Principal Project Lead (m/f/d), Global EFG

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Your Impact

• Lead global, cross-functional programs within the Global Electronics Functional Group (EFG), ensuring successful delivery of complex initiatives spanning electronics, embedded software, and system integration.
• Drive program execution excellence through structured planning, milestone management, risk mitigation, dependency tracking, and alignment to business, quality, cost, and delivery objectives.
• Manage program and development budgets of up to USD 10 million, ensuring effective control of scope, schedule, cost, quality, and resource allocation to achieve business objectives.
• Coordinate and integrate activities across Electronics, Software, Systems Engineering, Product Management, and external partners to ensure end-to-end program readiness and successful system integration.
• Prepare and present program status, key risks, and strategic recommendations to senior leadership and governance forums, ensuring transparency and informed decision-making.
• Lead large global project teams through influence in a matrix organization, driving continuous improvement, delivery excellence, and adoption of program management best practices.

Your Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in a comparable Project or Program Leadership role, with a proven track record of leading complex global hardware, software, or system integration programs across multinational and matrixed organizations.
• Proven track record of successfully leading large-scale software development programs in the automotive industry or comparable complex technology environments.
• Strong understanding of electronics, embedded systems, software development lifecycles, and ideally Electrical/Electronic Architecture (EEA/CEA) environments.
• Experience with Automotive SPICE (ASPICE) processes and standards is required, including practical application within software development and quality assurance environments.
• Proven expertise in program management methodologies such as Agile, SAFe, or hybrid delivery models, combined with strong risk, dependency, and stakeholder management capabilities. Relevant certifications such as PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, Agile certifications, or Lean Six Sigma are highly preferred.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and leadership skills with the ability to drive alignment across global matrix organizations. Professional proficiency in English is required, and very good German language skills are considered a strong asset.

Your Benefits

• Attractive, market competitive salary
• A supportive, team-oriented company culture with a positive work atmosphere.
• Options for additional insurance and pension schemes.
• Work-life balance through flexible working hours and mobile work within company guidelines.
• Personal and professional development through various training and education opportunities.
• Corporate health management, including occupational medical care and social counseling.
• EGYM Wellpass and other company sports programs.
• Company restaurant with regional products and meal subsidies.
• Employer-subsidized leasing of (e-)bikes.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan offering eligible employees the opportunity to purchase AGCO Corporation stock at a discounted price

Your Workplace

This role follows AGCO’s on‑site work model, with employees primarily working from an AGCO location a minimum of 3 days per week to support collaboration and teamwork.

We value inclusion and recognize the innovation a diverse workforce delivers to our farmers. Through our recruitment efforts, we are committed to building a team that includes a variety of experiences, backgrounds, cultures and perspectives.

Join our extraordinary team today and apply now!