Job Description

Description

Who are we, and what do we do?
Corteva Agriscience is the only major agriscience company in the world completely dedicated to agriculture. Our purpose is to enrich the lives of those who produce and those who consume, ensuring progress for generation to come. Our inspiration is to be a market shaper, driving the next generation of agriculture products that help farms and farmers flourish and through partnering with society becoming the most trusted partner in the global agriculture and food community.

With a global footprint and over 20,000 employees, Corteva is building the future of agriculture and leading breakthroughs in the innovation and application of science and technology that will better the lives of people all over the world and fuel the progress of humankind.

Position Background and Goals
The Strategic Agreements & Compliance team is responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive compliance strategy ensuring adherence to contractual requirements ultimately protecting our access to key technologies and safe-guarding our long term freedom to operate. The compliance manager is responsible for breaking down strategic soybean platform agreements into actionable requirements, partnering with the business to integrate requirements into standard operating procedures and automated solutions and performing assessments to ensure the organization is adhering to contractual requirements. This role will collaborate closely with legal, business development, platform, research and development, production and commercial staff to ensure contractual requirements are properly communicated and executed.

Key Responsibilities - What you will do to help us grow!

• Ensure contractual compliance by translating compliance matrices from legal teams into specific tasks within organizational project plans which capture requirements, resources, timing, accountable party, and mechanism of verification.
• Communicate status of compliance activities to leadership and stakeholders as determined through process established in coordination with legal, business development and platform operations.

Legal

• Ensure contract interpretations are properly communicated.
• Act as a resource during agreement negotiations.

Business Development, Platform and Program Management Teams

• Act as a resource during agreement negotiations.
• Coordinate activities with program management teams to ensure effective implementation of contractual requirements.

Finance

• Ensure financial reports and required payments are properly managed.

Research, Production and Commercial Teams

• Communicate requirements and work with staff to ensure requirements are integrated into SOPs or automated software solutions.
• Create a culture of continuous improvement through yearly assessments.

IT

• Partner with IT staff to develop software solutions that are fully integrated and protect our freedom to operate.
• Ensure legal and compliance-related applications are fully leveraged and utilized

Stewardship, Quality and IP Compliance Teams

• Work collaboratively with compliance teams to build global processes to ensure adherence to contractual requirements.

Qualifications

Background and Experience - What you\'ll bring to the table.

• B.S. - 10+ years of work experience in agriculture with project management skills preferred.
• M.S. - 6+ years of work experience in agriculture with project management skills preferred.
• Strong science or technical background and, minimum of a B.S. degree (M.S. or PhD preferred) in a science or technical discipline.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills and diplomacy.
• Project management acumen.
• Capacity to lead strategy and manage minute details simultaneously.
• Ability to prioritize and perform multiple tasks to meet business needs.
• Solutions-oriented attitude and ability to work as part of a team.
• Strong organizational skills and business/industry knowledge.
• Knowledge of key IT solutions is strongly recommended (e.g. NetDocs, Onit, PowerBI, SmartSheets, etc).
• Ability to interact with all levels of the organization and personality types.
• Conflict resolution and issues management skills.
• Must be a be able to maintain a high level of confidentiality.

Core Competencies

• Communicating with Impact.
• Championing Change.
• Decision Making.
• Driving Execution.
• Business Acumen.

Benefits - How We\'ll Support You:

• Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills
• Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place
• Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment
• Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays
• Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father
• Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program
• Learn more about our total rewards package here -
• Check out life at Corteva!

Are you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.

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