Digital Solutions Manager

Job Description

The Digital Solutions Manager will take pivotal responsibility for the discovery and development of various digital tools geared toward efficiency and excellence

Key Tasks & Responsibilities

• Lead the assessment of the current digital state of the business
• Responsible for doing in-depth research on the latest technological advances that are applicable in the agriculture industry
• Plan, Identify, Develop/co-develop digital tools to help increase business efficiency anchored on customer centricity
• Must be willing to collaborate with other functions and external stakeholders to better understand intricacies of the business
• Lead proof-of-concept (POC) testing to ensure that theory/prototype is executable and can easily be adapted by potential users
• Oversee solutions development, including but not limited to – IT architecture design, application programming, and data engineering
• Drive a solid business case to better understand needs and what the business can get in return
• Lead on the sourcing of the right vendors/partners
• Support users on the adoption of new digital tools include but not limited to – training of users, troubleshooting, etc

Qualifications & Competencies

• 5+ years’ experience in growing businesses through the development of digital tools
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology/science, computer engineering, data science, or equivalent from top universities
• A masters/doctorate degree is an advantage
• Excellent writing and speaking in both English and Filipino
• Adept in data science, programming principle & design, algorithm or machine learning, drone, IoT, and the like, is a strong plus

Additional information:

• Full time/ Permanent
• Location: Philippines

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