Biological Technical Lead - Fort Wayne, IN

Job summary

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.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute regional marketing strategies aligned with crop priorities, determine optimal product rates/timing, and ensure all materials maintain agronomic validity and global brand consistency.
• Design and deliver comprehensive training programs for sales teams, customer agronomy groups, researchers, and internal stakeholders to support commercial objectives and territory development.
• Build and maintain a network of researchers and opinion leaders, develop sales-focused research programs, and support demo trials with technical expertise and protocol development.
• Maintain trial results database and create compelling product presentations and marketing materials that translate research data into actionable sales tools.
• Partner with District Managers, Area Managers, Product Marketing Leads, and other key stakeholders to execute the biologicals strategy across the organization.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Agronomy, Horticulture, Weed Science, Plant Pathology or similar field.
• Five years' experience in agri-business within marketing, technical, or product development roles.
• Thorough understanding of agricultural trial design including replications, plot size, applications, assessments, and statistical analysis.
• Exceptional public speaking and presentation skills with proficiency in electronic presentation programs (Teams, Zoom, etc.).
• Basic understanding of ag-tech space including drone/satellite imagery and plant health sensors.
• Established network of opinion leaders and researchers within the agricultural industry.
• Strong leadership, communication, and teaching abilities with demonstrated problem-solving skills and capacity to analyze complex market and agronomic data.

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