We are seeking a highly motivated individual with strong technical background and data experience to join the Vegetable R&D Analytics and Pipeline Design team as a Molecular and Lab Workflow Lead, with a focus on Operations and Deployment in Chesterfield, Missouri. This role will lead the current logistical IT pipeline and data operations for enterprise and local IT Vegetable R&D genotyping and phenotyping workflows, including business workflow adoption and process improvement. This involves collaborating with a diverse group of global cross-functional lab scientists, breeders, and IT teams.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, Molecular & Lab Workflow Lead, are to: 

• Design and drive the lab and molecular digital operations in collaboration with key Vegetable R&D Stakeholders, Vegetable IT
  Strategy and Row-Crop partners;
• Operate a global digital pipeline supporting regional and local site labs; continuing to drive process improvement;
• Drive the data, IT workflows and KPIs for the phenotypic, genotypic and material production lab workflows;
• Enable data driven decisions driving the best vegetable product advancement through management of data workflows and the digital portfolio;
• Develop digital deployment plans including user-acceptance-testing, final development, launch, adoption and maintenance;
• Drive proactive, timely and consistent messaging for coordinated global digital deployments across Vegetable R&D using standardized project and change management methods;
• Lead end-to-end awareness of the best digital methodologies and technologies in all genotypic, phenotypic and material production lab workflows, enabling pipeline effectiveness.
   

 WHO YOU ARE

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our LIFE values.  More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications:

• Ph.D. with a minimum of four years’ experience in Plant Breeding or related field;  OR
• M.S. with a minimum of eight years’ experience in Plant Breeding or related field;  OR
• B.S. with a minimum of 10 years’ experience in Plant Breeding or related field;
• Minimum of three years of leadership experience or ability to influence large groups with proven change management and results;
• Ability to lead by Influence with future vision to enact change;
• Subject matter expert in the lab with desired Breeding and/or Agronomic workflows experience;
• Proven project management, change management and process improvement experience;
• Ability to translates business process into seamless IT workflows;
• Ability to lead and Drive change through connectedness and collaboration.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Successful participation in Agile design process for IT solutions;
• Business project management experience;
• Change management experience using a formal method such as PROCI – ADKAR;
• Basic knowledge in one or more of the following languages: Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew, or French.