Field Assistant Lead - Beeflow

About Beeflow

Beeflow is a biotech startup company that leverages scientific knowledge and technology to improve the impact of ecosystem services in agriculture. Beeflow creates and manages pollination programs for farmers with the goal of consistently increasing crop yields. The company combines scientific knowledge of crop pollination, bee biology & behavior and chemical ecology with proprietary technologies including molecules that help train bees to pollinate specific crops and a plant-based bee diet that enhances bees’ immune system. This novel approach to pollination management allows growers to produce more with less.

Based in California and with operations across the US West Coast, Peru, and Argentina, Beeflow closed an $8.3M Series A in May 2021 with investors that include Ospraie Ag Sciences, Future Ventures, Vectr Ventures, Jeff Wilke (former CEO of Worldwide Consumer at Amazon), SOSV and others. Beeflow’s team of experts includes biologists, ecologists, entomologists, agronomists, and entrepreneurs.

For more information about Beeflow, please visit www.beeflow.com.

About this role

The Field Development Lead is responsible for ensuring the technical success of our pollination programs for our clients. 

In this role, you will support the Operations and Field Development teams in the lead-up and execution of Beeflow pollination monitoring services in the field. Specifically, you will generate the technical materials needed for project execution and serve as field team coordinator during the field season. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring that the field teams collect data according to all Beeflow protocols. This work involves close collaboration with several teams across the company and with our clients. Your main collaboration will be with the Operations team to make day-to-day decisions to ensure that we deliver the best pollination services for our clients.

This position is based in and around Fresno, CA, and reports to the Global Director of Field Development.

Temporary Position: November 4, 2024 - July 2, 2025

Main Responsibilities:

• Generate technical materials for US clients to ensure the successful execution of Beeflow pollination services to our clients.
• Serve as the liaison between operational, data, and commercial teams
• Customer outreach and engagement during project execution and in customer meetings.
• Build and present reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain a working knowledge of crop pollination in order to design and make changes to our protocols for almonds and blueberries (potentially, other crops could be added).
• Assist operations in training field monitors according to our protocols.
• Create and maintain data sheets and dashboards. 

Requirements

Requirements:

• B.S/MS (or 2+ years equivalent experience) in Pollination Biology, Plant Sciences, Entomology, Agronomy, or related fields
• Experience working on field level projects 
• Ability to interpret field level data using data analysis and visualization tools such as R, Python, and PowerBi
• Ability to effectively interpret and communicate field data to internal and external stakeholders.
• Self-starter, hands-on, ability to work independently, and must work well with teams.
• Desire to generate a huge positive impact on sustainable agricultural practices.
• Detail-oriented and organized, effective written and verbal communication skills
• Able to drive during the day and night.
• Ability and willingness to work outdoors under sometimes harsh weather conditions

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working with GIS mapping tools (i.e., ArcGIS, Google Maps, QGIS)
• Knowledge about bee biology and/or crop pollination and/or bee biology is highly desired.
• Fluency in spanish is preferred but not required.
• Strong data analytical skills
• Strong teamwork skills.

Most importantly, you could be a good fit if you share our Core Values

• Putting people first - We focus on creating an environment in which everyone can thrive and get their highest-impact work done.
• Being passionate about helping build a food system in harmony with nature - We are convinced that we can make the world a better place for future generations if we listen to and work with nature rather than replacing it and we’re committed to making that happen.
• Doing things right - We have principles, and we live them every day.
• Staying humble and curious - We are open-minded and humbly seek to challenge the status quo so that we can continuously improve.
• Leading by service - We are humble servants of those with whom we are interdependent. We strive to make their lives easier by being responsive, flexible, empathetic and curious.