital competitive profiles to support Marketing & Commercial.
• Manage the budget associated with technical validation & piloting projects.
• Engage with customers to understand their business needs to inform both the digital solutions strategy and the development of methods & tools for new offerings.

• Minimum 4-year degree in Agricultural, Business, Technology or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in commercial implementation of digital ag tools or platforms and broad technical knowledge as well as current & emerging digital farming practices and trends.
• Leadership, consensus building and analytical skills complimented by excellent written, oral communication and presentation ability, including the confidence and competence to influence management thinking and gain approval of innovative ideas.
• Business acumen with ability to comprehend business drivers, assess competitive activity, identify potential growth opportunities & challenges; then develop & implement effective solutions.
• Thoroughly familiar with agronomic assessment, crop production, utilization of farm management systems, precision ag tools and ag distribution channel alignment.
• Excellent project leadership skills; ability to manage multiple tasks/projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to think and act strategically.
• Ability to engage, inspire and motivate.
• Superior cross-functional communications and networking skills working across geographically dispersed teams.

Additional Information:

• Ability to travel 10-15%.
• Authorized to work in the job’s location without sponsorship now or in the future.

What We Offer: 

• We offer a competitive base salary and incentive bonus potential, combined with challenging and meaningful work, learning and career development opportunities and a great team environment. 
• A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes personal and professional development and offers flexible work options to meet both your work and personal needs. 
• Comprehensive Benefit offering, Pension and Group Retirement program with company match, and Profit Sharing. 
• Focus on Wellness and innovative programs that support overall health and wellbeing such as annual Lifestyle Account and free Headspace App. 
• Progressive Employee Policies and Programs including a Flexible Work Location approach, and a vacation policy that provides up to 30 days’ vacation for all employees. 

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, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. 

Syngenta Contact Information:  
If you need assistance during the application process, please contact the Service Desk at [email protected] 

Syngenta Canada welcomes applications from all qualified candidates and is able to accommodate persons with disabilities.  For more information about accommodation during any stage of the recruitment process or if you would like more information on our accommodation policies, please contact [email protected] 

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