Human Safety Technical Quality Manager

Syngenta AG; Moss End; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension scheme

Bonus scheme

Private medical & life insurance

Job summary

Syngenta seeks a Human Safety Technical Quality Manager to lead regulatory quality for EU product authorisations. You will oversee complex dossiers, provide technical quality oversight for CRO activities, and translate regulatory science into pragmatic guidance for portfolio teams across a global agricultural research context.

Join a multinational team focused on delivering safe, compliant crop protection solutions, with flexible working options and a broad training ecosystem to advance science

Qualifications

• Deep Human Safety expertise with strong knowledge of EU plant-protection product regulation.
• Proven experience delivering complex EU dossiers, submissions, and authority responses.
• Experience providing technical quality oversight for CRO or outsourced work.
• Ability to translate complex scientific/regulatory issues into pragmatic recommendations.
• Strong planning, judgment, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Deliverables and ensure 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.

Skills

Human Safety expertise

EU regulation knowledge

Dossier submissions

Quality oversight

Regulatory pragmatism

Planning & stakeholder management

Fluent English

Job description

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.

Qualifications

What we are looking for

• Deep Human Safety expertise and strong knowledge of EU plant‑protection product regulation.
• Proven experience delivering complex EU dossiers, submissions and authority responses.
• Experience providing technical quality oversight for CRO or outsourced work.
• Ability to turn complex scientific and regulatory issues into pragmatic recommendations.
• Strong planning, judgement and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Fluent English.

Additional Information

Our site

We could consider candidates based at locations within Europe.

What we offer

• generous pension scheme
• bonus scheme
• private medical & life insurance (depends on the contracting country).

Flexible working.

A position which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment.

The opportunity to develop and apply your science within the chemical industry.

The chance to work as part of a global team to address the current and future needs of the agricultural sector.

Learning culture and wide range of training options.

Syngenta has been ranked as a top 5 employer and number 1 in agriculture by Science Magazine for the 8th consecutive year.

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, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Learn more about our D&I initiatives here:

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Company Description

Syngenta Crop Protection is a leader in agricultural innovation, bringing breakthrough technologies and solutions that enable farmers to grow productively and sustainably. We offer a leading portfolio of Crop Protection solutions for plant and soil health, as well as digital solutions that transform the decision‑making capabilities of farmers. Our 17,900 employees serve to advance agriculture in more than 90 countries around the world. Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, and is part of the Syngenta Group. Our employees reflect the diversity of our customers, the markets where we operate and the communities which we serve. No matter what your position, you will have a vital role in safely feeding the world and taking care of our planet. Join us and help shape the future of agriculture.

Job Description

Join a pivotal, evolving team that is redefining how EU product authorisations are delivered. As the Human Safety Technical Quality Manager, you