Indigo improves grower profitability, environmental sustainability, and consumer health through the use of natural microbiology and digital technologies. Utilizing beneficial plant microbes and agronomic insights, Indigo works with growers to sustainably produce high quality harvests. The company then connects growers and buyers directly to bring these harvests to market. Working across the supply chain, Indigo is forwarding its mission of harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet. The company is headquartered in Boston, MA, with additional offices in Memphis, TN, Research Triangle Park, NC, Sydney, Australia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and São Paulo, Brazil. http://www.indigoag.com/

The Corporate Development Intern and the Corporate Development organization will play a significant role in and across the Indigo organization to help with a variety of strategic projects and initiatives, acting as internal consultants.

Responsibilities:

• Develop business plans for novel businesses that would be core to Indigo's strategic positioning within 5 years
• Evaluate various business model choices for the core business and value capture strategies with the Corporate Development and Commercial teams
• Manage key workstreams as Indigo pursues private or public equity and debt transactions
• Assist management in preparing mission-critical analyses and materials to be ultimately used for Board and Investor presentations
• Develop financial models
• Develop a robust process to regularly evaluate Indigo's competitive landscape
• Evaluate novel businesses and business models that enable Indigo to achieve its target of ~$1B in revenues by 2020
• Assist in managing logistics for special events and Corp Dev activities

Competencies:

• Passion for Finance, Economics, Consulting, Project Management with a very strong detail orientation.
• Demonstrate strong strategic and critical thinking skills.
• Understands and can communicate financial concepts in plain terms to varying audiences.
• Has experience in Financial Modeling, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Exceptional resourcefulness in getting the job done.
• Work autonomously and in a self-directed manner but always within the expectations of and parameters set by the VP Corporate Development and other business leaders.
• Set and maintain high standards for self and the team.
• Possess strong EQ (interpersonal, communication and relationship building skills).
• Demonstrate strong analytical skills and well-structured communication skills.
• Communicate both positive and negative issues in an open, direct, and straight-forward manner.
• Demonstrate a team-oriented style and strong work ethic.
• Demonstrate an appropriate balance of confidence and humility.
• Demonstrated ability to gain consensus working collaboratively and cross-functionally with internal and external parties.
• Hands-on leader.
• Team building and management.
• Ability to iterate, learn and adapt quickly as the external landscape evolves.