Indigo is a company dedicated to harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet. With a vision of creating a world where farming is an economically desirable and accessible profession, Indigo works alongside its growers to apply natural approaches, conserve resources for future generations, and grow healthy food for all. Utilizing beneficial plant microbes to improve crop health and productivity, Indigo’s portfolio is focused on cotton, wheat, barley, corn, soybeans, and rice. The company, founded by Flagship Pioneering, is headquartered in Boston, MA, with additional offices in Memphis, TN, Research Triangle Park, NC, Sydney, Australia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and São Paulo, Brazil. www.indigoag.com

The role of the Associate Manager - Transactions and Partnerships is to ensure Indigo can execute on its strategic plan through expanding Indigo’s portfolio of alliances that deliver complementary technology solutions. Responsibilities include organizing the Technology Partnership teams’ product and deal pipeline, interfacing with prospective and existing partners and internal stakeholders, and supporting the team to assure that deliverables are met. The Associate Manager - Transactions and Partnerships, will partner with Product Management, R&D, Project Management and Legal teams to achieve the best outcomes for Indigo and our partners. 

Responsibilities:

• Develop process to manage and track all active dealswithin first three months in role
• Become expert and admin in Salesforce/Apttus Software within first six months in role developing Salesforce reports to enable efficiency and allow visibility to process and enable tracking
• Effectively track all ongoing negotiations and future prospective dealsbalancing multiple agreements in multiple stages and making process improvements
• Manage due diligence checklists for all deals with support of the team including management of documents, continual organization, and execution of all team NDA’s
• Manage ongoing relationships and other partner projects to ensure Indigo complies with contractual obligations (reporting, royalty/licensing payments, etc.) and projects stay on track
• Advocate for in-licensed technologies and products in the Indigo Stage Gate process.

Competencies:

• Ability to interact with external partners
• Ability to work cross functionally and manage in a matrix organization
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to multi-task
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills to effectively work cross-functionally
• Self-starter that works well autonomously and strives to make continuous improvements
• Understand and embodies Indigo’s purpose and core values 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 4+ years relevant work experience required
• Experienced in a contract management system such as Salesforce and Apttus
• Experienced in Microsoft Office tools: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, etc.
• Ideal background in sales administration, legal, business management, and/or transaction management
• Background in science, program management, process/system design a plus