General Manager - Practice Lead - Smart Agriculture Technology

Our client is a LEADER in developing Innovative Solutions for the last 100+ years successfully.

Responsible Area :

- Practice Lead for Agriculture Technology.

- Leveraging ICT, Software, IoT technologies to bring out new age solutions for Agriculture.

Key Responsibilities :

Business :

- Create overall business and technology strategy, P&L responsible.

- Execute strategies for Products, Solutions and Services in the Smart Agriculture field.

- Engage with worldwide Business units and all relevant stakeholders.

- Work closely with Sales teams and other technical teams to create value across offerings.

Operations :

- Responsible for appropriate staffing of all projects with assignment of roles and responsibilities ( Development, technical sales, Program management, Solution Architects etc).

- Plan and allocate resources for projects - budget, tools, hardware, etc.

- Delivery of all projects and tasks on schedule and with quality.

- Tracking and reporting of relevant metrics.

Customers :

- Creating and executing strategy for customers.

- Working closely with Sales to develop business opportunities .

- Periodic review and reporting of business and project status with customers.

- Ensuring customer delight through measurable business results.

People :

- Build and lead Agri team.

- Define the appropriate skill and experience mix.

- Create a culture of innovation.

- Inspire and sustain high performance and excellence.

Technology :

- Solid background in Sensors, ICT, IoT and smart Agriculture related technologies.

- Experience in leading End to end Product life cycle, including customer discovery, product development, market launch and post SOP (atleast 1 product in Agritech).

- Experience of delivering solutions/products using data sciences and big data technologies.

- Exposure to Lean start up / Design thinking methodologies.

- Experience of external market business development.

SKILLS :

- MS/PhD in Agriculture / Plant Technology / Electronics &Communication/ Computer Science.

- About 20 years experience.

- 5+ years of experience in Agriculture technologies.

- Strong communication and presentation skills.

- Ability to convince and influence senior stake holders across organization and customer.

- Collaborative working style.

- Should possess Entrepreneurial mindset, Strategic leadership quality and People management skill.