Strategic Global Ops Analytics & Governance Lead

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 106,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Benefits Package (Medical, Dental

401k with company match

Job summary

Syngenta Seeds is seeking a Global Operations Analytics & Governance Lead to drive governance, analytics, and decision-support for Seeds R&D. You will deliver advanced analytics, dashboards, and insights to optimize demand, capacity, costs, and performance across global operations.

Reporting to the Global Operations Strategy Manager, you will partner with Planning, Operations, Finance, Portfolio, and Digital teams to balance trade-offs and inform senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Analytics, Operations Management, Engineering, Agricultural Sciences, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in business analytics, operational analytics, portfolio management, resource planning, financial analysis, strategy, business operations, or related function.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience turning data into actionable insights.
• Experience with trend analysis, forecasting, scenario modeling, or performance management.
• Ability to evaluate trade-offs and translate findings for senior stakeholders.
• Experience with data extraction, consolidation, and reporting from multiple enterprise systems.
• Experience working across complex, cross-functional organizations and influencing decisions without authority.
• Experience creating executive dashboards, KPI scorecards, and governance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver advanced operational analytics for Seeds R&D, covering demand, capacity, costs, productivity, and performance.
• Extract, consolidate, validate, and govern data from multiple systems to support reporting and decision-making.
• Define and maintain global standards for metrics, KPIs, rules, and planning assumptions.
• Create executive dashboards and management reporting highlighting trends, risks, opportunities, and priorities.
• Conduct forecasting, scenario modeling, and predictive analytics for planning decisions.
• Identify data quality issues and bottlenecks; recommend actions to improve planning accuracy.
• Lead governance processes aligning demand, capacity, and portfolio priorities.
• Collaborate with Planning, Operations, Finance, Portfolio, and Digital teams to optimize performance.
• Translate analyses into clear insights for senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Drive adoption of data-driven decision-making and support strategic initiatives.

Skills

Data analysis

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Influence without authority

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Analytics, Operations Management, Engineering, Agricultural Sciences, or related field

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Python

Streamlit

Job description

Syngenta Seeds is seeking a Global Operations Analytics & Governance Lead to drive governance, analytics, and decision-support for Seeds R&D. You will deliver advanced analytics, dashboards, and insights to optimize demand, capacity, costs, and performance across global operations.

Reporting to the Global Operations Strategy Manager, you will partner with Planning, Operations, Finance, Portfolio, and Digital teams to balance trade-offs and inform senior leadership.