Company Description

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.

Job Description

Oversee the toxicology aspects of projects supporting the continued registration of plant protection products in North America. Fulfill regulatory data requirements through interrogation of existing data and generation of new studies. Support project teams with the technical and regulatory issues around prediction, and mechanistic investigation, of toxicity for registration of plant protection products. Support development and training of other staff members.

Qualifications

• This position requires a Master's degree in Toxicology, Bioscience, or a related field of study and three (3) years related work experience as a Toxicologist, or a closely related occupation.

Requires three (3) years of experience with:

• North American regulatory environments and human safety regulatory requirements for crop protection products.
• Regulatory environments for crop protection products outside of North America for cross-regional impact assessment; applying new approach methodologies (NAMs) in a regulatory context
• Crop protection product research and development processes.
• Determining toxicology data requirements for specific products, and understanding, interpreting, integrating, and using results in risk/safety assessments to demonstrate product safety.
• Gaining insights and foresights of strengths and vulnerabilities of technical approaches and translating to risk management strategies.
• Project management.
• Contributing to multi-disciplinary product development and regulatory teams.
• Designing, conducting, and interpreting endocrine toxicology studies and applying the results in various regulatory contexts.
• Design and interpretation of toxicokinetic studies, and integration of the data into safety assessments.
• Respiratory toxicology including inhalation NAMs and their application to risk assessment.
• Toxicological mode of action assessment.
• In vitro assay development and integration into toxicology assessments.
• Interrogation and integration of toxicology data from in silico, in vitro, and in vivo sources.
• Communication of research data as presentations and publications.
• Identifying, defining, solving, and managing key issues and challenges in toxicology.
• Presentation of complex scientific topics to internal decision makers.
• External influencing to guide policy making.
• Must pass a background check and drug test before beginning employment.

Additional Information

What We Offer:

• A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, 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, 9 Paid Holidays, Maternity and Paternity Leave, Education Assistance, Wellness Programs, Corporate Discounts, among other benefits

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

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