Head of Agri Research

Job Title: Head of Agri Research
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Bengaluru, India
Salary: Competitive

Imperium Commodity Search is working with a farming app that presents real-time data for horticulture farmers. They are looking to add a Head of Agriculture to lead their research team.

Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Analyse soil/plants to help create digital recommendation tools for more efficient plant life cycle techniques from planting to harvesting, to improve harvest produce and help advise against any issues that may arise
• Work to determine relationships between changes in environmental factors and soil characteristics and how to avoid damage from insects and diseases
• Carry out research and assessments to detect and mitigate problems related to the nutrition and health of soil, harm by nature and any weather/ environmental related alterations and any effects created by products used for growth
• Lead research and any other departments supporting in crop growth
• Travel to complete inspections across agriculture to test for any abnormalities or problems
• Provide detailed analysis/ reports on all aspects of agriculture that you have observed and keep records up to date
• Help develop product offering, assist with crop modelling and aid other departments where necessary

Requirements:

• Must have experience across plant and crop physiology
• Has had 5+ years’ experience in a senior leadership/ management role within Agriculture Research
• Knowledge of lifecycle of focussed products including tomatoes, chillies, pomegranates and grapes
• Understanding of crop modelling/ horticulture
• Demonstrate relevant industry knowledge and news/trends
• Excellent skills in crop/ plant treatment

If this appeals to you and your career goals and you’d like to have a discussion around the role and how it works for you, please contact Natasha Mulqueen at natasha.mulqueen@imperiumcs.com or +44 (0) 203 927 5093