Software Development Manager

Department
R&D
Nils Foss Allé 1
3400 Hillerød

Country
Denmark

Are you passionate, energetic and want to turn ideas into reliable and scalable software helping the world with healthy quality food? Then we have the challenge for you. With FOSS your leadership will have a long-lasting impact.

At FOSS we have a legacy of developing innovative software solutions that set the standards within food analysis across the globe. We focus on both analytical instruments and cloud software development – and our next step is agentic: building AI agents directly into our digital products, so they can help our customers configure solutions to their own setup, connect to their surrounding systems, and get expert advice on their analytical results.

What you will be doing
We are looking for a Software Development Manager for one of our software development teams. You will be reporting to the Director of Digital Solutions and will be responsible for continuous development of our software across instrument software and cloud offerings. A central part of the agenda is agentic development – making AI agents a built-in part of what our customers buy, not only a tool we use internally.

Your primary role is to work with the team of skilled developers, to design and deliver the functionality fit for our customers, as well as driving continuous improvements forward in the team. You will drive the team towards building solutions using a SW Factory (Harness engineering) setup, so ideas move to customers in small, frequent and reliable increments. You will be working closely together with many other engineering disciplines, as we are a true interdisciplinary engineering company.

You will be based at FOSS’ Innovation Center in Hillerød, working closely with internal stakeholders in both R&D, Service, Production & Supply chain, and Marketing amongst others. Additionally, you are strong in handling external stakeholders and communication.

You will be responsible for the continued development of the team, driving efficiency through AI tools, automation of processes and ensuring the right level of competencies and development. All to support our next innovations, while keeping an eye on our foundation and platforms. You will be involved in projects - from early business identification and concept development through customer trials to launch and market implementation. Additionally, you will be involved in project reporting and closely working with our Programs organization. To balance the job, you hence need a sound understanding of:

• Hands-on experience leading use of AI in the full software development cycle to secure our continued position as market leader
• Agentic development – designing, building and operating AI agents as part of the product, for example within customer customization, system integration and customer advice
• Building and delivering solutions on SW Factories (Harness engineering) platform, with automated pipelines, quality gates and short lead time from idea to release
• Importance of customer needs to support projects and ensure clear designs are ready based on requirements and product specifications from customer insights
• Stakeholder management and communication to support projects and clear allocations
• Ensure focus on product quality

In addition to supporting new products and projects, your responsibilities include:

• Ensure team competencies are balanced to fit current and future developments
• Ensure the wellbeing, motivation, and performance of your team
• Have a genuine and personal interest in evolution of software development
• Grow the team’s capabilities within agentic development and SW Factory ways of working

What we hope to see you bring
We expect that you join us with:

• 2-5 years of experience in people management of software development in complex organizations or have been part of driving a small start-up
• A strong technical background (e.g., Engineer, MSc, or equivalent)
• Genuine interest and personal experience with use of AI
• Hands-on experience with agentic development, LLM-based agents, tool use and integrations – and a clear view of where they create real customer value
• Experience delivering through modern CI/CD platforms and automated pipelines, SW Factories, built on Harness engineering
• You may well come from a smaller start-up or scale-up, where you were close to the customer, delivered incrementally, and used AI as an integrated part of your day
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong facilitation capabilities and a drive to nurture productive collaborations
• You are curious, self-driven, and eager to understand our customers’ businesses to create impactful software where we understand our customers’ needs. You thrive on solving complex problems and developing improvements with clear business outcomes. While being a strong leader, you understand that leadership is balance between conviction and self-insight, and that you are never done learning.

You are structured and possess a “get up and go” attitude. Your ability to build strong relationships and communicate effectively is key to your success.

What does success look like?
You actively engage together with your team and have a proactive approach both to delivering new solutions, as well as dealing with problem solving. You don’t wait for people to come to you but actively take responsibility. Agents that your team builds are running in our products and creating value for customers, and new functionality reaches them in small, frequent releases. You can balance delivery of state-of-the-art products in a world quickly changing through supportive AI tools. Simultaneously, developing the skills and knowledge of the team through adaption of emerging technologies to make us not only a high-performance team but also foster state of the art engineers.

Why choose FOSS?
We offer a demanding and rewarding position in an international and innovative company, a global leader in its field.

Software Development is part of R&D and consist of more than 100 software professionals across our sites in Hillerød, Warsaw and Hungary.

Our culture is grounded in trust and teamwork. You will find a workplace where your ideas are welcomed, and where you can make a real impact.

We would love to hear from you!
Submit your application and relevant documents through the link below. Please note that only applications submitted via the link will be considered. We conduct interviews on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

FOSS is committed to maintaining an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce. You can help us sustain an unbiased recruitment process by not including photo or age in your application.

About FOSS
Today, more than 8 billion people around the world are dependent on nutritional food. Tons of food being produced in a million different ways and under varying conditions, creating challenges all the way from field to fork. One of them, obviously, is the effect it has on climate change.

FOSS helps the world’s 100 biggest food companies, and more than 40,000 others around the world navigate exactly that with intelligent, data-driven and innovative analytical solutions. We are making sustainability a better business, and we’re doing so as the global market leader in our field – improving food quality, minimizing food waste, ensuring food safety, and securing fair payment.

Join a pioneering and innovative company in the food and agriculture industry. A company on a mission, with offices all around the world and 1,750 talented colleagues across 34 different countries.