Director of Applied Innovation

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🌾 Nebraska – Remote

🌾 Nebraska – Remote

⏰ Full Time

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👔 Director

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Central Valley Ag Cooperative

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2003

🌾 Agriculture

🤝 B2B

⚡ Energy

Agriculture • B2B • Energy

Central Valley Ag Cooperative is a farmer-owned cooperative headquartered in York, Nebraska. CVA operates locations across Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska and positions itself as a forward-thinking leader in grain, agronomy, feed, and energy. The cooperative emphasizes precision agriculture, Advanced Cropping Systems (ACS), and research & development to deliver value to its member-owners and support modern farming practices.

📋 Description

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of two: an Applied Innovation Engineer and an Applied Innovation Analyst • Hire into the team as it grows • Personally design, develop, and review application code • Own the application portfolio roadmap and run intake with business leaders • Set priorities against business value and decide what the team will not build • Establish and maintain a delivery cadence that puts usable software in front of users in weeks rather than quarters • Report delivery cadence and progress • Own production availability, including deployment, release management, monitoring, and incident response • Establish and enforce engineering practices covering version control, testing, code review, release and change management, and documentation • Establish the team's AI-assisted development practice, including tooling, review standards, guardrails, and company and customer data handling • Partner with Enterprise Architecture on architecture, integration, and data standards • Partner with IT Infrastructure and IT Security on hosting, identity, access management, and secure development • Equip the support organization with documentation, runbooks, training, and knowledge transfer for tier 1 and tier 2 support • Serve as the escalation point for business applications • Maintain the boundary between operational applications and data-question-answering tools owned by the Director of Data & AI Enablement • Partner with the Data & AI Enablement team rather than duplicating its work • Manage vendor relationships, cloud spend, and licensing • Report delivery, risk, and portfolio health to the Chief Technology Officer and business leadership • Directly supervise the Applied Innovation Engineer and Applied Innovation Analyst • Conduct interviewing and hiring, work planning and assignment, coaching, performance management, and employee concern resolution • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Seven or more years building and supporting business software, including substantial time in a hands-on engineering role • Demonstrated leadership of a team, a product, or a significant delivery effort • Formal management experience is not required where the leadership track record is clear • Hands-on proficiency with a modern application stack, such as TypeScript/JavaScript with React or Next.js, C#, or Python • Proficiency with relational databases and SQL • Experience with cloud application delivery, including deployment, application hosting, identity and authentication, secrets management, monitoring, and cost control using AWS and/or Microsoft Azure • Experience with system and data integration, including APIs, file interfaces, and integration with ERP or third-party platforms • Ability to make scope decisions and ship narrow first versions • Strong written and verbal communication with non-technical stakeholders • Demonstrated ownership of production systems, including release management and incident response • Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field such as computer science, computer information systems, or management information systems is preferred • Working fluency with AI-assisted development is preferred; strong engineers without this experience who are eager to adopt it will be considered • Experience in agriculture, commodities, logistics, or a cooperative is preferred • Experience establishing or turning around a small delivery team is preferred • Ability to sit and stand for extended periods • Dexterity using a computer keyboard and mouse • Ability to occasionally lift and transport computer equipment and peripherals • Availability for occasional after-hours work supporting deployments and production issues • Employment contingent upon agreement to confidentiality, intellectual property, and non-disclosure terms

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work option • Ability to work from any Central Valley Ag location • Periodic travel to CVA locations for user engagement, onboarding, and team meetings • Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities • Equal employment opportunity protections for race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, and veteran status

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