Field Trial Manager

 Field Trial Manager – Agronomist

Aphea.Bio is a leading R&D company that is dedicated to food security and ensuring a safe and healthy food chain. We aim to provide novel science-based solutions to build the agriculture of the future: sustainable, reliable and profitable. Aphea.Bio focuses on the exploitation of natural, beneficial interactions that occur between microorganisms and plants. We discover and develop new biology-based agricultural products for crop protection and crop improvement, hence shaping a more sustainable agriculture and are embedded in the largest European Agro-Biotech valley in Gent, Belgium.

We are seeking highly motivated people to help us turn our ambitions into reality. Successful candidates will become part of a committed, creative and highly dynamic team. 

To strengthen its team Aphea.Bio is looking for a Field Trial Manager who will be responsible for all field trial programs in support of newly discovered microorganism-based candidates

Main responsibilities:

• Further expand the company’s field trial network in Europe, the Southern hemisphere and US

• Plan, coordinate and monitor field trials with contract research organizations, universities, and research centers

• Support and coach technical teams

• Maintain detailed records of procedures and results

• Work closely with research leaders to translate greenhouse data into meaningful field trial plans for cereal crops in different agroclimatic environments

• Analyze and interpret field trial data sets and support promotion of novel products through the development pipeline

• Be an active member of the R&D leadership team

Qualifications:

• Analytical skills in field trial management (e.g. experimental design, data summarization, R software)

• Strong understanding of agricultural production systems of wheat and maize

• Strong ability to coordinate and communicate with third-party contract research organizations in different countries

• Strong capability to communicate and present field trial data to R&D leadership team

• Ability to think strategically and creatively with regard to development of microbial products

• Understanding of regulatory requirements of biopesticide field trials

• Experience in coaching and supervising technical staff

• Knowledge of statistics and application to field research data

• Willingness to travel

• Driving license B

Education and Experience:                            

• PhD in Agronomy (or equal through experience), Soil or Plant Biology or related agricultural degree

• At least 5 years of work experience in agricultural industry responsible for field trial management 

• Experience in guiding regulatory trials for biofungicides is a plus

Other skills:                                

• Computer skills: proficiency in Word, PowerPoint and Excel applications 

• Experience with R software for statistical analysis

• Language skills: fluent in English (written and verbal). French and Dutch are a plus

• Interpersonal skills: team player, creative, communicative, optimist, committed, flexible, entrepreneurial, organized, problem-solver

 Motivated applicants should send their CV including a cover letter to manuele.ricci@aphea.bio and Nathalie.cap@aphea.bio before June 30, 2023.