Product Portfolio Manager

Based in Belgium or in France, as Product Portfolio Manager, you will be the strategic owner of a defined product portfolio, combining varieties, seed treatments, and seed technologies for a specific geography. You’ll drive the full product lifecycle and serve as the central point of coordination between Product Innovation & Breeding Operations, Marketing, Sales, and Technical Crop Service to deliver competitive products that create value for customers and support long‑term business impact.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic product ownership and being the central point of contact

• You own and drive the effort around the management of products of the UBS portfolio with defined characteristics, combining varieties, seed treatments, and seed technologies for a specific geography.

Supporting the development of new hybrids and streamlining the portfolio

• You own the product profiles and highlight the key priorities to steer breeders, based on business and market intelligence.
• You participate in field trial visits and key selection meetings with breeders to get knowledge on new potential hybrids. You follow registration trials and new hybrids (Stage 8).
• You review the product portfolio to rationalize the number of hybrids (variety and genetics).
• You set up “screening” trials to select adapted genetics in Official Variety Trials in maturing markets.

Leading the Official Variety Trials (OVT) process

• You select new genetics for 1st year in OVT in maturing and non-technical markets.
• You propose the OVT budget per country/product profile for new and existing entries.
• You review the product portfolio to rationalize the number of varieties and genetics.
• You drive the registration process in priority markets and support in non-priority markets (driven locally by Technical Crop Service for each brand).

YOUR PROFILE

• You have a Master’s degree in Agronomy, Agricultural Economics, Plant Science, or Business and at least 5 years of experience in product management, seed business, portfolio management, or agronomy‑related roles.
• You have a proven ability to lead cross‑functional projects involving R&D, sales, and marketing.
• You have experience with product lifecycle management, portfolio rationalization, and registration processes (especially in Official Variety Trials).
• You have a strong understanding of portfolio design, hybrid selection, and product lifecycle economics.
• You’re able to define product positioning and steer breeding priorities with commercial end‑goals in mind.
• You’re comfortable with trial data, performance metrics, and market intelligence.
• You’re able to use data to drive prioritization, rationalization, and investment choices.
• You’re skilled in leading, without authority, all relevant stakeholders around shared goals.
• You have strong planning and coordination abilities, and are able to manage diverse stakeholders and complex timelines.
• You have a solid understanding of market segmentation, pricing logic, and competitive dynamics.
• You bring a customer‑centric mindset to breeding and development conversations.
• You’re an excellent communicator: you can synthesize complex topics for different audiences (breeders, sales, marketing).
• You’re skilled in presenting recommendations, defending tradeoffs, and building buy‑in across functions.
• You have a structured approach to portfolio reporting, product introductions, and registration tracking.
• You’re capable of managing budgets and coordinating trials across multiple countries or segments.
• You are fluent in French and English (written and spoken).

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