Fleet Ops Manager (IoT Hardware)

Location: On-site in Buenos Aires, Argentina; regular travel across South America is required, typically 3–4 days per week with some nights away from home.

Company

hirify.global develops hardware and technology that helps farmers and graziers operate more productive and sustainable cattle operations.

What you will do

• Lead, coordinate, and develop a team of Fleet Ops Specialists across South America.
• Build and own the regional maintenance system for cattle collars, towers, and related hardware infrastructure.
• Plan workloads, schedules, recruitment, and field coverage across the region.
• Provide hands-on support for maintenance, repairs, hardware diagnosis, drone mapping, installations, go-live activities, and collaring on farms.
• Support the global hardware on-call roster and act as the first escalation point for field incidents.
• Analyse hardware and team-performance data, then share field insights with product and engineering teams in Auckland.

Requirements

• Previous leadership experience with field or operations teams, including performance management and people development.
• Hands-on experience with tools, electrical work, construction, networking, equipment fitting, or similar practical work.
• Professional experience with South American cattle production is required.
• Strong communication, organisation, ownership, and problem-solving skills in an ambiguous early-stage environment.
• Willingness to travel regularly and sometimes spontaneously across South America.
• Fluent Spanish and professional English are required; recruitment interviews and significant day-to-day work will be conducted in English.

Nice to have

• Broader agriculture or agri-tech experience beyond cattle production.
• Experience scaling a team in an early-stage or high-growth environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Work focused on improving farmers’ livelihoods and building more sustainable agricultural operations.
• High-performance culture with autonomy, learning, and challenging technical and operational problems.
• Personal growth fund of $1,000 for developing new skills.
• Collaborative work with teams in South America, the United States, and Auckland.
• Inclusive workplace focused on meaningful impact and continuous development.

Hiring process

• Submit a cover letter explaining interest in the role and hirify.global together with a CV.
• Interviews will be conducted in English.