Asia Digital & PB Technology Deployment (Bangalore, Karnataka, IN)

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Asia Digital & PB Technology Deployment

Main Purpose

Regional technical unit lead (VACC leader) and Asia Breeding LT member accountable to integrate and accelerate Precision Breeding and technical strategies, advanced methods, global breeding & industry best practices across all product units in Asia breeding driving & accelerating transformation for increased innovation.  Design & lead Asia breeding’s in the technical transformation strategies in the areas of AI and gene editing by closely partnering with different regional and global stakeholders.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities

Lead regional unit responsible to drive Precision Breeding and technical transformation, innovation acceleration and technology adoption in Asia breeding aligned across leadership team, capability hubs & product units impacting Corn and Rice crops

Develop and catalyze a vision for technical transformation in and across Asia breeding and global breeding to invent and adopt technical innovations & improvements E2E across strategic & operational pipelines

Identify, prioritize and advance specific innovation, technical improvement initiatives building an innovation acceleration portfolio for Asia breeding with mission teams to deliver

Inclusive and collaborative unit leadership identifying & growing talent skills & capabilities as a key part of overall technical transformation strategy with capability hub leads

Advance dynamic resource & talent flow drawing on talent in Asia  and across global breeding, R&D and stakeholders.

Actively drive global & Asia  breeding strategies as member of Asia  breeding Leadership team and Breeding Leadership Community (BLC)

Advance dynamic talent and resource flow in the unit drawing on talent in Asia and across global breeding, R&D and stakeholders

Interact strongly with relevant Bayer global breeding functions (see working relations) including ensuring technical transformation, technology adoption across teams

Lead and participate in Global Breeding and Regional Breeding initiatives and work teams to deliver precision breeding objectives

Key Working Relations

Global Breeding product & technical unit leads

Asia Breeding product & technical unit leads & capability hub leads

CS DTIT and Enterprise IT (global and regional)

Asia commercial teams: Product Supply, SPI, DFS, Commercial unit leads

R&D Homes: ARI, DSE, Biotech, Strategy

Asia Breeding Leadership Team member

Global Breeding extended Leadership Team member (BLC)

Regional TTU leads

Qualifications & Competencies

PhD degree with 8 years or MS degree w/ 10 years of experience in plant breeding, quantitative genetics, agricultural science or related field

Proven leadership experience in assessing & transforming scientific and operational strategies

Cross-crop experience & knowledge preferred.

Familiarity with digital technologies including AI, data strategies is preferred.

High agility to respond to changing environments and adapt to new situations, excellent networking skills

VACC leadership behaviors & skills with ability to influence action & change

Effective verbal communication skills, essential to be fluent in English

Strong technical skills managing complex, multi-faceted projects resulting in measurable success

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Location: India : Karnataka : Bangalore      Division: Crop Science     Reference Code: 879395          Contact Us   + 022-25311234 ]]>