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Associate Director Production, Proving Grounds │Pocomoke Farms(Pocomoke City, MD)

Pocomoke Farm - Pocomoke City, Maryland💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-09 → 2026-09-27

Core

Provide strategic leadership and accountability for Proving Grounds, an integrated product validation and commercialization platform for poultry genetics, ensuring facilities evolve to support future research and market introduction.

Role type

Senior leadership (Associate Director) for product validation and commercialization infrastructure

Builds

A multi-site network of breeding, production, and support facilities for genetic progress and product validation

Domain

Agriculture (Poultry) + Product Validation & Commercialization

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Strategic planning, team leadership, operational excellence, budget management, biosecurity management, animal welfare compliance, risk mitigation, capital project management, cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

Infrastructure development, succession planning, continuous improvement, technology adoption

Responsibilities

Develop and execute long-term strategy and roadmap for Proving Grounds; Lead execution of validation programs to support genetic progress and commercialization; Ensure operational integration and compliance across facilities; Manage operational and capital budgets; Lead and develop a high-performing team; Partner with product launch teams for commercial deployment.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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