North America Project Manager

Syngenta Crop Protection; Greensboro (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

401k Plan with Company Match

Paid Vacation & Holidays

Education Assistance

Wellness Programs

Job summary

Syngenta Crop Protection is seeking a North American Project Manager in Greensboro, NC. The role leads end-to-end delivery for assigned projects within the NA Crop Protection Development portfolio, aligning with strategy and governance.

You will manage resources, risks, and timelines, and work with Marketing to align project pipelines with commercial plans. The position requires a Bachelor's/Master's or equivalent, advanced English, and PM experience; PMP or equivalent is desirable.

Qualifications

• Advanced English language proficiency (reading, writing and speaking).
• Minimum 2 years work experience in project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional multi-functional project teams to consolidate information on projects.
• Identify, document and manage resources, timelines, risks, issues, and opportunities to control development process.
• Lead projects through stage gate promotions at Regional and Global Levels.
• Ensure proper documentation for stage promotions is prepared and archived.

Skills

Advanced English

Education

Bachelor's/Master's or higher, or equivalent work experience

PMP or equivalent qualification desirable

Job description

As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all –while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.

Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold.

Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.

Job Description

At Syngenta, our goal is to build the most collaborative and trustworthy team in agriculture, providing top-quality seeds and innovative crop protection solutions that improve farmers' success. To support this mission, Syngenta's Development Team is seeking a North American Project Manager in Greensboro, NC. This role will lead and manage all aspects of end-to-end delivery for assigned projects within the North America (NA) Crop Protection Development (CPD) project portfolio, with alignment to our company strategy and governance framework.

Accountabilities:

• Lead collaborative and effective regional multi-functional project teams to bring together complete, consistent, and reliable information on projects.
• Proactively identify, document, and manage project resources, timelines, risks, issues, and opportunities to ensure rigorous control of the development process.
• Lead projects through established stage gate promotion process at Regional and Global Levels.
• Ensure that all proper documentation for stage promotions is well prepared and archived.
• Ensure projects obtain the necessary Technical and Commercial review in advance of governance body review.
• Ensure transparency at project and portfolio level; responsible for promoting and facilitating decision-making that is fact-based.
• Management of resource deployment, risk profile and clarity on project progress and delivery to milestones and budget.
• Work closely with Marketing teams to ensure project pipeline aligns with our commercial strategy.
• Serve as the primary project contact for multiple key functional leaders and be accountable for stakeholder management.
• Tightly manage project data in IT tools; promote global standards, methodology, and ways of working aimed at managing and reducing complexity and increasing effectiveness and efficiency in operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's or higher, or equivalent work experience.
• Advanced English (reading, writing, and speaking).
• Advanced project management training, such as PMP (Project Management Professional) or equivalent qualification is desirable.
• Minimum 2 years work experience in project management.
• Minimum 8 years work experience in Agribusiness Research and Development or related industry, including a technical role and with cross-cultural/international experience, preferred.
• In-depth knowledge of R&D functions and processes necessary for new product development
• Candidates must be already located in the United States and not require visa sponsorship now or in the future (Includes OPT).

Additional Information

What We Offer:

• A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes professional development, and strives for a work-life balance that supports the team members. Offers flexible work options to support your work and personal needs.
• Full Benefit Package (Medical, Dental & Vision) that starts your first day.
• 401k plan with company match, Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Contribution.
• Paid Vacation, Paid Holidays, Maternity and Paternity Leave, Education Assistance, Wellness Programs, Corporate Discounts, among other benefits.

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.

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