Breeding Data Scientist
Durham, NC - USA
Job Summary
Working collaboratively with team members and cross-functional partners the role contributes to the development delivery and maintenance of reporting and analytics applications that provide trusted accessible decision support.
This role establishes sustainable scalable and governed capabilities that connect R&D and commercial product portfolio information. Building on existing workflows it enables standardized identity alignment data exchange traceability and reuse across internal source systems. Together these data and analytical capabilities provide a reliable foundation for portfolio management seed production planning pricing optimization and AI-enabled decision support.
Accountabilities:
- Own the end-to-end delivery and continuous improvement of data and analytical products from problem framing and requirements definition through design development validation deployment and adoption.
- Translate complex scientific and business needs into clear product requirements fit-for-purpose analytical approaches prioritized work and measurable outcomes.
- Establish governed scalable capabilities that connect R&D and commercial product portfolio information enabling standardized identity alignment data exchange traceability and reuse across internal systems.
- Develop and deploy analytical and AI-enabled decision-support capabilities for portfolio management seed production planning pricing optimization and other high-value use cases supported by appropriate validation explainability human oversight and responsible use practices.
- Design and maintain reliable analytical applications data pipelines reusable components dashboards and workflows using fit-for-purpose engineering standards quality controls testing automation documentation and secure data access practices.
- Partner with scientific commercial product data platform and regional stakeholders to align scope and ownership manage dependencies and trade-offs communicate recommendations and support adoption.
- Shape the analytical product roadmap by identifying high-value opportunities reusable capabilities technical dependencies and improvement priorities while providing technical guidance and strengthening capability across the team.
Qualifications :
PLEASE NOTE: Candidates must reside in and be permanently authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship. This includes but is not limited to OPT CPT and H-1B visa holders.
The role requires technical depth product delivery experience domain translation and collaborative leadership to convert complex data product and scientific needs into trusted decision-support capabilities.
Required skills and experience:
- Advanced degree or equivalent experience in data science quantitative genetics plant breeding statistics computer science engineering bioinformatics or a related quantitative field; Ph.D. preferred.
- Strong working knowledge of applied data science complex multi-source data integration data quality reproducibility and software development practices using Python R SQL or comparable languages.
- Demonstrated ability to work in one or more cloud or managed data platforms such as AWS Google Cloud Platform Microsoft Azure Snowflake or comparable environments.
- Delivering analytical or data products beyond exploratory analysis or prototype development into adoption maintenance and operational use.
- Working with complex multi-source datasets while applying appropriate data quality validation lineage and reproducibility controls.
- Translating ambiguous scientific or business questions into structured analytical plans product requirements delivery priorities and measurable outcomes.
- Partnering with scientific commercial product data platform and regional stakeholders to align scope manage dependencies clarify ownership and support adoption.
- Applying breeding germplasm pipeline portfolio or agricultural research data and decision-process knowledge preferred.
- Building production analytical applications dashboards APIs data pipelines or cloud-enabled workflows preferred.
Additional Information :
What We Offer:
- A culture that celebrates belonging & collaboration promotes professional development and strives for a work-life balance that supports the team members. Offers flexible work options to support your work and personal needs.
- Full Benefit Package (Medical Dental & Vision) that starts your first day.
- 401k plan with company match Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Contribution.
- Paid Vacation Paid Holidays Maternity and Paternity Leave Education Assistance Wellness Programs Corporate Discounts among other benefits.
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Salary range for this role is $104800 - $157200 annually
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
About Company
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