Senior R&D Manager

Role Overview

• Management of team members within our agronomy R+D programme
• Overseeing and planning our agronomy R+D programme, such as the design of experiments and communication with external stakeholders
• Generating, analysing, presenting, and publishing data from experiments and deployments to wide-ranging and high-profile audiences
• You will support operations to provide the robust scientific evidence for our farmer pitches and case studies
• You drive research and the wider science team strategy
• You manage communications and partnerships with leading researchers globally, with a specific focus on Brazil
• You will work with flexibility in Brazil, with travel to onsite experiments within Brazil and to visit partners (expectation & benefit)

Requirements

• You are an experienced senior scientist with a PhD (or equivalent experience) in Plant Science, Soil Science, Agronomy, Earth Science, Geochemistry, Biogeochemistry or related fields
• You have, ideally, 5+ years of experience in senior research or research related roles
• You have extensive experience in research and development and experimental design, with a focus on agronomy or a related field
• You have a proven track record of previously successful research projects and publications in high quality journals
• You have worked on successful research projects with a wide range of stakeholders and partners, e.g., from industry, government and academia
• You have knowledge of agronomy and agronomic trials
• You are fluent in Portuguese
• You have advanced English language skills
• You are based in Brazil (ideally Piracicaba or Sao Paulo region)

Benefits

• Share options to make you feel like an owner
• Home Office Budget
• Personal development budget
• Language Programme
• Monthly Allowance
• 40 days of annual leave
• The opportunity to be autonomous, make a huge difference, and belong to a vision
• Occasional off-sites in Brazil yay & travel!
• Laptop to fuel your productivity