Head of Technology

4 weeks ago

United Kingdom AB Agri Ltd Full time

The Role & Key Responsibilities

Job Title: Head of Technology - AgTech

Location: Hybrid, with regular travel across UK and Europe

Are you ready to lead the technological revolution in agriculture? Do you have a passion for innovation and a drive to make a tangible impact in the AgTech industry? Join AB Agri as our Head of Technology - AgTech and spearhead the development of cutting-edge solutions that will shape the future of farming across multiple species and sectors

As the Head of Technology, you will be at the forefront of our innovation efforts, overseeing the strategic development and integration of customer-facing technology solutions. Your primary focus will be on our Dairy and Crop platform, where you will deliver a forward-thinking roadmap for our digital products and services. By leveraging market insights and collaborating with end users and commercial teams, you will drive advancements in dairy herd productivity, feed intake optimization, genomic testing, and data sharing.

What you'll be doing:

  • Lead technology for the dairy supply chain, leveraging the synergies between NMR and Intellync into a cohesive strategy.

  • Develop and deploy scalable, user-friendly products and services across various species and sectors, including arable farming.

  • Drive solution sales and support local sales teams to enhance performance.

  • Ensure customer success and retention across sales channels and product portfolios.

  • Oversee cross-functional teams through the full product lifecycle, from inception to retirement.

  • Align technological innovations with company strategies, collaborating closely with senior management.

  • Transition from legacy systems to modern infrastructures while maintaining robust IT support.

  • Set and manage key performance indicators, budgets, and project timelines.

  • Engage with dairy industry stakeholders to meet market needs and regulatory standards.

  • Create a culture of continuous improvement and technological advancement within the team.

What you'll bring:

  • Leadership: Visionary leader with proven experience in commercial roles within software technology.
  • Data-Driven: Strong commercial acumen with a focus on combining data and software to drive sales.
  • Growth-Oriented: Success in growing businesses by understanding market needs and designing products and services.
  • Agricultural Insight: Knowledge of the agricultural industry, particularly the dairy supply chain.
  • Change Management: Experience leading complex change initiatives and integration projects.
  • Technical Expertise: Ability to develop and coach cross-functional teams in delivering digital products and services.
  • Industry Network: Established connections in the technology sector, ideally in the dairy industry.
  • Decision-Making: Strong managerial skills with the ability to prioritize and align resources.
  • Communication: Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Global Experience: Experience working across cultures in a multinational company.

We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't exactly match the job description. Your skills and motivation are what truly matter to us. We value our diverse workforce and believe that our inclusive culture creates an environment where everyone can thrive. If flexibility is important to you, please discuss potential opportunities with our hiring team.

If you are a visionary leader with a passion for AgTech and a track record of driving technological advancements, we want to hear from you. Apply now to become our Head of Technology and lead the charge in transforming agriculture with innovative solutions

About The Company

Rewarding your passion

When you join us, you'll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it.From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one.

About us

We’re AB Agri, part of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry. What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together we’re building a fair, innovative and inclusive culture.

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know.

Application Notes

We hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we’d love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can – it will only take a few minutes.

When you do, we’ll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions and this won’t affect your application.

Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information.

Agencies and media sales

AB Agri group politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

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