**Job Title:** _Biological strategy and Business Development lead- South Asia_ **Location** _: Hyderabad_ We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Biologicals Strategy & Business Development Lead to join our South Asia Biologicals business. This role will drive strategic growth of the portfolio by defining where to play and how to win, while accelerating scale through partnerships, licensing, and inorganic opportunities. The role will own end-to-end lifecycle of biological products from sourcing and portfolio shaping to market launch and post-launch optimization, requiring robust expertise in product management, business development, and a deep understanding of biologicals, market dynamics, and customer needs. **Responsibility:** **Strategy & Portfolio Direction** + Define long-term biologicals strategy aligned to regional and global strategy. + Drive portfolio choices: Focused, differentiated, growth driven and margin accretive. + Develop and execute go-to-market strategies for new products, including pricing, promotion, and distribution plans. + Identify white spaces and build integrated CP + Biological solutions. **Business Development & Partnerships** + Lead external scouting for partnerships, licensing, and M&A; opportunities if any. + Evaluate strategic fit across technology, market access, and capabilities. + Build and manage strategic alliances. **Market & Competitive Intelligence** + Track industry trends, regulatory evolution, and competitor move. + Identify growth levers across key crops and geographies. + Translate insights into actionable growth strategies. **Cross-functional Leadership** + Align R&D;, regulatory, marketing, and commercial teams on strategic initiatives. + Drive execution discipline across pipeline, launch, and partnerships. + Enable organization capability building (agronomy, digital, partnership focus). **Growth Acceleration** + Identify and unlock new growth engines (e.g. biocontrol, bio stimulants, nutritional & integrated solutions).



+ Drive adoption through customer centric value propositions and commercialization models **.** **Sales Support & performance monitoring** + Provide training and support to the sales team, including product information, competitive analysis, and sales tools. + Build and maintain relationships with key customers, develop and articulate value proposition of products/programs, gather feedback, and ensure customer satisfaction. + Track product performance and make data-driven decisions to optimize product success. **Qualifications:** + Bachelor's degree in agriculture, MBA (agribusiness), or a related field. + Total experience of 10+ and minimum of 5 years of experience in product management, preferably in the agricultural or biologicals sector. + Strong understanding of biological products and their applications. + Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, problem-solving and follow up skills. + Proven ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines. + Strong communication and interpersonal skills. + Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team workplace. + Knowledge of sustainable farming practices and precision agriculture technologies is a plus. Corteva Agriscience is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to boldly embracing the power of inclusion, diversity, and equity to enrich the lives of our employees and strengthen the performance of our company, while advancing equity in agriculture. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected class. Discrimination, harassment and retaliation are inconsistent with our values and will not be tolerated. If you require a reasonable accommodation to search or apply for a position, please visit:Accessibility Page for Contact Information For US Applicants: See the 'Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law' poster. To all recruitment agencies: Corteva does not accept unsolicited third party resumes and is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

📌 Biologicals Strategy & Business Development Lead, South Asia (Hyderabad)
🏢 Corteva Agriscience
📍 Hyderabad