Product Design Manager

Company Description

ABOUT SYNGENTA

Syngenta Group is a $28B leading science-based agtech company, operating in more than 100 countries, with more than 50’000 employees. We are proud to stand at the forefront of the tech revolution in agriculture. Using the latest digital innovations, data, and cutting-edge technologies we want to transform the way that crops are managed and enable farmers and agronomists to enhance efficiency and sustainable food production.

Our business success reflects the quality and skill of our people. We recognize that human diversity is as important to our business as biodiversity. Embracing the unique perspectives and capabilities of our employees helps us continue to catalyze innovation, maximize performance, and create business value. Join us and help shape the future of agriculture.

Job Description

MAKE A DIFFERENCE

As a Product Design Manager, you will lead a team of creative, adaptable, and talented product designers to oversee the of generation of the end-to-end experience, from research and discovery, solutioning and prototyping to testing and validation.

You will partner across product squads to improve, optimize, and ensure our processes are efficient and effective. Ensure Designers have the right tools, training, and support to be successful whilst building relationships between Design and the rest of the organization.

If you have a passion for design, you are customer obsessed and thrive as a collaborator and communicator, we would like to hear from you!

Your main accountabilities will be:

• Embed within a cross-functional product area and lead design across one or more products – from discovery, definition, development through to delivery. 
• Proactively partner with existing Design Management, Product and Engineering to oversee and align the user experience of Syngenta’s diverse platform and family of products.
• Interface between the organisation, business stakeholders and product management to coordinate all design related work.
• Ensure customers’ needs are at the centre of our experiences, designs are inclusive, accessible, and compliant.
• Manage, develop, coach and mentor Designers within the team.
• Inform, mature, and help develop our design culture ensuring an open and collaborative working environment.
• Build out, scale and maintain our internal Design Systems, standards, best practises, and guidelines.
• Provide regular feedback to your team regarding performance, help shape and define clear career paths and tangible action plans to achieve them.
• Adhere to and define standards regarding method and craft, people, process, and tools.
• Provide and solicit feedback to ensure standards are met to continually raise the bar for quality and excellence.
• Be an advocate for user centric design.

Qualifications

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.

We are highly people-focused – we look for professionals who are engaged, collaborative and excellent in execution. Leaders are expected to communicate effectively, develop teams and lead by example. Our industry and our function are changing rapidly so we are looking for new team members with a strong desire to develop themselves.

You will be a great fit if you have:

• You have proven experience as a Design Manager or within a Product Design role at a senior level, leading, coaching, mentoring, and nurturing other Designers to create amazing user-centric experiences.
• You can get stuck-in to design activities when required.
• Deep understanding of design, craft, tools, processes and how to get the best from Designers.
• You have hands-on experience with exploratory and evaluative research methods, understand their limitation and when, where to apply them.
• You have previously established communities of practice and have clear ideas of how a modern product design function should operate.
• You demonstrate exceptional stakeholder management and relationship building skills, including effectively managing expectations and obtaining agreement on key objectives.
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of inclusive and accessible design.
• Experience working on a farm or in the agriculture/digital agriculture industry is a nice to have.

Additional Information

WHAT WE OFFER

• A role which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment

• Flexible working arrangements and environment with an open culture and diverse workforce, a possibility of working from home
• Competitive salary and benefits package

• The opportunity to work with and learn from highly qualified and experienced employees
• A culture that promotes work/life balance, c