What are the responsibilities and job description for the Horticulture & CEA Scientist position at Pioneering Medicines?
Company Summary
Terrana Biosciences is one of the latest companies founded through Flagship Pioneering’s venture creation engine, where companies such as Moderna Inc. and Invaio Sciences were conceived and created. Since Flagship’s founding in 2000, the firm has originated and fostered the development of nearly 100 scientific ventures resulting in $90 billion in aggregate value, 500 issued patents, and more than 50 clinical trials for novel therapeutic agents. Terrana Biosciences is integrating the latest developments in molecular biology and plant biology to create a new platform technology that enables adaptive, targeted and sustainable solutions in agriculture.
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated, proactive, and detail-oriented individual to join our team. This role will support our research efforts by performing plant trial designs, plant propagation, plant care, and sample tracking in multi-site-controlled environment (CEA) operations, including growth cabinets, growth chambers, and greenhouses. The successful candidate will be highly organized, comfortable working in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment, and an integral part of a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary team. Excellent communication, record-keeping, and teamwork will be critical.
Key Responsibilities Include
Flagship Pioneering is a bioplatform innovation company that invents and builds platform companies, each with the potential for multiple products that transform human health or sustainability. Since its launch in 2000, Flagship has originated and fostered more than 100 scientific ventures, resulting in more than $90 billion in aggregate value. Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture. Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies, and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Learn more about Flagship at www.flagshippioneering.com.
Flagship Pioneering and our ecosystem companies are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
At Flagship, we recognize there is no perfect candidate. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your unique background.
Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.
Terrana Biosciences is one of the latest companies founded through Flagship Pioneering’s venture creation engine, where companies such as Moderna Inc. and Invaio Sciences were conceived and created. Since Flagship’s founding in 2000, the firm has originated and fostered the development of nearly 100 scientific ventures resulting in $90 billion in aggregate value, 500 issued patents, and more than 50 clinical trials for novel therapeutic agents. Terrana Biosciences is integrating the latest developments in molecular biology and plant biology to create a new platform technology that enables adaptive, targeted and sustainable solutions in agriculture.
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated, proactive, and detail-oriented individual to join our team. This role will support our research efforts by performing plant trial designs, plant propagation, plant care, and sample tracking in multi-site-controlled environment (CEA) operations, including growth cabinets, growth chambers, and greenhouses. The successful candidate will be highly organized, comfortable working in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment, and an integral part of a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary team. Excellent communication, record-keeping, and teamwork will be critical.
Key Responsibilities Include
- Developing and maintaining plant care protocols and standards across multiple sites, ensuring continuous monitoring and evaluation of plant health
- Managing plant production operations including sowing, transplanting, harvest, and sanitization
- Monitoring plant health and growth conditions. Set and execute fertilization, lighting, and climate strategies to ensure optimal productivity
- Tracking planting requests and overall plant inventory and capacity
- Overseeing and executing integrated pest management program
- Facilitating communication with site teams to identify and address plant care needs for research projects
- Overseeing maintenance and repair of growing systems
- Serving as a role model for a strong CEA safety culture
- Designing and implementing internal growth trials to assess R&D plant treatments and CEA continuous improvement projects
- Analyzing trial data to generate insights and provide actionable recommendations
- Helping to manage growth trials with external collaborators by ensuring trials are designed in alignment with organizational objectives, supervising the progress of active field or CEA trials, and reporting on outcomes
- BS in Controlled Environment Agriculture, Horticulture, Agronomy, Ag Tech Management, Biosystems Engineering, or a related discipline, advanced degree preferred
- A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in CEA plant care. Advanced degree may count toward years of experience
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret data to inform plant care and research strategies
- Experience designing, executing, analyzing growing trials
- Experience operating climate management software (e.g., Priva, Hoogendoorn, Argus, Ridder, etc.) in R&D or production settings
- Experience managing daily work for a small team of technicians
- Adaptive and quick learner, efficient in multi-tasking and troubleshooting
- Demonstrated ability to operate as a results oriented self-starter with a strong attention to detail
- Possibility of relocation to Research Triangle Park in North Carolina after 1 year
Flagship Pioneering is a bioplatform innovation company that invents and builds platform companies, each with the potential for multiple products that transform human health or sustainability. Since its launch in 2000, Flagship has originated and fostered more than 100 scientific ventures, resulting in more than $90 billion in aggregate value. Many of the companies Flagship has founded have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture. Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies, and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Learn more about Flagship at www.flagshippioneering.com.
Flagship Pioneering and our ecosystem companies are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
At Flagship, we recognize there is no perfect candidate. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. Experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your unique background.
Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.
