About Cox Farms
Cox Farms, which operates Mucci Farms and BrightFarms, is part of the Cox Enterprises family of businesses and is a pioneering leader in the Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) industry. Backed by Cox Enterprises’ long-standing commitment to building stronger businesses and a better world, Cox Farms is dedicated to revolutionizing food production through sustainable and innovative technology. Our cutting-edge facilities leverage advanced agronomic, production, and greenhouse systems to deliver fresh, high-quality produce to consumers year-round—minimizing environmental impact while maximizing resource efficiency.
As we continue to expand and innovate, we are seeking a strategic and experienced AVP, Digital Products, to bridge the gap between our technology initiatives and our ambitious business goals.
Job Summary
We are looking for a forward-thinking AVP, Digital Products who will thrive in a dynamic environment, driving application innovation, strategic alignment, and operational excellence.
The AVP, Digital Products, will be a transformative leader responsible for steering the strategic direction of our application portfolio while ensuring the execution of leading-edge enterprise-wide business applications solutions on a global scale. As a proactive change leader, this role will foster a culture of continuous improvement, guiding cross-functional teams through digital transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, and delivering measurable business value.
This role will collaborate closely with senior leadership, business units, and technology teams to ensure effective solution delivery, operational efficiency, scalability, and security.
This individual will lead the Digital Products team, foster innovation, optimize application portfolios, and ensure robust governance and compliance.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Strategic Alignment
- Develop and execute a strategic roadmap for enterprise applications, aligning technology solutions with the company’s long-term business objectives.
- Provide visionary leadership, fostering innovation, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement within the Enterprise Technology team.
- Build, manage, and mentor high-performing teams, clearly defining roles, responsibilities, and key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Leverage deep expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to champion innovation and lead the team in identifying, developing, and deploying cutting-edge AI-driven solutions that enhance business performance and operational efficiency
Digital Product Development
- Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of digital products from ideation to deployment and continuous improvement
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define product vision, strategy, and roadmaps aligned with business goals.
- Ensure user-centric design and development practices are embedded in all product initiatives
Business Architecture & Process Documentation
- Develop and maintain business architecture frameworks that align digital products with enterprise strategy.
- Document and optimize business processes to support digital transformation and operational excellence.
- Identify gaps and opportunities for automation and innovation.
Strategic Platform Management
- Oversee the planning, implementation, and continuous improvement of enterprise platforms, including ERP, CRM, FinTech, and other business-critical enterprise platforms.
- Lead large-scale enterprise application projects, including system upgrades, integrations, migrations, and process automation.
- Drive application modernization initiatives, emphasizing cloud solutions, automation, AI, and emerging technologies to enhance organizational efficiency and agility.
- Establish robust governance, compliance frameworks, and best practices to ensure data integrity, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance, and operational reliability.
Operational Excellence
- Monitor and optimize the performance, availability, scalability, and cost-effectiveness of the enterprise application portfolio.
- Set clear performance metrics and regularly evaluate application effectiveness, driving continuous improvements and proactive resolution of issues.
- Ensure timely delivery of application projects, effectively managing risks, dependencies, and resource constraints.
- Coordinate closely with cross-functional IT teams (Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Automation/Data Analytics) to ensure cohesive delivery and alignment of enterprise-wide solutions.
Custom Application Development
- Implementation of Scrum Agile approach for custom development when needed and appropriate
- Ensure reliable / scalable development practices are used to build any custom application needed for the business.
- Create and implement a robust testing strategy and process to ensure reliable and scalable applications are being deployed for our business.
- Create, implement, and support our API / Integration strategy to ensure robust and scalable integration points across our application landscape.
Vendor Management & Budget Oversight
- Manage strategic vendor partnerships, negotiate contracts, and ensure delivery against service-level agreements.
- Develop and manage the enterprise applications budget, ensuring strategic alignment and optimal allocation of resources.
- Develop clear business cases to justify investments in enterprise application enhancements, integrations, and major implementations.
Communication & Collaboration
- Serve as the primary point of escalation for enterprise application issues, maintaining clear communication with stakeholders regarding resolution timelines and impacts.
- Communicate clearly and consistently with all stakeholders, providing regular updates on strategic initiatives, risks, progress, and application performance.
- Foster strong working relationships with business stakeholders, ensuring enterprise applications continuously support business needs.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field.
- Minimum of 10+ years of relevant experience with at least 7 years of experience in senior leadership roles, specifically managing enterprise application portfolios, including CRM, FinTech, ERP and other business-critical enterprise platforms.
- The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and 10 years’ experience; a Ph.D. and 7 years’ experience in a related field; or 16 years’ experience in a related field.
- Proven track record of successfully leading complex enterprise application implementations, integrations, migrations, and digital transformation initiatives.
- Extensive experience with cloud-based enterprise application solutions, SaaS implementations, and application lifecycle management.
- Deep knowledge of enterprise application architecture, integration methodologies, and related cybersecurity best practices.
- Strong business acumen with demonstrated ability to align technology strategies to organizational objectives and outcomes.
- Proven experience managing large-scale vendor relationships, negotiating favorable terms, and overseeing substantial budgets.
- Exceptional strategic planning, analytical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management capabilities, with the ability to effectively articulate complex technical strategies to non-technical audiences.
- Commitment to continuous learning, staying abreast of emerging trends, technologies, and best practices in enterprise application management and governance.
Compensation & Benefits
Compensation includes a base salary of $192,000-$321,400. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.
Culture & Values at Cox Farms
At Cox Farms, we live out our Rooted Together culture:
Our Purpose, Vision & Mission
- Purpose: Nourish the Planet
- Vision: To be the most trusted partner in food
- Mission: Delivering the world a reliable supply of healthy and sustainable food powered by our people
- Anthem: The Future of Food Grows Here
Our Core Values
At Cox Farms, our culture is Rooted Together. We live our values every day:
- Growth & Innovation – Always learning, improving, and finding better ways
- Responsibility (Ownership & Accountability) – Own results, act like owners
- Open & Honest (Transparency, Trust, Speaking Up) – We build trust through clarity, candor, and courage
- We Before Me (Collaboration, Care, Service) – Support our people, our partners, our communities, and the consumers we serve
- Safety – Safety in everything we do
Employment Notice
This role will support all Cox Farms businesses. The employer for this role is BrightFarms Inc. and is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
For roles based in the United States: Applicants must be authorized to work in the US without the need for employer sponsorship. For roles based in Canada: applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada.
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