Company Description

Syngenta Group, a global leader in agricultural technology and innovation, employs 60,000 people across more than 100 countries to transform agriculture through tailor-made solutions for farmers, society, and our planet. Our diverse portfolio encompasses seeds, crop protection, nutrition products, agronomic solutions, and digital services, all designed to help farmers produce healthy food, feed, fiber, and fuel while conserving natural resources and protecting the environment. Our mission is to address critical challenges such as climate change and food security through sustainable practices and cutting-edge solutions, while safeguarding the planet's resources.

Job Description

Join our global Transfomation Office (TO) team as the Transformation Office Project Manager. As a key driver of our Transformation Office, you will partner with Business Units to advance our strategic transformation agenda. You’ll lead multi-functional global projects through every phase—from initiation and planning to execution, monitoring, and closure—ensuring outstanding business outcomes and exceeding customer expectations. In this role, you’ll champion robust support, governance, and standards across all your projects, own and develop the Transformation Office knowledge center, and foster a culture of excellence by sharing best practices throughout the transformation community.

Key Accountabilities

• Support TO head on defining and driving transformation agenda
• Support BU’s on setting PM capabilities
• Project Management of assigned initiatives within Transformation Office Scope
• Preparation of regular project and program management deliverables, including, but not limited to: Steering Committee material; Flash Reports; Risk & Issue Logs; Program Plan & individual Project Schedules; regular newsletter.
• Engagement of key stakeholders, both internally and externally, across all regions and functions to support the change management journey.
• Onboarding new program team members to enable them for success in their roles.
• Helping to maintain consistently high standard project and program management activities
• Leverage and further develop TO resource/ knowledge center
• Share best practices across TO community
  
  

Qualifications

• Fluent in English
• Professional certification in Project or Program management (e.g MSP or PMP) desirable
• Knowledge of Project and Program management recognized best-practices and frameworks, such as MSP and PMBoK.
• Experience working in complex, global environment where many project members and stakeholders are remote.
• Experience working with project management methodologies and tools, including: Microsoft Teams & Office Applications; Smartsheet; Sharepoint and Lucidchart.
• Understanding of the political pressures on stakeholders and the business realities they face
• Experience working in Hybrid Agile-Waterfall projects desirable
• Exposure to Program Management with enthusiasm to gain further experience
  
  

Additional Information

Location: Remote working is possible.

• Extensive benefits package including a generous pension scheme, bonus scheme, private medical & life insurance.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• We offer a position which contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment.
• Learning culture (Together we Grow) and wide range of training options.
  
  

Equal Opportunity

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.