Syngenta Seeds is one of the world’s largest developers and producers of seed for farmers, commercial growers, retailers and small seed companies. Syngenta seeds improve the quality and yields of crops. High-quality seeds ensure better and more productive crops, which is why farmers invest in them. Advanced seeds help mitigate risks such as disease and drought and allow farmers to grow food using less land, less water and fewer inputs. Syngenta Seeds brings farmers more vigorous, stronger, resistant plants, including innovative hybrid varieties and biotech crops that can thrive even in challenging growing conditions. Syngenta Seeds is headquartered in the United States.

About Us
Through leading innovations, we help farmers around the world meet the challenge of feeding a growing population and taking care of our planet. We are currently seeking an Analytical Biochemist for the Crop Trait Discovery team. The full-time position is in the Innovation Center, Beijing, China. As an Analytical Biochemist, you will establish and lead plant metabolite analysis in the laboratory.

You will help meet the world’s most pressing needs by:

• Developing, validating, and implementing quantitative methods for the evaluation of seed and product composition in corn, soybean, and other crops
• Providing scientific leadership to the group
• Driving execution within diverse functions, projects, and networks in plant molecular biology, genetics, physiology, and phenotyping

Accountabilities

• Provide scientific leadership to cross-functional teams comprised of members from Seeds Research, Seeds Product Development and Seeds Commercial
• Lead multiple multi-disciplinary projects and programs within and across function
• Independently develop innovative phenotyping methods at the molecular, biochemical, tissue, plant and/or population level for corn, soy, cereals and/or other key crops
• Develop and implement innovative changes that enable the organization to deliver on its current accountabilities and enable it to meet even higher performance standards
• Support wet-lab work of team members to develop proxy assays for key quality traits
• Seek out, identify, communicate, and encourage examples of best practice from internal and external sources of information

Requirements

• PhD in Chemistry, Biochemistry, or Biology
• 15+ years of experience conducting experiments in wet lab, controlled growth and/or field environments
• 15+ years of experience applying state-of-the-art measurement technologies to characterize plant metabolites
• Demonstrated ability to implement automation and programming solutions to increase throughput and efficiency of data delivery
• Bilingual: Mandarin and English

Preferred Requirements

• Development experience in similar technical areas in lab-, bench-, pilot-, and full-scale environments; scale-up and scale-down knowledge in sample quantity and throughput
• Demonstrated expertise creating Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) systems and integrating them with instrumentation and peripherals to facilitate accurate and reliable data capture
• Experience with Research and Development pipelines and constraints or timelines associated with material quantities required for analysis and turnaround times
• Advanced expertise of principles and activities in analytical chemistry instrumentation
• Experience in cross functional and multi-cultural project management

What We Offer:

• A platform with a combination of a booming agricultural industry in China domestic market and global resources and exposure, where you can fully develop your potential
• A culture that promotes Innovation and Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Competitive annual base salary (ABS) and short-term incentive (STI) plans
• Standard social benefits and housing fund package according to Chinese government policies, plus supplementary medical insurance
• Minimum of 15 days annual leave, and up to 20 days, contingent upon the service years, and 12 days of paid sick leave per year
• Mobility assistance provided from overseas to China

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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