Lead Product Manager: R&D Decision Intelligence & Analytics

Syngenta; Stein (AR); On-site; CHF 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Syngenta Crop Protection seeks a Lead Product Manager to own the POD vision, strategy, and roadmap for digital products turning experimental and observational data into actionable insights and AI-enabled decision support.

You will lead cross‑functional teams with R&D, data, security, governance to deliver scalable analytics platforms and establish measurable outcomes, OKRs, and executive reporting in a fast‑paced enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading product‑centric teams and delivering measurable outcomes through Agile/Lean product practices.
• Strong product strategy capabilities, including vision setting, roadmapping, portfolio management, prioritization, and value measurement.
• Experience with analytics, predictive modeling, decision intelligence, planning, forecasting, optimization, or AI‑enabled digital products.
• Understanding of AI/ML and agentic AI concepts, including human‑in‑the‑loop decision‑making, explainability, traceability, evaluation, monitoring, and governance.
• Familiarity with scientific data, model lifecycle management, data provenance, reproducibility, metadata, cataloging, and data governance principles.
• Ability to translate complex R&D or business needs into clear product strategies, measurable outcomes, and scalable solutions.
• Strong stakeholder leadership and the ability to influence without formal authority across business and technology functions.
• Experience navigating ambiguity, making transparent trade‑offs, and driving decisions in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of solution architecture concepts and end‑to‑end product design integrity.
• Track record of successful product launches, go‑to‑market strategies, or scaling products in enterprise environments.
• Experience with customer discovery, user research methodologies, and translating user feedback into product requirements.
• Familiarity with regulatory, compliance, and governance frameworks relevant to AI/ML and data‑driven products.
• A university degree in IT, Engineering, Computer Science, Science, or a related field; equivalent experience will also be considered.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the POD vision, value hypotheses, multi‑horizon roadmap, and product portfolio strategy.
• Lead prioritization and investment decisions across products and capabilities, balancing value, scope, cost, time, risk, and capacity.
• Deliver digital products that enable analytics, insights, forecasting, scenario planning, resource and capacity planning, optimization, and AI‑enabled decision support.
• Partner with R&D, business, data, technology, security, architecture, and governance stakeholders to translate needs into measurable product outcomes.
• Establish and track OKRs/KPIs related to adoption, user outcomes, decision quality, cycle‑time reduction, operational performance, reliability, and total cost of ownership.
• Lead product delivery practices, including backlog management, prioritization cadences, dependency management, release governance, and outcome‑oriented increments.
• Drive adoption and change management through stakeholder engagement, communications, enablement, and continuous feedback.
• Ensure products are scalable, reusable, interoperable, secure, and aligned with enterprise architecture, data governance, and quality standards.
• Manage POD‑level risks, dependencies, vendors, and partners where applicable.
• Coach and develop Product Managers within the POD.
• Establish and maintain executive visibility through regular reporting on product performance, strategic initiatives, budget utilization, and key business metrics to senior leadership.
• Conduct competitive analysis and market intelligence to identify emerging trends, opportunities, and threats in decision intelligence and analytics solutions relevant to R&D operations.
• Define and implement continuous improvement processes that integrate user feedback, performance data, and stakeholder input into iterative product enhancements and refinements.
• Oversee budget allocation, resource planning, and financial performance management for the POD to ensure optimal return on investment and cost efficiency.

Job description

Syngenta Crop Protection seeks a Lead Product Manager to own the POD vision, strategy, and roadmap for digital products turning experimental and observational data into actionable insights and AI-enabled decision support.

You will lead cross‑functional teams with R&D, data, security, governance to deliver scalable analytics platforms and establish measurable outcomes, OKRs, and executive reporting in a fast‑paced enterprise environment.