Now hiring! Regional Head of Product Development - Vegetable Seeds

We are looking for a Regional Head of Product Development to join our Agricultural Solutions team in Vegetable Seeds. This is a remote US role, ideally based in California, but open to other US locations.

Come create chemistry with us!

BASF’s Agricultural Solutions division connects innovation, customers, partners and agricultural experts and integrates sustainability criteria into all business decisions. We help farmers deliver the best possible outcomes, working to achieve the balance between economic, environmental, and social value creation for sustainable and efficient agriculture. 

As a Regional Head of Product Development, you will lead and coach a customer-focused Product Development organization in the region, ensuring the implementation of crop strategies. You will facilitate effective communication with Breeding and Marketing & Sales to support successful product introductions and enhance customer satisfaction. Your responsibilities will include optimizing processes for data-driven variety evaluations in pre-commercial and commercial trials, and building an organization that excels in decision-making, digitalization, and innovation in the region.

As a Regional Head of Product Development - Vegetable Seeds, you create chemistry by...

• Driving the effort towards excellence and digitalization of PD in the region.
• Acting as a functional link with other departments in the region (M&S, R&D, Operations, IT, Digital Farming, others).
• Ensuring the PD policies, procedures, systems, and tools are aligned across crops and with the other divisions and properly implemented in the region (e.g., Elevations, Trial Plan, IP protection, trial agreements, Trial seed planning).
• Designing and organizing the training for PD and fostering the exchange of best practices among crops, creating the regional PD community.
• Managing people within the PD organization: hiring, performance, development, career planning, coaching.
• Budgeting, allocating, and implementing PD resources to support the crop strategies, and optimizing the quality and efficiency of PD resources.

If you...

• Have a BSc in Agriculture/Agronomy or equivalent education; MSc preferred.
• Bring 10+ years of experience in vegetable seeds industry
• Have 5+ years of product development experience
• Hold 5+ years of managerial experience.
• Exhibit strong leadership and coaching skills, with experience in leading virtual teams.
• Have experience in Breeding (a plus).
• Hold experience in Marketing and Sales, as well as Digitalization (a plus).
• Demonstrate change management experience (preferred).
• Show fluency in English and Spanish (preferred).
• Ability to travel 30-40%, domestic and some international travel.

Create your own chemistry with you@BASF

At BASF, you will have the chance to do meaningful work towards building a more sustainable future. In addition to competitive compensation and benefits, BASF provides you with access to a wide range of elements to help you be your best. It’s what we call you@BASF. We are committed to providing benefits, programs, and opportunities that support our employees’ overall well-being, personal growth, and a safe, collaborative, and inclusive work environment.

Just some of the many benefits we offer include:

• Flexible work arrangements whenever possible
• Highly competitive retirement savings plan with company match and investment options
• Well-being programs that include comprehensive mental health support for you and your household family members
• Family forming benefits (fertility, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, maternity/parental leave, and more)
• Back-up child and elder care with discount programs for families of all ages and stages
• Mentoring and career development opportunities that allow you to share, learn, and thrive
• Matching gifts program that allows you to deepen the impact of your contributions to qualified charities.
• Employee crisis support for when the unexpected happens
• Access to our BASF wine cellar, employee discounts, and much more!

About us

As one of the largest chemical companies in North America we have been finding solutions for your everyday needs and addressing the most complex economic, environmental, and sustainability challenges for more than 150 years!

At BASF we empower our employees with the tools, guidance and opportunities they need to advance and succeed in work and life. Giving you the support you need to be your best and fulfill your personal ambitions is what helps us create chemistry. After all, our success is linked to yours. Whatever path you envision, BASF is a great place to build a rewarding, successful career.

Belong to Something Bigger. #belongatBASF

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Pay transparency

BASF is committed to pay transparency practices. The competitive Pay Range for this role is $134,400 - $184,800. Actual pay will be determined based on education, certifications, experience, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

Equal employment opportunities

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Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.