Senior Portfolio Solutions Lead, Soy
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BASF Agricultural Solutions seeks a Senior Portfolio Solutions Lead, Soy, to drive the long-term global strategy for the Soy Crop System. You will own the connected-offer portfolio, lead phase-gate governance from ideation through scaling, and develop investment-grade business cases for cross-functional funding decisions.
Based in Research Triangle Park, NC, you will partner across Digital Farming, Sustainability, and Crop Protection to create value-driven, outcome-based solutions and champion
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Agronomy, Digital Agriculture, Sustainability, Business, Marketing, Data Science, or related discipline.
- Minimum 15 years of experience in digital farming, portfolio solutions, strategic marketing, business-model innovation, or sustainability.
- Experience leading large-scale, multi-region solution development, digital, sustainability, or commercialization initiatives.
- Proven success creating business cases, managing phase-gate decisions, piloting new offers, and transferring concepts into scaling.
- Experience developing partnerships and integrated offers across portfolio areas; strong governance experience.
- Mastery of business-model design, value proposition development, investment cases, experimentation, and governance.
- Advanced business and financial acumen, including funding alignment and value realization.
- Executive communication, negotiation, and broad cross-divisional influence.
Responsibilities
- Shape the long-term global connected-offer and portfolio-solutions strategy for the Soy Crop System.
- Lead global phase-gate governance for new integrated solutions from ideation to scaling.
- Develop investment-grade business cases and shape funding decisions across Digital Farming and Sustainability.
- Design and commercialize outcome-based and value-chain solutions with defined data needs and operating models.
- Pilot and scale connected offers across markets; sponsor pilots in Drive Countries and adapt concepts for Non-Drive Country opportunities.
- Serve as the global portfolio-solutions authority for Soy and lead cross-divisional planning.
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Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the country where the position is located.
Senior Portfolio Solutions Lead, Soy
Location: Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Job ID:144745
We are looking for a Senior Portfolio Solutions Lead, Soy to join our Agricultural Solutions team for our BASF Crop System Soy business in Research Triangle Park, NC.
The Senior Portfolio Solutions Lead, Soy is the global strategic leader accountable for creating and scaling connected and integrated offers for the Soy Crop System across Drive and Non-Drive Countries. The role shapes the long-term portfolio-solutions agenda by combining Digital Farming, Sustainability, Crop Protection, Biologicals, and Seeds & Traits into differentiated customer and business solutions. Working with broad autonomy, the position develops business models and investment cases, leads global phase-gate governance from ideation through scaling, and influences major funding and platform-prioritization decisions.
We are BASF in Agriculture and everything we do, we do for the love of farming, and the biggest job on Earth. We are an internationally successful company of the BASF Group. Our solutions are purpose-designed for different crop systems. Connecting seeds and traits, crop protection products, digital tools and sustainability approaches, to help deliver the best possible outcomes for farmers, growers and our other stakeholders along the value chain. With teams in the lab, field, office and in production, we do everything in our power to build a sustainable future for agriculture.
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Here you can gain more insight into our Vision at BASF Agricultural Solutions!
- Shaping and owning the long-term global connected-offer and portfolio-solutions strategy for the Soy Crop System, defining how Digital Farming, Sustainability, Crop Protection, Biologicals, and Seeds & Traits combine into differentiated solutions.
- Leading global phase-gate governance for new integrated solutions from ideation through business-model development, piloting, launch, transfer, and scaling.
- Developing investment-grade business cases and shaping funding decisions for connected offers, aligning investment and accountability across Digital Farming, Sustainability, and other portfolio units.
- Leading the design and commercialization of outcome-based and food-value-chain solutions, defining customer and partner value, data requirements, and operating models.
- Piloting and scaling connected offers across diverse markets, sponsoring pilots in Drive Countries and adapting proven concepts for Non-Drive Country opportunities.
- Serving as the recognized global portfolio-solutions authority for Soy, leading cross-divisional planning teams and representing connected-offer priorities in senior governance.
- Hold a Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture, Agronomy, Digital Agriculture, Sustainability, Business, Marketing, Data Science, or a related discipline; a Master's or advanced degree is preferred.
- Have a minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible experience in digital farming, portfolio solutions, strategic marketing, business-model innovation, or sustainability.
- Have demonstrated leadership of large-scale, multi-region solution development, digital, sustainability, or commercialization initiatives.
- Have demonstrated success creating business cases, managing phase-gate decisions, piloting new offers, and transferring validated concepts into commercial organizations for scaling.
- Have experience developing partnerships, outcome-based or value-chain business models, and integrated offers across multiple portfolio areas, strongly preferred.
- Possess mastery of business-model design, value proposition development, investment cases, experimentation, and phase-gate governance.
- Have advanced business and financial acumen, including funding alignment, investment trade-offs, and value realization.
- Demonstrate executive communication, negotiation, and broad cross-divisional influence.
At BASF, you will have the chance to do meaningful work towards building a more sustainable future. In addition to competitive compensation and benefits, BASF provides you with access to a wide range of elements to help you be your best. It's what we call you@BASF.We are committed to providing benefits, programs, and opportunities that support our employees’ overall well-being, personal growth, and a safe, collaborative, and inclusive work environment.
Just some of the many benefits we offer include:
- Flexible work arrangements whenever possible
- Highly competitive retirement savings plan with company match and investment options
- Well-being programs that include comprehensive mental health support for you and your household family members
- Family forming benefits (fertility, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, maternity/parental leave, and more)
- Back-up child and elder care with discount programs for families of all ages and stages
- Mentoring and career development opportunities that allow you to share, learn, and thrive
- Matching gifts program that allows you to deepen the impact of your contributions to qualified charities.
- Employee crisis support for when the unexpected happens
- Access to our BASF wine cellar, employee discounts, and much more!
BASF Agricultural Solutions is a trusted partner to the agricultural industry, delivering innovative and sustainable solutions that help farmers succeed across a wide range of cropping systems. Across North America, our teams work together to address some of agriculture's most important challenges while creating value for customers, communities, and the environment. At BASF, you'll find opportunities to grow your career, collaborate with talented colleagues, and make a meaningful impact through work that matters.
Find out more about our Agricultural Solutions team here .
Our people are at the heart of everything, dedicated to delivering value for our customers every day.
By focusing on enabling our people today and in the future, we will ensure we have the talent and skills needed to succeed.
United by the love of farming, we innovate, collaborate, and strive for the best solutions together, creating connections and driving success as one team. This is how we make an impact. For the love of farming, the biggest job on Earth.
More positions from: BASF Agricultural Solutions
Posted from September 29, 2026 until March 29, 2027
SeedQuest reference number: 171695
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