Operations Lead – Software Engineering

Corteva Agriscience

Operations Lead overseeing software engineering functions to drive clarity and execution at Corteva Agriscience. Collaborating with stakeholders to establish metrics and improve organizational efficiency.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeDes Moines • Iowa • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive organizational clarity through communications and alignment - develop and deliver leadership and employee communications.
Partner with leaders to shape messaging and ensure consistency across audiences.
Establish and run the operating rhythm - design and lead recurring operational cadences.
Support enterprise workshops and cross-team planning efforts.
Lead financial coordination and planning support - partner with finance and business leaders.
Define and operationalize engineering performance metrics - establish a measurement framework.
Deliver insights through reporting and analysis - synthesize survey data and performance indicators.
Enable execution through tools and coordination - build and maintain operational artifacts.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A blend of operational leadership, analytical rigor, and cross-functional influence.
Strong candidates demonstrate capability across all areas; exceptional candidates deeply excel in multiple.
Proven ability to establish and run operating cadences, governance structures, and decision-making frameworks.
Experience defining metrics, building dashboards, and translating data into actionable insights.
Comfort working with financial planning, budgeting, and cost tracking.
Exceptional ability to communicate clearly with both executive leadership and broad employee audiences.
Strong collaboration skills with the ability to coordinate across engineering, product, finance, and enterprise teams.
Adept at navigating ambiguity and aligning competing priorities.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills.
Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place.
Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment.
Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays.
Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father.
Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program.

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Hard Skills & Tools

operational leadershipanalytical rigorfinancial planningbudgetingcost trackingmetrics definitiondashboard buildingdata analysisreportingperformance indicators

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationcross-functional influenceability to navigate ambiguityalignment of competing priorities