Job Introduction
Business : AGRI
Reporting to : Top Management
Education : PG and above in Agri science from tier 1 institutes (IISc, ICAR, GBPU etc in India and others abroad)
Required Skills & Experience:
- 8-10 years of work experience in R&D team of an Agri company – seeds, chemicals, farming, processing etc. – in India or globally
- Proven track record of managing multiple R&D initiatives across multiple crops
- Awareness of Indian Agri landscape – weather, soil, varietals with an added advantage for the experience with new Agri technologies (like hydroponics) etc.
- Preference to be given to candidates with proven track record of having unlocked premium varietals for agriculture companies
- Comfortable with travelling across farm sites
Primary Objectives of Position: Looking for a senior member in the role of Plant Science Manager to oversee research on yield improvement, cost reduction, varietal unlock and use of new technologies to achieve the desired characteristics in a crop
Job Profile :
- The candidate will be part of a fast-paced start-up like team and will have a chance to work on cutting edge technologies (like hydroponics, aquaponics etc.) for the crops that are new to the Indian agriculture
- Work closely with the Agri Business Head & the R&D lead
- The business aspirations are to create a 500+Cr company with a global footprint within the first 2-3 years of operations and will require an entrepreneurial and dynamic leadership team to take on the mandate for the business build.
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Key Accountabilities:
Planning & Strategy:
- Plan and execute research on unlocking new varietals of the crops planned by the strategy team
- Advise Agri Business Head & the R&D lead on the crops to be taken up for R&D
Deliver best-in-class solutions:
- Develop agronomical practices that ensure cost and time efficiencies while making sure of high quality output with minimal time and effort required to implement the practices
IP creation: Apply for patents to generate and protect IP that is permissible as per Indian laws
Collaboration with other teams and partnership with external bodies:
- Advise farm ops team on deviant behaviour of the crops (like slower than expected growth, off season fall of leaves etc.)
- Collaborate with farm operations team to train ground staff on new approved practices
- Collaborate with IT team to prepare best-in-class tools to record, analyse and report the developments and outputs of the trials
- Partner with research teams of vendors for new age technologies to run trials
- Liaison with government bodies like ICAR and leading agricultural universities and be aware of latest agronomical developments
Responsibilities
Required Experience, Skills & Qualifications
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Position - Plant Science Manager
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Priority - Plant Science Manager
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Location - Noida
