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

We have an extraordinary opportunity to help farmers harness nature to feed the planet in a sustainable manner. Our biological advancements enable us to work with farmers to improve agriculture in a way that creates enormous economic value while benefiting the environment and providing consumers a more natural food supply.

The Associate Manager will lead core initiatives on the Innovation Team to find, value, communicate, and operationalize cutting-edge technologies across the startup ecosystem that enable Indigo to bring the future of agriculture into the present.

 Position Type: Full time

Responsibilities:

• Lead high-impact initiatives to incorporate cutting-edge ag technologies into the Indigo Model by crafting strategy, managing internal and external relationship, and leading meetings
• Create frameworks for finding, valuing, and operationalizing new technologies that enable Indigo’s business model for key technologies
• Create visually compelling slides in PowerPoint to communicate core findings across Indigo and to outside stakeholders for 10 key technologies
• Partner with Innovation Team leadership to craft team strategy that supports Indigo’s objectives and Innovation Team mission

Attributes and Competencies:

• Ability and willingness to lead
• Entrepreneurial spirit with an insatiable interest in cutting-edge technologies who thrives in a dynamic environment
• Highly organized
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Outstanding communication skills
• Ability to hold and understand several complex ideas simultaneously across cross functional teams
• Demonstrate grower empathy in interactions with all stakeholders (E.g., growers, to Innovation Team Leadership, to internal collaborators, companies, and KOLs)

Qualifications:

• Undergrad degree in business, math, engineering, science, agronomy, or related field with 3.5+ GPA
• 3-5 years work experience
• Ag and food background preferred