Lely, founded in 1948, is committed to creating a sustainable, profitable, and enjoyable future in agriculture. Driven by the challenges farmers face and the needs of cows, we develop high-quality robots and data systems that improve animal welfare, flexibility, and productivity on dairy farms. Our mission is to support sustainable food production.
For more than 30 years, we have been a global leader in the sales and service of automated systems for successive generations of dairy farmers. Every day, we inspire our colleagues to provide customers with innovative solutions and to be a reliable partner for long-term advice and support. With our state-of-the-art Lely Campus in Maassluis and a worldwide network of dedicated Lely Centers offering tailored sales and service, Lely operates in more than fifty countries.
Imagine leading a team that uses data from more than 30,000 connected robots and farm systems worldwide to shape the future of dairy farming. As Team Lead Data Science & AI, you combine people leadership, technology and strategy to unlock the full potential of data and artificial intelligence across Lely.
You lead a team of Data Scientists and AI specialists and are responsible for their growth, development and performance. Through coaching, people management and responsibility, you help your team excel while delivering innovative solutions that create real value for farmers. From predictive models that help improve milk quality to new AI-driven capabilities that support daily farm management, your team works on challenges that directly impact the future of agriculture.
As a family-owned company, Lely invests in long-term innovation. With only 3% of dairy farms worldwide currently robotised, the opportunities to transform the industry are enormous. Together with your team, you play a key role in determining how Data Science & AI can accelerate this transition and where Lely should invest next.
As part of the Data & AI leadership team, you work closely with business stakeholders across the organisation. You help answer questions such as:
You bring a combination of people leadership, strategic thinking and hands-on Data Science & AI expertise. You enjoy developing teams, connecting stakeholders and translating technological opportunities into business impact.
Additionally, you bring the following:
Working at Lely means contributing to sustainable progress within one of the most innovative organizations in the Netherlands. You help make the agricultural sector more futureproof, and we ensure you have the space, resources, and support to do so.
Work-life balance
We are also proud that our vision and efforts have been recognized with the Rotterdam Entrepreneurs Award 2025.
Recruitment & selection agency, consultancy, and/or staffing agency?
We appreciate the interest, but we recruit all our candidates directly. We understand that as intermediaries, you want to present candidates for our great positions and contribute to our ambitions, but this is not how we have set up our recruitment process. This means that all unsolicited profiles offered on Lely vacancies will be treated as direct applications.
As an international family business in the agricultural sector, we spend every day making farmers’ lives easier with innovative solutions and tailored services. We offer solutions for almost all activities in the cowshed: from milking to cleaning. We provide advice on how to organise a dairy farm smartly with the use of management systems. Our vision and the needs and demands of our clients are the things that drive and inspire us.
Something we do since 1948, in this year brothers Cornelis en Arij van der Lely introduced the finger wheel rake to the market. One of our first inventions that made a substantial change in the traditional way of working on the farm. There were many more innovations with only one purpose making agrarian life easier and working together for a sustainable, profitable and enjoyable future in the agricultural sector.
