ROLE OVERVIEWWe're seeking a strategic and technical leader to focus on accelerating our New Product Introduction (NPI) pipeline across South Africa. The main objectives of the role are:Speed up time-to-market for selected priority products across product lines, including Disease Control, Herbicides, Insecticides, Seedcare and Biologicals.Influence and coordinate changes in ways of working to remove bottlenecks, improve decision speed and increase development efficiency.Lead cross-functional acceleration initiatives with Crop Protection Development (CPD), Product Biology, Regulatory, Project Management, Marketing, Commercial Units and Regional teams.Ensure profiling, registration support, Strong internal consultancy to ensure the timely technical launch platform implementation and country implementation plans are aligned to critical milestones.Identify opportunities to simplify development plans, prioritize key studies, use data more effectively and apply digital tools where they can accelerate delivery.Provide consolidated technical input to regional portfolio and Portfolio Leadership Team (PLT) forums to support faster, better-informed decisions.Main AccountabilitiesAcceleration Strategy: Define and drive the acceleration approach for selected priority NPI projects across product lines ZA, ensuring clear focus on value, speed and quality of delivery.Time-to-Market Delivery: Identify, prioritize and remove technical, regulatory, development and operational bottlenecks that delay product advancement from profiling to launch readiness.Cross-functional Collaboration: Coordinate Product Biology, Regulatory, Project Management, Marketing, Commercial and Regional teams to align priorities, resources, timelines and decision points.Technical and Market Readiness: Ensure robust technical positioning, trial evidence, registration support and launch platforms are available on time to support successful commercialization.Digital and Data Enablement: Promote the use of data, digital tools and improved planning processes to accelerate technical decisions and increase development efficiency.Business Partnership: Serve as a trusted partner to PLTs, Commercial Units and regional leadership by providing clear recommendations, risk assessment and progress visibility for priority NPI projects.Communication and Governance: Provide transparent reporting on milestones, risks, trade-offs and decisions required to keep projects on their critical path.Compliance, Safety and Continuous Improvement: Uphold Syngenta standards for safety, stewardship, compliance and technical integrity while continuously improving NPI processes and ways of working.Overarching Accountabilities Accelerate delivery across a complex portfolio with multiple product lines, countries and stakeholders.Identify bottlenecks, simplify plans and keep priority NPI projects on their critical path.Align technical, regulatory, project, commercial and regional teams without direct authority.Balance speed, technical quality, compliance and commercial relevance in decision making.Effectively communicate of risks, trade-offs, milestones and decisions required to senior stakeholders.
