Company Description As a world leader in the crop protection market, we help farmers confront threats and ensure sufficient, safe, nutritious, and affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural resources.
Syngenta Crop Protection ensures plant safety from planting to harvest. From the moment seeds are sown until the harvest is collected, crops must be protected from weeds, insects, and diseases, as well as from droughts and floods, heat and cold.
Job Description The main purpose of the role:
Development and management of digital products, focusing both on creating additional value for customers and the company, and optimizing internal processes through technological solutions, including using Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Responsibilities: Strategic Product Management
- Develop and implement product strategy based on the expectations of internal customers and business priorities
- Form and manage the product portfolio and create a roadmap for the next 2-3 years using SDLC technology
- Define product KPIs and track their achievement together with the AI business owner
- Analyze existing solutions and interconnections with regional and global systems to determine how the new product integrates into existing systems
- Analyze the local market and competitive environment, as well as utilize best practices from the AMEA region
- Ensure safe product usage and compliance with IT security requirements for all new AI-based products (tracking changes in the Federal Law on conducting an experiment in AI N 123-FZ) and protection of personal data (Federal Law 152)
Development Management
- Form and prioritize the product backlog together with the AI business owner
- Manage the contractor and build partnership relations with the regional team
- Create user stories and technical requirements
- Coordinate the work of cross-functional teams
- Manage product releases and updates
- Manage the full development cycle from concept to product launch
- Develop with a focus on collaboration with other existing products and solutions
- Cross-functional interaction with existing teams, systems, and products within the "Syngenta" company
Work with Customers and Stakeholders
- Regular communication and increasing engagement of business units, including customers, business leaders, and the development team, to ensure clarity of goals and alignment of vision with business tasks.
- Conduct customer discovery interviews
- Collect and analyze user feedback
- Create and disseminate the product roadmap, describing the vision, priorities, and direction of product development over time.
- Validate hypotheses and prototypes
- Present results to key stakeholders
Analytics and Optimization
- Analyze product metrics and user behavior
- Optimize user experience
- A/B testing of new features
- Prepare regular reporting
Requirements: Required competencies: Professional skills
- Experience managing digital products from concept to launch
- Experience writing digital strategy with business KPIs
- Understanding of Agile and Scrum principles
- Knowledge of UX/UI design basics
- Analytical skills and working with data
Technical knowledge
- Basic understanding of software architecture
- Knowledge of key technologies and trends in digital and AI (global and local markets)
- Experience with analytics systems
- Understanding of API and integration principles
Soft skills
- Strategic thinking
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to work under conditions of uncertainty
- Presentation and public speaking skills
Other requirements:
- Higher education (technical)
- Additional courses in Agile, Scrum, AI, certifications
- 5+ years of experience in product management
- Experience launching successful digital products
- Knowledge of English (Upper Intermediate+)
- Business trips for interaction with key stakeholders are expected
