Head of Technical

Shape and lead a best-in-class technical function in a growing, profitable seed business. If you’re a technical leader thinking about your next move, this is a rare opportunity to transform a function, not just run one. This is a newly created Head of Technical role within a long-established, family-owned seed business that is profitable, growing and actively investing in both technology and research to support its long-term strategy.

With a strong reputation for the quality of their product, the organisation is now looking to take its technical capability from great to best in class. Reporting directly to the Managing Director, the role offers real autonomy with minimal red tape to achieve greatness. You’ll shape the technical agenda across quality, compliance, safety and process, with a clear expectation that technical leadership underpins commercial performance, customer confidence and market access.

You will inherit strong foundations, established standards and a committed technical team, allowing the focus to be on upgrading systems and processes in line with recent and ongoing investment, rather than firefighting. There is a clear opportunity to build a high-performing technical function, mentor future leaders and leave a lasting legacy as the business continues to grow. In addition to this, there is further scope for the role to grow and gain European and international exposure.

The business is a long-established, privately owned seed company with a diverse group structure spanning vegetable seed, agricultural seed and specialist seed technology services. It operates exclusively in B2B markets, supplying direct sales to growers and farmers, ensuring high-quality seed delivery for agricultural production. It also works closely with European and USA breeding partners, providing access to external expertise and international collaboration.

What You’ll Need:

• You’ll have a strong technical leadership background gained within food manufacturing, agricultural processing, horticulture or a closely related industry, with experience operating at Technical Manager level or above as well as being degree qualified.
• You will have a proven track record of leading change. This role is not retailer-led and does not require retailer-facing technical experience.
• The focus is on the development and improvement of technical and quality systems, coaching the team and raising the bar from great to best in class.
• Experience of formal industry qualifications such as HACCP, Lead Auditor or IOSH would be advantageous.

What Next:

I know you are more than your CV and may not have one up to date at the moment, send what you have now we can worry about refining it later. Let’s first have an informal chat. Please email Evie at evie@corvinfox.co.uk and we can line up that first conversation.

Corvin Fox is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams. We celebrate difference and encourage candidates from all backgrounds and walks of life to apply. Whilst we aim to respond to all applicants, there are times where this is not possible due to the high number of applicants we receive. If you haven’t heard back from us within 10 working days your application, you have unfortunately been unsuccessful.