Senior Director, Digital Technology - Ag & Trade Latam

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Food • Greentech • Logistics • Sharing Economy • Transportation • Agriculture • Industrial
Reimagining what's possible for food and agriculture
The Role
Lead development and execution of digital technology and data strategy for Ag & Trade LATAM. Provide product and technical leadership, align portfolio investments, drive modernization and innovation, manage vendor and cross-functional partnerships, evaluate performance and risks, and lead regional teams to realize value from technology initiatives.
Summary Generated by Built In
Cargill is committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. Sitting at the heart of the supply chain, we partner with farmers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living.
Our 155,000 team members innovate with purpose, providing customers with life's essentials so businesses can grow, communities prosper, and consumers live well. With over 160 years of experience as a family company, we look ahead while remaining true to our values. We put people first. We reach higher. We do the right thing-today and for generations to come.
Job Purpose and Impact
Senior Director, Digital Technology & Data - Ag & Trade LATAM job owns the development and execution of the digital technology strategy in alignment with the overall regional/enterprise strategy and functional direction while also considering the needs of the markets and industries served by the business group. This role supports Ag & Trade LATAM, with accountability for building the digital, technology and data strategy to enable the Ag & Trade LATAM portfolio. This job provides strategic thought and product leadership, guiding how technology and AI can evolve and transform the business to better serve customers and consumers, ensures that the investment portfolio balances the demands of digital core modernization with bold, innovative choices and identifies opportunities to drive the utilization and adoption of standard technology solutions. This job also conducts comprehensive reviews of status measures with the business, identifying and managing key dependencies that could impact the successful execution of the strategy and associated value creation.
This professional will work on-site at our unit in São Paulo/SP or Uberlândia/MG.
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Key Accountabilities
  • STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: Provides technical and product leadership in building the strategic roadmap for portfolio and directs the development and implementation of the strategy for a business area or significant function, anticipating external trends, complex challenges and opportunities to ensure integration with wider corporate strategy.
  • PARTNER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT: Partners within matrixed functional team to align and realize data management strategies while encouraging good partnering and cross functional collaboration across technology teams.
  • VALUE CREATION & COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT: Gathers input and influences business leaders to develop the short to long term digital technology strategy, shaping the future needs for the business, provides consultation and strategic expertise to partners in defining requirements and, broad oversight to portfolio investments for digital, innovation and modernization initiatives.
  • PERFORMANCE EVALUATION & OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS: Develops risk models involving market, credit and operational risk to ensure controls are operating effectively, and conducts comprehensive reviews of status measures with the business to identify and manage key dependencies that could impact strategy execution and value creation.
  • PROJECT EXECUTION & BENEFIT REALIZATION: Partners closely with wider business, function and technology teams to develop value based technology roadmap that aligns to business objective and budget and, ensures the portfolio of investment balances the demands of digital core modernization with bold, innovative choices.
  • INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY ENABLEMENT: Identifies and evaluates innovative opportunities to drive the use and adoption of standard technology solutions.
  • VENDOR RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT: Manages relationships with external vendors to ensure alignment with business objectives, compliance of service level agreements and successful execution of technology strategies.
  • TEAM MANAGEMENT: Manages team members to achieve the organization's goals, by ensuring productivity, communicating performance expectations, creating goal alignment, giving and seeking feedback, providing coaching, measuring progress and holding people accountable, supporting employee development, recognizing achievement and lessons learned, and developing enabling conditions for talent to thrive in an inclusive team culture.

Qualifications• Management in the implementation of various technologies• Project management• Advanced English• Spanish - desirable• Team management (Latam)• Specialization in IT
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Skills Required

  • Management in the implementation of various technologies
  • Project management
  • Advanced English
  • Spanish
  • Team management (Latam)
  • Specialization in IT

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Cargill Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Retirement Support Two-layer retirement program combines a 401(k) match (100% on the first 3%, 50% on the next 2%) with an employer-funded Employee Retirement Account of roughly 2.5–7% based on age and service. Match is delivered quarterly in company stock and the ERA adds long-term value through additional employer contributions.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth PTO starts at 15 days and scales to 30 days with tenure, governed by a clear June 1–May 31 cycle. This structured ladder provides predictable time away as service grows.
  • Parental & Family Support Paid family leave offers up to 6 weeks to bond with a new child and 4 weeks to care for a family member or qualifying military needs. Additional supports such as Bright Horizons childcare solutions and Milk Stork reinforce family care.

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The Company
HQ: Wayzata, MN
155,000 Employees
Year Founded: 1865

What We Do

We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials— from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to flooring. By providing customers with products that are vital for living, we help businesses grow, communities prosper and consumers live well in their daily lives.

Why Work With Us

The decision to join Cargill can open the door to a world of possibility. As part of our Digital, Technology & Data team, you’ll get to be part of a large and diverse group full of unique perspectives united by a common, higher purpose while building a rewarding career full of opportunity, growth and the satisfaction of knowing your work matters.

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