At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice. Product Development Scientist Main Purpose: <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Drive Precision Breeding technology for Product Development for EMEA Crops</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Provide technical leadership and insight to prioritize develop, implement and advance innovations into the pipeline and well as collaborate with product design and stakeholders on building seed & trait portfolio. </li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Drive Product Development breeding roadmap definition and pipeline engineering </li> </ul> Key Tasks & Responsibilities: <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Lead pipeline engineering and breeding roadmap design for product development including the stage plan </li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Define and continuously improve breeding schemes and precision breeding to maximize realized genetic gain in the pipeline</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Accountable for product development advancement decisions and managing the pipeline and pre-commercial portfolio by product concept partnering across functions for efficient deployment of product and solutions. </li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Lead advancement and implementation of traits in the product pipeline including the conversions</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Drive cognitive pipeline analytics and AI models implementing data science and digital driven breeding pipeline using state of the art analytics of phenotypic and breeding data across locations and seasons. </li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Drive inbred and product diversity analytics and germplasm enhancement / global leverage program, lead the germplasm component of tailored solutions and diversity </li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Lead the definition of the selection criteria for Product Development and acceleration of advancements by product concept</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Design germplasm evaluation (Nursery & Yield trials) and drive prescriptive testing for product development and production systems</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Design the experimental for the pipeline, the stage plan for PDev, E2E breeding roadmaps, and the solutions engineering components</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Design product and solutions concepts to create next generation products informed by genomic and phenomics insights</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Develop and utilize latest breeding technologies to develop superior hybrids for market segments </li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Function as a key member of product units as needed to achieve clearly defined outcomes</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Drive stakeholder engagement with MD, and commercial teams to ensure product delivery and launch effectiveness of new products</li> </ul> Key Working Relations: <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Global Breeding Product Design</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Global Breeding Product Development</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Global & EMEA Breeding Capability centers</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">DSE</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">ARI</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Commercial product Teams</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Agronomic Excellence</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Product supply</li> </ul> Qualifications & Competencies: <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">PhD with minimum of 4 years relevant experience, MS with minimum of 6 years relevant experience, BS with minimum of 10 years relevant experience. Demonstrated capabilities to develop, execute and evaluate complex programs</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Quantitative genetics, Breeding and population genetics, Data scientist, Breeding workflow designers, Digital Skills, Programing, Data Analytics</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">High agility to respond to changing environments and adapt to new situations and work in a team</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Effective verbal communication skills, essential to be fluent in English</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Strong project management skills managing complex, multi-faceted projects resulting in measurable success</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Strong ability in building cross-functional partnerships and influence others to drive results and innovation with customer-centricity</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Demonstration of application VACC competencies</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Drivers license </li> </ul> As part of our commitment to inclusion, we want to ensure persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact us at [email protected]. Location: South Africa : Gauteng : Petit Division: Crop Science Reference Code: 874683 Bayer welcomes applications from all individuals, regardless of race, national origin, gender, age, physical characteristics, social origin, disability, union membership, religion, family status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or any unlawful criterion under applicable law. We are committed to treating all applicants fairly and avoiding discrimination. <img src="https://dmscdn.successfactors.com/61560df404ed7edc46d4275577314bccf31fd92cf20df07dc9469fab94b3f171/static_content/cd6f1a08200d4cbd981d/Top_employer_South_africa_2026.png" alt="Top Employee South Africa 2026" width="458" height="215">

Product Development Scientist (Petit, Gauteng, ZA) @ Bayer

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