Function
Product Development

Main Goal
The
NPDM – Manager (India)
leads the
end-to-end lifecycle of new vegetable seed varieties
in India—from concept and trialing to launch and post‑launch scaling. The role aligns
Breeding, Product Development (PD), Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, and Quality
to deliver winning varieties with robust
product–market fit
,
robust positioning
, and
profitable growth
across India’s priority crops and clusters.

Job Description
- People Management:
- Leading the team of PD as per defined organizational structure within the company
- Coaching and mentoring the team to build high performing teams to contribute to the success of the organization.
- Timely support to the PD team to perform their roles effectively.
- Manage the budget / OPEX as defined and agreed yearly.
- Portfolio PD strategy Implementation & Market Fit
- Coordinate and implement India crop-wise PD strategy for defined portfolio as shared by Marketing portfolio leads.




- Ensure that market needs are translated into Hybrid Design proactively in coordination with Breeding & Marketing team for all the breeding crops operated by HM Clause India.
- Coordinate with team for Prioritizing candidate hybrids aligned to India’s different crop market segments and price ladders (wherever required).
- Maintain a 12–36-month NPI calendar in all crops aligned with seasons (Kharif/Rabi/Summer) and regional sowing windows.
- Trialing & Advancement
- Overlook the execution of trial plans of S1 & S2 along with multi-location pre‑commercial trials with statistical design, appropriate checks, and grower/market feedback loops.
- Part of PAP discussions for GO/NO‑GO advancement, for which proper data logics to be prepared for rationale decisions, risks, and mitigation plans.
- Business Case, Pricing & Positioning
- Supporting Marketing to build business cases for advancement: target segments, competitor set, pricing, gross margin, demand plan (Y1–Y3).
- Align on intro volumes and SKU readiness wit

📌 NPDM India and PD Expert ASIA (Hyderabad)
🏢 Limagrain
📍 Hyderabad