Genomics Project Lead

Semillas Fitó is a Spanish multinational company, founded in 1880 in Sant Martí de Provençals, Barcelona. In these more than 140 years, it has grown from a small seed company to become one of the leading multinationals in the sector of genetic improvement, production, and distribution of seeds of horticultural and extensive species with an investment in R&D of almost 30% of the turnover. More than 800 employees, presence in more than 20 countries and sales in more than 90 countries.From the Vegetables business unit, we need to incorporate a Genomics Project Lead. This role must be held in Cabrera de Mar, Barcelona.What will be your responsibilities?Lead and execute the project management in the genomics area:o Analyze, together with the different functional areas and the Breeding team, the needs of new biotechnology tools, protocols, and methodologies to accelerate / improve the process of variety creation.oPush and supervise the whole execution of the project in terms of deadlines and quality.oCollaborate cross-functionally with key internal (including Biotech, Breeding, Development, etc...) and external stakeholders to deliver results.oAnalyze and interpret results using different bioinformatics and biostatistics tools.oPresent results to internal stakeholders and valuate potential IP from project deliverables.Support, train and assure that all the Biotech units and the Breeding team understand and correctly use the genomics tools (genetic mapping of traits of interest, molecular breeding and computational data analysis).Stay informed with the trends in the new breeding tools by keeping up with the scientific literature and participating in the internal Strategic breeding and development meetings, and international scientific congresses.We know you'll do a great job, so we've thought of these benefits for you...Welcome plan and monitoring of your professional development, with evaluations and individual development plans.Access to an online training platform, with an extensive self-training catalogue, so that your learning is continuous.Commitment to Internal PromotionOthers#J-18808-Ljbffr