Senior Digital Agronomist

Mackinnon Bruce International; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mackinnon Bruce International is partnering with a European Ag-Tech client to appoint a Senior Digital Agronomist. You will translate regenerative farming expertise into scalable digital tools for farmers across temperate European arable systems.

The role blends agronomy, on-farm economics and digital product development, guiding tool logic, validating models and collaborating with product, design and engineering teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in farm management, agronomic advisory, farm business consultancy or similar role.
• Academic background in agronomy or related discipline, or strong practical track record.
• Hands-on experience in temperate European arable systems (cereals, oilseeds, roots).
• Deep understanding of regenerative farming, soil health, nutrient management, rotations, cover crops, tillage and reduced-input systems.
• Practical farm economics experience, including investment case building with farmers.
• Sound judgement on what farmers can adopt and what is financially worthwhile.
• Experience using farm software and interest in ag tech.
• Fluent English and German, including engaging with farmers and reviewing German content.

Responsibilities

• Own recommendations covering cover crops, tillage transitions, crop rotations and nutrient management.
• Translate agronomic principles into clear specifications for product and engineering teams.
• Assess recommendations against soil conditions, location, farmer objectives and practical constraints.
• Challenge models, assumptions and outputs against field experience and farm economics.
• Review agronomic datasets, literature and assumptions underpinning digital products.
• Bring farmers’ needs, data and adoption barriers into product decisions.
• Contribute to product priorities based on farmer value, willingness to pay and feasibility.
• Validate tools through farmer interviews and practical testing.
• Support expansion into new regions by identifying regional differences.

Skills

Farm management

Agronomic advisory

Farm economics

Regenerative farming

Data interpretation

German language

English language

Stakeholder communication

Education

Degree in agronomy or related field

Tools

Farm software

Job description

We are working alongside our client in the Ag-Tech sector to hire a Senior Digital Agronomist, translating practical expertise in regenerative agriculture into scalable digital tools and recommendations for farmers across temperate European arable systems.

The Client

Our client is a European Ag-Tech start-up helping farmers and food companies make regenerative agriculture scalable and financially rewarding. Their digital platform supports soil health, biodiversity and carbon capture while creating additional income streams for farmers and helping food businesses reduce supply-chain emissions.

Location

Germany based with flexible hybrid working. Frequent on farm travel.

The Role

This is a hands-on agronomy role at the intersection of regenerative farming, farm economics and digital product development. You will own the agronomic logic behind farmer-facing recommendations, working closely with product, design, engineering and modelling colleagues to ensure tools are scientifically sound, practical on farm and commercially relevant.

Responsibilities

• Own recommendations covering cover crops, tillage transitions, crop rotations and nutrient management.
• Translate agronomic principles into clear specifications for product and engineering teams.
• Assess recommendations against soil conditions, location, farmer objectives and practical constraints.
• Challenge models, assumptions and outputs against field experience and farm economics.
• Review agronomic datasets, literature and assumptions underpinning digital products.
• Bring farmers’ needs, available data and adoption barriers into product decisions.
• Contribute to product priorities based on farmer value, willingness to pay and technical feasibility.
• Validate tools through farmer interviews, feedback analysis and practical testing.
• Support expansion into new regions by identifying differences in farming systems.

Requirements / Qualifications

• 5+ years in farm management, agronomic advisory, farm business consultancy or a comparable role involving responsibility for on-farm decisions.
• Academic background in agronomy, agricultural sciences or a related discipline, or a strong practical track record.
• Hands-on experience in temperate European arable systems, including cereals, oilseeds and root crops.
• Deep understanding of regenerative farming, soil health, nutrient management, rotations, cover crops, tillage and reduced-input systems.
• Practical farm economics experience, including building investment cases alongside farmers.
• Sound judgement on what farmers can realistically adopt and what makes changes financially worthwhile.
• Experience using farm software and an interest in agricultural technology.
• Confidence working with spreadsheets, performance figures and challenging inconsistent results.
• Ability to develop ideas and contribute practical solutions.
• Fluent English and German, including the ability to engage with farmers and review German-language content.