Technical Delivery Lead

About AgroFresh

Imagine a world with less food waste and stronger, more sustainable produce businesses. Where consumers everywhere have even more abundant and delicious produce options. This is our singular focus at AgroFresh and what inspires our colleagues every day.

AgroFresh is an AgTech innovator and global leader with a mission to prevent food loss/waste and conserve the planet’s resources by providing a range of science-based solutions, digital technologies, and high-touch customer services. In a world fraught with climate change and shrinking natural resources, we partner with growers, packers, and retailers bringing solutions across the food supply chain to enhance the quality and extend the shelf life of fresh produce. The AgroFresh organization has 40 years of post-harvest experience across a broad range of crops, including pome fruit (apples/pears), citrus, avocados, and mangoes – and we continue to expand into new countries and crops and pre-harvest.

What the Role Delivers

AgroFresh seeks a Technical Deliver Lead to direct the development and deployment of digital and data products that tangibly impact agricultural supply chains and food waste globally, including a SaaS platform, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, mobile apps, integration partners and related Business Intelligence (BI) outputs. Food waste is a problem of generational scope impacting greenhouse gas emissions, hunger and nutrition in every region of the world with significant opportunity for digital solutions to provide long-term impact. The successful candidate joins a nimble, collaborative team focused on digital offerings that contribute to the consistent profitable growth of the global organization.

Key Responsibilities
In order of relative importance

• Owns the technical and architectural decisions for digital and data programs, valuing simplicity and quality. Willing to challenge technical constraints and procedures to achieve agile design.
• Manages the work of offshore developers and is accountable to ensure they understand the requirements, monitors progress against timelines, validates quality of final product and keeps spend within budget
• Responsible for planning and developing the architectural runway, in collaboration with the Product Owner and Global Head
• Accountable to be a visionary force behind the design and execution of technical solutions, including work with external integration partners and internal R&D
• Actively helps the team identify and solve the biggest problems

Who to Work With

Primary internal and external stakeholders

• Member of the Digital & Data team
• Reports to Head, Digital & Data; responsible to Product Owner and integration partners/resources
• Key collaborator with external developers, technical resources and client stakeholders

How We Work
AgroFresh core competencies

• Accountability for Results
• Mindset for Growth
• Customer Centricity
• One AgroFresh

What the Job Requires

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in computer science or related field
• 5 – 7 years of prior, relevant software development experience
• Ability to travel up to 10%
• Fluent in English

What to Have Done and Know How to Do

These skills and experiences are highly desirable; however, they do not preclude exceptions based on an individual’s performance history and demonstrated potential.

• Seen as an expert within the technical components of the domains/products and a seasoned technical lead with deep insight into newest technology trends
• Significant experience with Agile infrastructure, environments, and deployment strategies/ technologies to drive efficient working practices and DevOps
• Can make architecture decisions at a team and product level
• Experience working on projects that span multiple organizations and business units with experience in Agile Development and solution architecture preferred
• Understands relationship with Product Owner, Scrum Master, Design Lead and rest of technical team with experience managing technical priorities within a development backlog
• Strong communication skills with ability to align the organization on complex technical decisions
• Active collaborator with goals to grow and maximize the wider team’s potential and client-centric impact
• High energy, passionate and innovative individual who inspires teammates to reach their maximum potential

Why Work Here

• We work every day to improve the quantity and quality of fresh produce and reduce food waste – that is important to every person on the planet!
• We have a rich history and are known for our quality products.
• We have an enterprising spirit and are looking for like-minded problem-solvers to help us accomplish our goals.
• We focus on the Critical Few priorities that are important for us and our customers and then hold ourselves accountable to deliver.
• We are growing and transforming – both our business and the industry.
• We are committed to developing our colleagues and helping you advance in your career.
• We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages.

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