Role purpose Lead the planning, execution and delivery of vegetable-seed trials (includes PLC 6.1, agronomy trials, satellite demos, demo day fields) across India to generate robust, high-quality data that supports product advancement, positioning and successful commercial launch. The role connects breeding, product specialists, agronomy and commercial teams, ensuring trials reflect diverse Indian growing environments and customer needs. Key responsibilities Develop and execute annual trialing plans for assigned vegetable crops, including varietal evaluation, product placement and agronomic practices Identify and manage trial locations across key agro-climatic zones, ensuring representative testing for season, disease pressure, soil type and grower practice. Lead trial protocol development & execution, plot design, data standards and timely execution through internal teams, external partners and contract growers. Ensure accurate collection, validation and analysis of trial data covering yield, quality, maturity, disease tolerance, plant habit, shelf life and marketable traits as per the product profile. Effective use of the internal tools like Ez Capture Translate trial results into clear recommendations on advancement, positioning, target geographies and product claims. Work closely with Product specialist, Breeding & TPP teams to support pipeline decisions and hybrid advancement with trial execution, PAT execution, data collection and data consolidation for proposal to the product meetings Partner with commercial, Product specialist, customer experience teams to establish satellite demo & demo days field demonstrations and build compelling evidence for launches and demand generation activities around CPIs with CX and Commercial team Manage trialing budgets, seasonal resource plans, vendors and compliance requirements. Lead, coach and develop the trialing team, setting clear objectives, managing performance, building technical and operational capability, and ensuring effective deployment of people and resources across trial locations and seasons. Ensure adherence to company stewardship, safety, quality, phytosanitary and data-integrity standards. Support to the commercial team for the mass scale customer complaints validation and RCA process