Your role is to manage innovation projects, pillars or programs and product development, enabling Procelys to create value in EMEA, NAM and LATAM regions.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead and manage Procelys projects, pillars or program from idea to concept to product launch aiming at delivering in time and aligned with commitments;
• Nurture the incubator of Procelys with new concepts;
• With support from Marketing, Technical support and Applications Lab, Identify main fermentation market trends. Contribute to build opportunities for new product or service development with customers;
• Coordinate with the Biotech Application Laboratories, Technical Supports, Industry and Quality for small projects;
• Coordinate with LIST Corporate R&D to ensure the spreading of new capabilities across Procelys projects;
• Establish a dialog with chosen key scientific leaders in the Procelys field in order to develop cooperations. Draft and Implement external research projects with academia or other research institutes as needed;
• Attend technical industry and scientific events to assess Biotech and Fermentation industry mega-trends. Give lectures/talks or Present posters in symposiums and technical events to ensure Procelys recognition and contribution to the industry.

Key criteria  of Success:

• Reliable project management with clear KPI’s driving to results on time and budget;
• Successful R&D projects with customers and external partners;
• Engagement/adhesion of stakeholders in processes and tools through a relevant and regular communication on objectives and benefits;
• Numbers & quality of innovation proposals to nurture Procelys strategy;
• External recognition as a Procelys scientific ambassador.

Education:  Strong Biotech Scientific Background. MS/PhD in Biotech disciplines.Experience: 5 years min of experience in Project Management and/or Scientific & Technical Lab. work in industrial Biotechnology.

Knowledge:   

• Excellent scientific knowledge in particular fermentation, microbial physiology, statistical analysis/Analytics, Economics of biotech products

Technical Skills:   

• Fluent in English and French;
• Design of experiments;
• Master in MS Project, Excel and Statistical tools.

Managerial & Behavioral Skills:    

• Strong organizational skills- precision-discipline;
• Analytical Ability;
• Agile and collaborative;
• Tenacity, and anticipation;
• Ability to impact and lead in transversal context;
• Customer and results-oriented;
• Able to communicate fluidly and in a convincing way, encourages initiative, promotes team spirit, works alongside transversal teams, shows respect, able to listen and to show empathy;
• Able to make decisions, promotes cooperation and ensures top quality service, shows transparency and Group spirit;
• Able to make decisions, able to undertake proactive and responsive actions;
• Able to encourage innovation, promotes change/new ideas.