Product Development Manager

Genus PLC is an agricultural biotechnology pioneer that operates globally, specializing in animal genetics. The Product Development Manager will lead the ABS genetic tools team, ensuring alignment with business needs and contributing to the design and deployment of genetic services.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a diverse team across the US and UK
• Define logic to validate farm-level genetic progress, calculating economics of genetic plans, development of genetic/profit calculators and graphics/reports to transfer knowledge to customers in an understandable format
• Maintain product performance of on-going tools
• Communicate and interact closely with other team members in Product Development, R&D, Product Line Management and Key Account teams
• Partner with genetic services specialists from around the world to help determine tools and strategies that can be improved and share best practices
• Be a key member of an account management team for at least 1 strategic account
• Provide genetic concept training to other team members when needed
• Assist in technology transfers between groups within Genus

Requirements:

• Ph.D. in animal genetics or related discipline
• A minimum of 3 years of experience working in industry or with dairy or beef producers
• Demonstrated successful history of leading and managing a team
• Ability to evaluate commercial dairy data and systems and to generate intervention strategies to improve processes, production, and financial results
• A basic level of programing understanding (exposure with R, Unix environment, and SQL)
• Experiences working with large databases and on-farm management software
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to work in and maintain own performance in diverse cultural contexts and fast paced environment