About Benson Hill
Benson Hill empowers innovators to develop more healthy, tasty and sustainable food by unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants. Benson Hill's CropOS™ platform combines machine learning and big data with breeding techniques and plant biology to drastically accelerate and simplify the product development process. This platform allows for cost-effective and more efficient ways for companies to analyze and make improvements in plant genetics. Benson Hill brings a unique and holistic approach to our product and platform development, as we span a broader workflow involving trait and seed development, genome editing, and breeding all the way to creating better ingredients and varieties that tap a strong consumer demand for more flavorful and nutritious fruits and vegetables. More information can be found online at www.bensonhill.com. Follow us on Twitter at @BensonHillInc.
Our Purpose and Core Values
Our Core Values are a set of common principles we share that are fundamental to our company's identity.

• Be Bold! We redefine boundaries by providing new solutions to difficult problems. Together we are driven to transform the future and will not allow the fear of failure to prevent us from innovating. We voice our opinions, embrace change, and challenge each other to think creatively.
• Be Inspired! We redefine boundaries by providing new solutions to difficult problems. Together we are driven to transform the future and will not allow the fear of failure to prevent us from innovating. We voice our opinions, embrace change, and challenge each other to think creatively.
• Be Real! We understand who we are, what we want to achieve, and what it takes to get there. We hold each other accountable through timely, candid, and well-intentioned feedback. Together we engage in honest communication and healthy debate that leads to success through true alignment.

Department Overview
The Research and Development Department is responsible for the development of technology platforms and products designed to support the future growth, competitiveness, and long-term sustainability of the company. As part of its platform development efforts, R&D conducts a wide range of research activities, namely in the areas of trait discovery and validation, crop genetic engineering, crop transformation, molecular detection, biochemical assays, plant growth, and molecular breeding, to name a few. These activities are aimed at developing new capabilities in crop research, the outcome of which is then leveraged to create new product development opportunities and shorten the time to market. The department leverages its platform capabilities and extensive knowhow in biology and crop science, along with the computational expertise housed within the Data Science & Platform Engineering, as well as the market insights of the Business Development and Commercial teams to design and create new and improved crop varieties, which offer tangible benefits to farmers and consumers, specifically in the areas of sustainability, health and nutrition.
Position summary:
We are looking for a highly creative and innovative plant breeder to join Benson Hill's dynamic and growing Product Development and Analytics organization. You will be a member of a multi-disciplinary team responsible for leveraging genomic, phenomics, and environmental data to design for diversification in our soybean and yellow pea germplasm for improved nutrition profile of the grain. You will lead the delivery of experimental plans, data acquisition, insight generation, and integration into broader product development and delivery timelines for breeding and trait integration to inject novelty into our programs. To be successful in role you will effectively utilize accelerated breeding schemes and innovations in genomics, quantitative genetics, computational biology, and functional genomics. Not only will you have the opportunity to work with cutting edge and emerging products and leverage the latest techniques in breeding, you will also have a wide range of opportunities for professional development. The position will be based in St. Louis.
You Will:
Key Responsibilities:

• Establish a solid strategy for adding novel alleles into our overall breeding program for expanding the program germplasm base
• Design and manage a data acquisition strategy with experimental viewpoint linked to commercial relevance and product outcomes
• Establish strategy and execution plans for accelerated population development via phenotyping, genotyping, etc.
• Design operational path (including counter season) to achieve accelerated outcomes with measured impact (i.e. execution of nursery, speed breeding, sampling, marker development, and field trials)
• Lead projects in collaboration with partner teams across Technology to accelerate the discovery and effective utilization of new targets associated with key traits of interest

You Have:
Education and Experience:

• PhD in plant breeding, genomics, genetics, pathology, or related field
• 3-5 years' experience in a crop breeding program
• Variety development experience in an industry setting is highly valued

Required Qualifications

• Excellent skills in breeding, plant genetics, molecular breeding, and phenotyping
• Strong familiarity with technology applications that support and accelerate breeding such as data analytics, imaging, environmental analysis, physiology, pathology, etc.
• Clear understanding of utilizing genomic selection in Breeding
• Experience in analysis of large biological data sets, quantitative genetics, biostatistics, and functional genomics and ability to use proprietary and commercial analytical applications
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively in cross functional and multi-cultural teams to achieve common goals
• Demonstrated experience leading and influencing activities of cross functional teams without direct reporting relationships
• Ability to lead and influence key stakeholders through challenges and opportunities, driving toward solutions
• Action-oriented and able to deliver timely results
• Strong organization and problem-solving capabilities
• Strong people leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to drive and to travel to trial and nursery locations and for other supporting activities

We have a Total Rewards Package at Benson Hill that consists of more than just your paycheck. Total Rewards at Benson Hill covers Pay (salary and bonus), Health (employer benefit contributions) and Wealth (investments). Some of the perks include:

• A Collaborative Environment
• A flexible PTO program with a focus on work/life balance
• Competitive medical benefits and retirement savings plan
• FREE Dental and Vision Coverage
• Education reimbursement
• PAID parental leave
• And more….

Job Type: Full-time

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