Syngenta Group: Product Trialing Specialist – Vegetable Seeds — Patna, BR, India

About Syngenta Group

Syngenta Group works in agricultural technology and crop-related innovation. Its employer descriptions connect scientific development and crop solutions with helping farmers use resources effectively and improve how crops are grown. Material from its vegetables-and-flowers business also identifies seed breeding for different climates and horticultural needs. Across these activities, the stated business purpose links agricultural production with resource use and environmental concerns, bringing scientific and technological work to practical farming and growing conditions.

The position and its setting

Syngenta Group lists Product Trialing Specialist – Vegetable Seeds in Patna, BR, India, under reference 18071816. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Department: Commercial
• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 21 October 2026
• Brands: Syngenta Seeds

Responsibilities and work described

• Role purpose
• Plan, execute and monitor vegetable-seed trials (includes PLC 6.1, agronomy trials, satellite demos, demo day fields) within an assigned state or geography in India
• Generate accurate, timely and decision-ready trial data to support hybrid evaluation, product advancement, regional positioning and commercial launch decisions
• Execute annual trialing plans for assigned vegetable crops, hybrids and trial types across the designated geography
• Identify, establish and manage suitable trial locations with growers, research partners and external trial service providers
• Implementation: approved trial protocols, including plot layout, planting, crop management, assessments, harvest and sample handling
• Quality / delivery: trials represent relevant local agro-climatic conditions, production systems, seasons, disease pressure and grower practices
• Collect, validate and submit high-quality data on yield, maturity, fruit quality, disease tolerance, plant habit, shelf life and other defined product traits as per the product profile
• Effective use of the internal tools like Ez Capture
• Monitoring: trials regularly, identify deviations or risks early, and take corrective action in line with trial protocols
• Maintenance: complete trial records, photographs, GPS/location details, field books and digital data entries within agreed timelines
• Work: closely with Product specialist, Breeding & TPP teams to support pipeline decisions and hybrid advancement with trial execution, PAT execution, data collection and data consolidation for proposal to the product meetings
• Partner with commercial, Product specialist, customer experience teams to establish satellite demo & demo days field demonstrations and build compelling evidence for launches and demand generation activities around CPIs with CX and Commercial team
• Building: productive relationships with trial growers, distributors, research institutions and local agricultural stakeholders
• Delivery: timely local market and crop insights, including competitor observations, emerging diseases, customer preferences and production challenges
• Management: assigned trialing materials, field equipment, seasonal labour and local operating expenses efficiently

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Agronomy, Plant Breeding or a related discipline
• 4–6 years of experience in vegetable-seed trialing, product development, agronomy, field research in vegetable seeds
• Practical knowledge of vegetable crop cultivation and local production systems within the assigned geography
• Experience: multi-location field trials, trial protocol implementation and crop assessment
• Work independently in the field and coordinate growers, labour and external partners
• Fluency: English and the relevant regional language(s)
• Willingness to travel extensively within the assigned geography, including during planting, assessment and harvest periods
• Key competencies
• Field execution and agronomic judgement
• Attention to detail and data discipline
• Planning, prioritisation and problem solving
• Stakeholder and grower relationship management
• Collaboration across R&D, product development and commercial teams
• Clear communication and timely reporting
• Safety, stewardship and quality mindset
• Success measures
• Timely establishment and completion of assigned trials
• Compliance with approved protocols and trialing standards
• Accuracy, completeness and on-time submission of trial data
• Quality and relevance of local product recommendations

Preferred experience and additional strengths

• Familiarity: experimental design, digital data capture and basic data analysis is preferred

Location, schedule and contract conditions

• Work arrangement: On-site
• Advertised location: Patna, BR, India

Pay and application dates

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How to apply to Syngenta Group

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Practical preparation: compliance

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Relevant skills

• compliance
• agronomy
• agriculture
• stakeholder management
• data analysis
• communication