syngentagroup
Global Head of Product Management
At a Glance
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Posted
- 2026-03-19T13:54:00.014Z
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
Strong knowledge of modern product management practices, including discovery, agile, road mapping, customer research, etc.
Minimum 8+ years of product management experience, including leadership of complex products or portfolios in global or cross-regional environments.
Demonstrated success leading complex products or portfolios.
Experience working in a matrixed, global organization.
Product leadership and strategic thinking
Compensation & Benefits
What We Offer:
A culture that celebrates belonging and 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.
Syngenta has been ranked as a
Responsibilities
Establish the “Product Model” as the operating system
Define and socialize what changes (and what doesn’t): durable product teams, persistent ownership, outcomes over outputs, continuous discovery + delivery.
Translate the model into clear expectations for how funding, planning, prioritization, and accountability work.
Lead the change management as a multi-year transformation
Treat this as an org redesign: comms, enablement, stakeholder re-contracting, capability building, and reinforcement mechanisms.
Start with lighthouse teams, prove value, scale patterns, and continuously remove structural blockers
About the Company
As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all –while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.
Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold.
Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.
The Global Head of Product Management is responsible for elevating product management excellence across the IT & Digital organization. This role serves as the global owner of product management standards, frameworks, and capability building, ensuring consistent, high-quality product practices aligned to enterprise strategy. The role operates as a center of excellence, driving transformation from project-centric delivery to outcome-driven product teams across regions and business units.