Global Program Manager MES

AGCO • Duluth, GA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

AGCO is seeking a Global MES Product Manager to help define, guide, and execute the global vision for our Manufacturing Execution Systems product line. In this role, you will partner with a focused team to shape the product strategy, translate manufacturing needs into actionable roadmap priorities, and ensure AGCO’s MES solutions deliver meaningful value to manufacturing operations. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on manufacturing experience, a strong understanding of how MES solutions are used on the shop floor, and the ability to connect operational challenges with practical product solutions. You will assess customer needs, evaluate competitive offerings, and use market insight to guide product recommendations, development, investment priorities, cost considerations, and long-term growth strategy. This role requires frequent collaboration with internal customers, our IT organization, manufacturing teams, Engineering and other product stakeholders across global regions. You will be expected to communicate clearly, build trusted relationships, facilitate productive discussions, and use sound judgment to balance customer feedback, business priorities, and operational realities. As the subject matter expert and super-user for AGCO’s MES products, you will help establish product quality expectations, support roadmap alignment, and serve as a key voice in defining how our MES portfolio evolves to meet current and future manufacturing needs.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years of MES exposure or related manufacturing systems experience.
• Minimum 4-5 years of Manufacturing Engineering Experience.
• Deep hands-on manufacturing experience.
• Strong understanding of how MES solutions are used on the shop floor.
• Ability to connect operational challenges with practical product solutions.
• Frequent collaboration with internal customers, IT organization, manufacturing teams, Engineering, and other product stakeholders across global regions.

Nice To Haves

• Focus on UI/UX means operators on the shop floor get tools that are usable not just functional improving efficiency and reducing errors.
• Partnership with the Data Lake team to turn shop-floor data into a strategic asset. Laying the foundation for better decisions, analytics and future AI / Automation initiatives across the company.

Responsibilities

• Define, guide, and execute the global vision for AGCO’s Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) product line.
• Shape the product strategy and translate manufacturing needs into actionable roadmap priorities.
• Ensure MES solutions deliver meaningful value to manufacturing operations.
• Assess customer needs, evaluate competitive offerings, and use market insight to guide product recommendations, development, investment priorities, cost considerations, and long-term growth strategy.
• Communicate clearly, build trusted relationships, facilitate productive discussions, and balance customer feedback, business priorities, and operational realities.
• Establish product quality expectations, support roadmap alignment, and define how the MES portfolio evolves to meet current and future manufacturing needs.
• Turn fragmentation into a coherent streamlined architecture.
• Bring order to a complex multi-system landscape.
• Ensure operators on the shop floor get usable tools that improve efficiency and reduce errors.
• Own system performance to keep operations running reliably at scale.
• Partner with the Data Lake team to turn shop-floor data into a strategic asset, laying the foundation for better decisions, analytics, and future AI/Automation initiatives.
• Align customer feedback with operational realities, business priorities, and product strategy.
• Advocate for and defend product priorities with other Product Owners within the Agile Process.
• Define and uphold product quality guardrails, serving as a key quality gate for customer-facing MES capabilities.

Benefits

• Health care and wellness plans
• Dental and vision plans
• Flexible and virtual work options (where available)
• 401(k) Savings Plan with company match
• Paid holidays and paid time off
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts
• Reimbursement for continuing education
• Life insurance and other supplemental insurance plans
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan offering eligible employees the ability to purchase AGCO stock at a discounted price

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed