Automation Engineering Lead

Build an Agricultural Enterprise's Automation Capability | AI & Automation Engineering Leadership | Hands-On Engineering + Business Partnership | Kenya-Based (Flexible for the Right Candidate)

Set and Drive AI Strategy, Automation, and Engineering: Partner with senior leadership to identify how automation, AI, engineering, and technology can accelerate strategic priorities and farmer impact; translate business needs into a clear engineering and automation roadmap; evaluate emerging technologies and recommend investments that improve customer experience, operational efficiency, scalability, and financial sustainability; act as a strategic thought partner to business leaders on opportunities, trade-offs, risks, and innovation priorities.

Lead the Design and Delivery of Scalable AI, Automation, and Business Solutions: Ensure automation, AI, enterprise systems, integrations, and software solutions are designed to solve real business problems and deliver measurable value; guide solution architecture and engineering decisions to balance speed, quality, sustainability, and scalability; personally contribute to the design, review, prototyping, and delivery of high-priority automation, AI, integration, and software initiatives; conduct architecture reviews, solution reviews, and technical quality assessments; establish and oversee integration standards across enterprise systems, AI platforms, automation solutions, middleware, APIs, and third-party technologies; ensure business systems exchange information reliably and efficiently; oversee the successful delivery, adoption, and performance of the automation and engineering portfolio.