About Syngenta
At Syngenta Group, we're a global community of 56,000 innovators across 90 countries, united by a 250-year legacy of agricultural excellence. As the world's most local agricultural technology partner, we create tailor-made solutions that transform farming while protecting our planet, driven by our commitment to innovation, ethics, and integrity. Through our inclusive environment and diverse perspectives, we pioneer breakthrough solutions for farmers, society, and future generations. Join our worldwide teams of agricultural pioneers in creating a more resilient and equitable food system for all.
At Syngenta, our goal is to build the most collaborative and trustworthy team in agriculture, providing top-quality seeds and innovative crop protection solutions that improve farmers' success. To support this mission, Syngenta’s IT & Digital team is seeking a Engineering Lead - Data & Analytics in Pune. This role will support the delivery for leading data and engineering teams within our Data Mesh platform, oversee product delivery, and spearhead the modernization of our AI, BI, and agentic analytics solutions.
Accountabilities:
The role will be responsible for leading the data and engineering teams on our Data Mesh platform & product delivery as well as driving the modernization and future of AI/BI and agentic analytics solutions. They will provide knowledge, experience and hands on expertise on efficient data and engineering practices, use of Serverless Technologies, Containers (Docker/Vagrant), Databricks, Automated Deployment Tools, Testing Tools GitHub and AWS. This includes recruitment, contracting, evaluation and mentoring the team.
Required Qualifications:
- Career experience in envisioning and leading high impact change projects
- Demonstrated ability to lead and catalyze organizational change
- Explicit and extensive agile delivery experience
- Experience in managing innovation and lean based projects for major corporations
- Skilled in successfully operating in a dynamic & fast-paced technology environment.
- A tactical thinker with strong skills in effectively prioritizing & organizing thematic work in detail in order to align vision & execution.
- Ideally experienced in a similar role in the industrial sector.
- Strong team management and people communication (written and verbal) skills in English
Desired Qualifications:
- Technology Leader / Engineer working with leadership level business members and teams
- Proven expertise in managing, mentoring & developing cross-functional teams data and engineering teams.
Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
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Skills Required
- Envisioning and leading high-impact change projects
- Ability to lead and catalyze organizational change
- Explicit and extensive agile delivery experience
- Experience managing innovation and lean-based projects for large corporations
- Experience operating in a dynamic, fast-paced technology environment
- Strong prioritization and tactical planning to align vision and execution
- Ideally experienced in a similar role in the industrial sector
- Strong team management and written and verbal communication skills in English
- Hands-on expertise with efficient data and engineering practices
- Experience with Serverless technologies
- Experience with containers (Docker, Vagrant)
- Experience with Databricks
- Experience with automated deployment tools (CI/CD)
- Experience with testing tools
- Experience using GitHub
- Experience with AWS cloud services
- Technology leader/engineer collaborating with leadership-level business members and teams
- Proven ability to manage, mentor, and develop cross-functional data and engineering teams
What We Do
Syngenta Group is a leading global agricultural technology (AgTech) company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. With over 50,000 employees across more than 90 countries, it provides farmers with innovative technology and expertise to increase productivity and ensure the growth of healthy, affordable, and sustainable food. The company is a world market leader in sustainable agriculture, offering a diverse portfolio of seeds and crop protection solutions.
