EU Human Safety & Technical Quality Lead

Syngenta Group; Bracknell; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Bonus scheme

Private medical & life insurance

Job summary

Syngenta Crop Protection is seeking a Human Safety Technical Quality Manager to lead the technical interface between internal experts, CROs, and project teams across EU submissions. The role focuses on defining strategy, dossier scope, regulatory positioning, and authority responses to ensure robust, regulatory-ready submissions.

You will oversee CRO deliverables, build governance and risk processes, and drive continuous improvement while collaborating with diverse stakeholders across Europe.

Qualifications

• Deep Human Safety expertise with knowledge of EU plant-protection regulations.
• Proven track record delivering complex EU dossiers and responses.
• Experience overseeing CROs and external partners.
• Ability to translate complex science into pragmatic regulatory actions.
• Strong planning, judgement and stakeholder-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Human Safety technical interface between internal experts, CROs and project teams.
• Define technical strategy, dossier scope, regulatory positioning and authority-response plans.
• Review CRO deliverables, ensuring quality from initiation through submission and post-submission support.
• Establish robust handovers, governance, decision records, risk escalation and continuous-improvement actions.
• Strengthen CRO capability through onboarding, training, practical guidance and feedback.
• Advise portfolio teams on feasibility, complexity, resourcing, milestones and delivery dependencies.

Job description

Syngenta Crop Protection is seeking a Human Safety Technical Quality Manager to lead the technical interface between internal experts, CROs, and project teams across EU submissions. The role focuses on defining strategy, dossier scope, regulatory positioning, and authority responses to ensure robust, regulatory-ready submissions.

You will oversee CRO deliverables, build governance and risk processes, and drive continuous improvement while collaborating with diverse stakeholders across Europe.