Description:

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Conquest Strategy and Execution

- Define and drive the Project Conquest roadmap aligned with organizational priorities and business strategy.
- Translate Project Conquest objectives into transparent workstreams, milestones, governance cadence, and measurable outcomes.
- Partner with Technical, Formulation, R&D;, Field Stations, Regulatory, Commercial, and Supply Chain teams to ensure aligned execution.
- Establish structured review mechanisms to monitor progress, risks, interdependencies, and decision points.
- Ensure Project Conquest delivers sustainable process improvements that improve speed, quality, cost efficiency, and market readiness

Project Conquest Leadership

- Lead Project Conquest, focused on building sustainable and efficient process flows to enhance business outcomes.
- Identify bottlenecks in current workflows and implement process optimization and standardization.
- Enable better cross-functional collaboration to improve speed-to-market and innovation excellence.
- Track and deliver measurable improvements in cycle time, quality, cost efficiency, and market readiness.
- Drive initiatives to position UPL as:

- First in Technical
- First in Formulation
- First in Go-To-Market (GTM)

Cross-Functional Collaboration

- Act as a bridge between Technical Development, R&D;, Field Stations, Regulatory, Commercial, Supply Chain, and other enabling functions.
- Work with functional teams to map current-state and future-state process flows, clarify ownership, and remove execution roadblocks.
- Partner with Global and Regional Marketing teams to align on strategic priorities, ensure seamless execution of Project Conquest initiatives, and strengthen the link between Technical, Formulation, and Go-To-Market (GTM) objectives
- Collaborate with leadership to prioritize Project Conquest interventions and allocate resources effectively.




- Influence stakeholders to drive alignment on transformation goals, governance expectations, and change initiatives.

Performance Governance and Tracking

- Develop and maintain Project Conquest dashboards and review formats for real-time progress monitoring and decision-making.
- Define KPIs and success metrics across cycle time, quality, cost, speed-to-market, and market readiness.
- Ensure timely escalation of risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks with clear mitigation actions and ownership.

Process Excellence and Innovation

- Introduce best-in-class practices and continuous improvement methodologies across Project Conquest workstreams.
- Drive standardization, simplification, and removal of redundancies in key workflows connected with Technical, Formulation, and GTM priorities.
- Identify opportunities to enhance innovation throughput, execution reliability, and value realization.
- Benchmark against industry best practices to continuously improve processes and delivery effectiveness.

Change Management and Capability Building

- Lead change initiatives to ensure smooth adoption of Project Conquest process changes and governance mechanisms.
- Build capability within participating teams through training, enablement, workstream reviews, and knowledge sharing.
- Foster a culture of ownership, agility, innovation, and business outcome orientation.

Required Skills / Experience:

- Postgraduate degree in Science, Agriculture, Chemistry, Life Sciences, Engineering, or related field MBA is a plus.
- 10-15 years of experience in R&D;, Technical Development, Formulation, Project Management, Business Transformation, or Process Excellence roles.
- Proven experience in leading strategic cross-functional transformation programs with measurable business impact.
- Strong understanding of R&D;, Technical, Formulation, and GTM processes in Agri/Chemical/Pharma or related industries.
- Experience working with cross-functional and global teams, with strong stakeholder management and governance skills.

📌 Project Lead - Conquest (India)
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📍 India