Agronomy and Product Portfolio Manager

Life Scientific; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Life Scientific seeks a US Agronomy and Product Portfolio Manager to drive the agronomic and commercial strategy for our US crop protection portfolio. You will blend hands-on fieldwork with portfolio decisions, shaping product positioning, launches, and market strategy across major US row crops and future specialty crops.

You’ll design and manage field trials, translate data into practical grower recommendations, and collaborate with R&D, regulatory, and marketing to ensure product success.

Qualifications

• Degree in Agronomy, Plant Science, Crop Science, or related field; master’s considered an advantage.
• Experience designing and managing field trials and translating data into recommendations.
• Strong communication and collaboration across R&D, regulatory, commercial, and marketing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead agronomic and commercial strategy for Life Scientific's US product portfolio across herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides.
• Design, run, and manage field trials with CROs/university partners; translate findings into grower-friendly guidance.
• Develop technical documents and support regulatory data submissions in the US; feed insights into the commercial intelligence platform.
• Create demand through value-added agronomic services; build relationships with universities and trial partners; deliver field demonstrations.
• Stay current with US agronomy trends and share best practices across regions.

Skills

Agronomy expertise

Field trial design

Data interpretation

Communication skills

Travel willingness

Portfolio strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Agronomy or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Data analysis software

AI tools

Job description

US Agronomy and Product Portfolio Manager

Location Flexible within the United States

Reports to Commercial Intelligence Group Leader

At Life Scientific, we reverse-engineer the world's best crop protection products so farmers can access high-quality, science-backed solutions that don't cost the earth. As we grow across the United States, we're strengthening our agronomy team and building out how we manage our US product portfolio. That's where you come in.

We're looking for an Agronomist with a commercial mindset - someone who loves real-world problem solving, good field conversations, and turning solid data into practical recommendations, but who is equally comfortable shaping how our products launch, perform, and compete in market. Covering major US row crops today and additional specialty crops in the future, you'll blend hands-on fieldwork and portfolio management, helping ensure our products perform brilliantly for growers while feeding field and market insights into global strategy.

What you’ll be doing

Agronomic & Commercial Strategy

• Enable the commercial performance of Life Scientific's US product portfolio across herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides by bringing agronomic expertise and a commercial mindset.
• Deeply understand regional agronomic challenges, pest shifts, climatic pressures, and emerging opportunities that should inform business strategy.
• Collaborate with R&D, regulatory, commercial, and marketing teams to ensure US agronomic needs inform product development, portfolio decisions, and market strategy.
• Lead 'where-to-play' analysis, identifying and prioritising the crops, geographies, and segments where Life Scientific should invest, partnering with the broader Commercial Intelligence Group on this analysis.
• Lead how-to-win positioning for the US market - bringing US agronomic insight into product positioning, tracking competitors' products, pricing, and moves, and clarifying what gives Life Scientific its edge and how we protect and grow it.
• Shape our 3rd-party and broader partnership strategy - deciding which other crop protection companies or technology providers we partner with, license from, or compete against.

Field Trials and Agronomic Insights

• Design, run, and manage field trials in collaboration with 3rd party CROs / University research partners.
• Gather and interpret data to evaluate efficacy, positioning, and product fit in real-world environments.
• Translate trial findings into clear, practical, grower-friendly recommendations.
• Develop technical documentation such as bulletins, trial summaries, presentations, and training materials for internal and external audiences.
• Provide regional agronomic expertise for registration processes and regulatory data submissions in the US.
• Feed field insights, grower feedback, and market observations into Life Scientific's commercial intelligence platform, partnering with the Commercial Intelligence Group to support regional and global decision-making.

Technical Support for Growers and Partners

• Provide practical, accessible guidance to growers, distributors, and technical advisors on the best use of our current and future products.
• Manage and help resolve product performance issues or claims raised by growers and distributors, coordinating with regulatory, quality, R&D and commercial teams as needed.
• Build trusted relationships by offering grounded, real answers rather than jargon.
• Lead portfolio optimisation initiatives, using competitive and field performance data to recommend formulation, label, positioning, or pricing changes.
• Prepare and deliver launch data packs and go-to-market plans for new and existing products, translating agronomic and trial data into commercial narratives.

Demand Creation

• Identify and help develop value-added agronomic services that strengthen our product portfolio and create further demand among distributors and growers.
• Build and lead relationships with land-grant universities, agronomy groups, trial cooperators, and other key influencers, using these partnerships to create demand and awareness for our products in the market.
• Deliver field demonstrations, training sessions, and trial walk-throughs that turn science into something useful, human, and relatable.
• Provide sales and marketing teams with technical content and support for customer meetings, campaigns, launches and other commercial activities.

Innovation and Best Practices

• Stay current with new agronomy trends, technologies, and innovations across the US, contributing ideas for new trials, product uses, or improved agronomic fit in US row crop systems.
• Share learnings and best practices across regions and teams, supporting a culture of curiosity and continuous improvement.

What you’ll bring

• Degree in Agronomy, Plant Science, Crop Science, or a related field, with a master’s degree considered an advantage.
• 10+ years of agronomy or crop protection experience in the United States, including exposure to product or portfolio decisions.
• Strong understanding of major US row crop production systems, integrated pest management, and sustainable farming practices.
• Proven experience designing and managing field trials, analysing data, and turning findings into clear recommendations.
• Excellent communication skills with a knack for clarity and human connection.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, collaborating effectively across teams and time zones.
• Willingness to travel within the United States.
• Commercial mindset, with the ability to translate technical and agronomic insight into product positioning and portfolio decisions.
• Experience or strong interest in product management, marketing, or portfolio strategy within crop protection or agriculture.
• Curious and open to leveraging AI tools to drive smarter ways of working.

You’ll join a team that values curiosity, practicality, and a bit of craic along the way. This is a chance to shape how Life Scientific’s row crop portfolio performs in the United States, with real ownership over both the agronomy and the commercial strategy behind it. You’ll work with people who love data, value real-world insights, and believe work should be both meaningful and enjoyable.

If you're energised by good science, strong relationships, and building a crop protection portfolio that works for growers, we'd love to hear from you.