Product Portfolio Manager

United Beet Seeds BV; Town of Belgium (WI); Presencial; USD 120.000 - 160.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

United Beet Seeds BV is seeking a Product Portfolio Manager to own a defined product portfolio, combining varieties, seed treatments, and seed technologies for a specific geography.

You will drive the full lifecycle and coordinate with Product Innovation & Breeding Operations, Marketing, Sales, and Technical Crop Service to deliver competitive products that create value for customers and support long-term business impact.

Formación

• You have 5+ years in product management, seed business, portfolio management, or related agronomy roles.
• You can lead cross-functional projects with R&D, sales, and marketing.
• You understand product lifecycle management, portfolio rationalization, and registration processes.

Responsabilidades

• Own and drive management of products within UBS portfolio for a defined geography.
• Coordinate between Product Innovation & Breeding Operations, Marketing, Sales, and Technical Crop Service.
• Lead field trial visits and selection meetings with breeders to assess new hybrids.
• Review and rationalize the product portfolio to optimize hybrids and genetics.
• Set up screening trials and manage Official Variety Trials in relevant markets.
• Lead Official Variety Trials process and budget proposals per country and profile.
• Drive registration processes in priority markets and support others locally.

Conocimientos

Portfolio management

Cross-functional leadership

Agronomy knowledge

Seed product lifecycle

Data-driven decision making

Strategic planning

Educación

Master’s degree in Agronomy, Agricultural Economics, Plant Science, or Business

Descripción del empleo

As Product Portfolio Manager, you will be the strategic owner of a defined product portfolio, combining varieties, seed treatments, and seed technologies for a specific geography. You’ll drive the full product lifecycle and serve as the central point of coordination between Product Innovation & Breeding Operations, Marketing, Sales, and Technical Crop Service to deliver competitive products that create value for customers and support long-term business impact.

Your key responsibilities

Strategic product ownership and being the central point of contact

• You own and drive the effort around the management of products of the UBS portfolio with defined characteristics, combining varieties, seed treatments, and seed technologies for a specific geography.

Supporting the development of new hybrids and streamlining the portfolio

• You own the product profiles and highlight the key priorities to steer breeders, based on business and market intelligence.
• You participate in field trial visits and key selection meetings with breeders to get knowledge on new potential hybrids. You follow registration trials and new hybrids (Stage 8).
• You review the product portfolio to rationalize the number of hybrids (variety and genetics).
• You set up “screening” trials to select adapted genetics in Official Variety Trials in maturing markets

Leading the Official Variety Trials (OVT) process

• You select new genetics for 1st year in OVT in maturing and non-technical markets.
• You propose the OVT budget per country/product profile for new and existing entries.
• You review the product portfolio to rationalize the number of varieties and genetics.
• You drive the registration process in priority markets and support in non-priority markets (driven locally by Technical Crop Service for each brand).

Your profile

• You have a Master’s degree in Agronomy, Agricultural Economics, Plant Science, or Business and at least 5 years of experience in product management, seed business, portfolio management, or agronomy-related roles.
• You have a proven ability to lead cross-functional projects involving R&D, sales, and marketing.
• You have experience with product lifecycle management, portfolio rationalization, and registration processes (especially in Official Variety Trials).
• You have a strong understanding of portfolio design, hybrid selection, and product lifecycle economics.
• You’re able to define product positioning and steer breeding priorities with commercial end-goals in mind.
• You’re comfortable with trial data, performance metrics, and market intelligence.
• You’re able to use data to drive prioritization, rationalization, and investment choices.
• You’re skilled in leading, without authority, all relevant stakeholders around shared goals.
• You have strong planning and coordination abilities, and are able to manage diverse stakeholders and complex timelines.
• You have a solid understanding of market segmentation, pricing logic, and competitive dynamics.
• You bring a customer-centric mindset to breeding and development conversations.
• You’re an excellent communicator: you can synthesize complex topics for different audiences (breeders, sales, marketing).
• You’re skilled in presenting recommendations, defending tradeoffs, and building buy-in across functions.
• You have a structured approach to portfolio reporting, product introductions, and registration tracking.
• You’re capable of managing budgets and coordinating trials across multiple countries or segments.

You are fluent in French and English (written and spoken).