Solution Owner - Dealer Portals & Learning

Making a difference.  That's what a career at AGCO is all about. At AGCO you have a voice and the opportunity to impact our long-term success, as well as your own 

AGCO is a global leader focused on the design, manufacture and distribution of agricultural machinery and infrastructure. AGCO supports more productive farming through a full line of tractors, combines, hay tools, sprayers, forage equipment, tillage, implements, grain storage and protein production systems, as well as related replacement parts. AGCO products are sold through five core brands, Challenger®, Fendt®, GSI®, Massey Ferguson® and Valtra® and are distributed globally through 3,150 independent dealers and distributors in more than 140 countries worldwide. Our diverse product line, global reach and technological solutions help our customers not only survive today’s changing landscape, but to also prosper. Visit www.AGCOcorp.com for more information.
  

Solution Owner – Dealer Portals & Learning

Hybrid Working – Stoneleigh, Warwickshire

Job Summary

The Solution Owner (SoO) Dealer Portals & Learning is ultimately responsible for defining and supporting the building of desirable, feasible, viable, and sustainable large-scale business solutions that meet customer needs on a global basis.  This role achieves this by collaborating with a wide range of people to identify and define customer needs, understand the Solution Context, and develop the Solution Vision, Solution Roadmap. The Solution Owner (SoO) largely shares the same responsibilities as the Solution Manager but focuses on a sub-set of capabilities required to the deliver the overall Solution Roadmap. The Solution Owner reports to the Solution Manager and identify and refine the Capabilities for which he/she is responsible, as well as breaking them down into features. The Solution Owner aligns with the Enterprise Architecture team and the Solution Train's ARTs teams. The Solution Owner identifies the customers and stakeholders, and has a
strong Customer-Centric mindset, and is ultimately responsible to deliver and measure customer value for the Solution. On the delivery side, the role works in close alignment the Product Management teams within the ARTs context and also plays a critical role in solution train events including Pre- and Post-PI planning, Solution and System Demos and, Solution Train Sync. The role is part of the Digital Transformation Office and One Digital team

Job Responsibilities:

• Owns the lifecycle of a specific sub-set of capabilities withing the overall Solution. For such
  capabilities: the Solution Owner identifies and defined customers and stakeholders; Create and
  Evolve a Roadmap in conjunction with Enterprise Architect; Align the Capabilities Roadmap and
  the Solution Roadmap with relevant Milestones, Releases, identified on the solution roadmap;
  Communicate investment and capacity needs in advanced of the delivery or during annual
  budgeting cycles.
• Manage Requirements: Define and manage requirements at the solution level; Decompose
  requirements to communicate intent with internal and external suppliers and support compliance needs; Evolve requirements based on feedback, making trade-off decisions after consulting with appropriate stakeholders. 
• Maintain the Solution Roadmap: Balance the needs of multiple customers; Continuously align the solution roadmap with stakeholder and suppliers.
• Define and Prioritize Epics and Capabilities: Identify and refine Epics, Capabilities and Identify
  Features that drive the backlogs for the solution train ARTs'; Plan epics and capabilities through
  the solution Kanban; Maintain the solution Product Increment roadmap.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Business mindset
• Experienced in Agile Development of Digital Solutions
• Excellent communication skills with stakeholders on all levels
• Team player
• Good working knowledge of international environments
•  Experience in Agriculture or comparable industry is a plus.
• Excellent planning and co-ordination skills – Roadmap Planning

 We offer the following benefits:

• Basic salary:  Competitive
• A company performance / Individual performance related bonus (10%)
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme (The company contributes up to 10% for a 5% employee contributions)
• Bupa Healthcare
• Life assurance and critical illness cover for Pension members
• 26 days holidays + staturtory holidays
• Holiday trading
• Retail discount portal
• Condidential Employee Assistance Programme for employees and their immediate family
• On-site parking
• On0site restaurant

Employee development and growth is part of our company culture. If you are looking for an opportunity to work in an inspiring multinational environment for a leading global player of agricultural solutions, we look forward to receiving your application!