About Intrinsyx Bio: 

Intrinsyx Bio is an agricultural startup commercializing three decades of the leading academic research in the plant microbiome. The company has developed groundbreaking microbial seed treatment, foliar, and in furrow products and is conducting field trials across the US and Europe. This is a unique opportunity to join a small team collaborating with industry leaders and poised for explosive growth.

Our endophytic microbes cause a broad range of crops to fix atmospheric nitrogen directly into ammonia in the plant, which helps improve nutrient use efficiency, supplement synthetic fertilizer requirements, and increase chlorophyll. These microbes live in leaves, stems, and roots, and do not require a nodule. They also mobilize insoluble phosphorus (P2) from soil into roots and help with phosphate mobility from the roots into the shoots. The company is preparing for commercial launch in the US and EU this year.

Technical Development Manager – USA/Canada

Location:  Remote/Midwest USA

Travel requirements:  up to 40%

Responsible for combining their knowledge of scientific, legal, regulatory, and business issues to ensure Intrinsyx Bio (“IB”) products that are developed, manufactured, registered and distributed within North America meet the required legislation and the data generated fully supports the product claims. The incumbent will manage and facilitate internal and external trials plus liaise with internal team members such as sales, marketing, regulatory, legal, operations, and product development to ensure full delivery and execution of business planning activities. Key to successful granting of regulatory licenses for IB products will be building and maintaining external relations with reliable field trial operators, collaborators and consultants.

They must plan and execute a persuasive approach that will drive adoption of the product development and regulatory plans collaboratively within IB and its appointed channel partners/collaborators. The incumbent will report directly to the CSO. 

Essential Responsibilities:

• Responsibility for generating, interpreting, and communicating internal and external research and trials data in support of registration submissions, commercialization and products claims throughout US/Canada
• Overviewing the supporting detail as necessary for regulatory submissions, variations and renewals to strict deadlines.
• Planning and developing all product trials both regulatory and commercial and ensuring agreed trial protocols are adhered to and results are collated, analyzed, summarized and communicated.
• Developing and managing a database for storage and retrieval of trial, regulatory and technical information.
• Managing production of labels, technical and safety data sheets.
• Developing and managing a document control database for labels, technical and safety data sheets.
• Developing and maintaining a project management system to ensure timelines and actions are completed in full and on time.
• Liaising with product development and regulatory management to ensure compliance to global strategy.
• Forecasting and management of annual development and trial budgets.
• Ensuring relevant and compliant control of sample stocks for regulatory or commercial trials.
• Developing and maintaining a strong working knowledge of company products and technologies to ensure proper alignment and positioning with channel partners.
• Expanding the company’s brand image by supporting product training meetings when required.

Criteria:

• Strong understanding and awareness of latest requirements in plant nutrition & biology
• Ability to understand complex technical requirements and translate through to setting of effective trial protocols and closely manage 3rd party trial operators
• Strong track record of being a team player.
• Strong interpersonal and customer relation skills.
• Strong negotiation and analytical skills.
• Proven ability to identify customer needs and perceptions.
• Independent thinker and ability to motivate others to improve.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Technology and computer savvy - high level of proficiency.
• Strong influencing skills and ability to work well with others to achieve objectives.
   
• Language Skills: This position requires a self-starting, analytical, detailed and organized individual with a considerable degree of good judgment, excellent written and oral communication, self-confidence and the ability to conduct activities without supervision. 
• Reasoning Ability: The ability to effectively communicate problems and solutions to team members both orally and in writing, and maintain interpersonal relationships is essential. Must possess ability to multi-task several projects with various deadlines, establishing priorities and meeting deadlines while working in a fast-paced environment. 
• Achieving Results: Self-disciplined, detailed and organized. Identifies and resolves problem in a timely manner. Prioritizes and plans work activities and uses time efficiently.
• Adaptability & Change Management: Effectively deals with and handles change and uncertainty. Adapts easily and quickly to a changing environment without losing effectiveness.
• Personal Development: Listens well and is aware of personal strengths and weaknesses and takes continuous action to improve personal capabilities. 

Qualifications:

• Minimum work experience of 10 years in field/product development.
• Education to degree level in plant nutrition or plant protection or crop production

Candidate Attributes:

• Customer Focused.
• Collaborative (internal & external).
• Innovative.
• High level of integrity and professionalism.
• Passionate about success and winning.
• Adaptable.
• Resilient.
• Entrepreneurial
• Non-bureaucratic, comfortable in flat organization.

Application

Please send resume and cover letter to Ahsan Ali, jobs@intrinsyx.com.