Data Science Engagement Lead

Company Description

Syngenta Group is a $28B leading science-based agtech company, operating in more than 100 countries, with more than 50’000 employees. We are proud to stand at the forefront of the tech revolution in agriculture. Using the latest digital innovations, data, and cutting-edge technologies we want to transform the way that crops are managed and enable farmers and agronomists to enhance efficiency and sustainable food production.

Our business success reflects the quality and skill of our people. We recognize that human diversity is as important to our business as biodiversity. Embracing the unique perspectives and capabilities of our employees helps us continue to catalyze innovation, maximize performance, and create business value. Join us and help shape the future of agriculture.

Job Description

In this role you will work within a multidisciplinary global team to discover, define, and design experiences that empower farmers to work more effectively and efficiently by utilizing our data-driven solutions. 

As a Data Science Engagement Lead, you’ll take this partnership to the next level. You’ll be critical to understanding the technical needs of the scientists and turning ideas in to working prototypes or fully scalable solutions. You’ll be experienced in the design and use of AWS environments and languages such as PYTHON.

We all have a critical role to play and add value. Here is how this role will help:

• Listen and understand the needs & problems of our scientists in Crop Protection R&D
• Lead the technical design of software solutions
• Embrace AWS cloud opportunities
• Develops cloud infrastructure concepts and strategies to ensure use of native cloud and priorities the use of scripting over manual delivery
• Create and host technical focused communities
• Engage with suppliers for additional delivery capacity, licence management and support & maintenance
• Ensure data on our platform is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR)

Qualifications

We are highly people-focused – we look for professionals who are engaged, collaborative and excellent in execution. Leaders are expected to communicate effectively, develop teams and lead by example. Our industry and our function are changing rapidly so we are looking for new team members with a strong desire to develop themselves. You will be a great fit if you have:

• University Bachelor’s Degree
• Strong customer focus, communication, teamwork and negotiation skills
• In depth technical experience, ideally AWS certified
• Experience implementing data first solutions
• Fluency in English, additional languages beneficial
• 3+ years hands on experience of designing and implementing technical solutions
• 3+ years working in agile teams
• 2+ years experience designing for cloud, ideally AWS

Additional Information

• A role which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment
• Flexible working arrangements and environment with an open culture and diverse workforce, a possibility of working from home
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• The opportunity to work with and learn from highly qualified and experienced employees
• A culture that promotes work/life balance, celebrates diversity and offers numerous events throughout the year
• Learning culture and a wide range of development options, including access to learning platforms (Degreed, LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly)
• High quality office environment

Syngenta has been ranked as a top employer by Science Journal.

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.