Sr Portfolio Development Mgr, Soy - Research Triangle Park, NC
North Carolina, USA (Hybrid)
Posted 2 weeks ago
Job Description
LOCATION
COMPANY
BASF Agricultural Solutions US LLC
JOB FIELD
Marketing & Sales
JOB TYPE
Permanent
JOB ID
144696
FLEXIBLE WORK OPTIONS
Hybrid
Now hiring! Senior Portfolio Development Manager, Soy CS
Research Triangle Park, NC
We are looking for (2) Senior Portfolio Development Manager, Soy to join our Agricultural Solutions team in Research Triangle Park, NC.
The Senior Portfolio Development Manager, Soy is a recognized strategic leader accountable for shaping and integrating the global crop protection portfolio strategy for assigned soy, corn, and cotton products across Drive Countries. This role leads complex, high-impact development, positioning, registration, launch, licensing, and life-cycle initiatives, translating long-term Crop System priorities into aligned cross-functional plans.
Welcome to BASF
We are BASF in Agriculture and everything we do, we do for the love of farming, and the biggest job on Earth. We are an internationally successful company of the BASF Group. Our solutions are purpose-designed for different crop systems. Connecting seeds and traits, crop protection products, digital tools and sustainability approaches, to help deliver the best possible outcomes for farmers, growers and our other stakeholders along the value chain. With teams in the lab, field, office and in production, we do everything in our power to build a sustainable future for agriculture.
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Here you can gain more insight into our Vision at BASF Agricultural Solutions!
As a Senior Portfolio Development Manager, Soy CS you create chemistry by...
- Shaping and integrating the long-term global portfolio strategy for assigned Soy Crop System products across Drive Countries, translating crop-system priorities into differentiated positioning and go-to-market direction.
- Leading complex end-to-end product development and launch programs, establishing cross-functional plans covering target product profile, claims, dossier, pricing logic, and post-launch optimization.
- Influencing major portfolio and business decisions by integrating market potential, competitive differentiation, regulatory feasibility, and P&L implications into senior recommendations.
- Leading global life-cycle and portfolio-risk strategy for assigned products, setting direction for re-registration, label extensions, and active-ingredient defense.
- Serving as a recognized portfolio authority and senior cross-functional leader, leading planning teams and representing assigned products in senior governance.
- Acting as a role model, coach, and capability builder across the organization, mentoring Portfolio Development Managers and cross-functional colleagues.
If you...
- Hold a Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture, Agronomy, Chemistry, Biology, Business, Marketing, or a related discipline; an advanced degree is preferred.
- Have a minimum of 15 years of experience in crop protection, strategic marketing, product management, product development, or a related agricultural business function.
- Have specific experience in soy, corn, and cotton crop geographies, preferred.
- Have demonstrated leadership of large-scale, multi-region portfolio, development, launch, or life-cycle initiatives.
- Have demonstrated ability to influence broad organizational decisions and secure senior cross-functional alignment without direct authority.
- Possess mastery of product development, global positioning, claims, launch governance, registration, and life-cycle management.
- Have advanced business and financial acumen, including portfolio scenarios, investment trade-offs, and P&L implications.
- Demonstrate executive communication, negotiation, conflict resolution, and planning-team leadership.
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!
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Equal employment opportunities
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, citizenship, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, disability status, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
BASF
At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. Our ambition: We want to be the preferred chemical company to enable our customers’ green transformation. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 112,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises, as core businesses, the segments Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, and Nutrition & Care; our standalone businesses are bundled in the segments Surface Technologies and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of €65.3 billion in 2024. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the United States.Credits: https://www.basf.com/global/en/legal/creditsData protection information: https://www.basf.com/global/en/legal/data-protection-at-basf.html
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