Product Manager

There are over 7 billion people on this planet. And by 2050, there will be 2 billion more... many moving into urban centers at an unprecedented rate. Making sure there is enough food, fiber and infrastructure for our rapidly growing world is what we're all about at John Deere. And it's why we're investing in our people and our technology like never before! Here the world's brightest minds are tackling the world's biggest challenges. If you believe one person can make the world a better place, we'll put you to work. RIGHT NOW.
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Primary Location: United States (US) - Illinois -
Function: Product & Process Management (CA)
Title: Product Manager - 111909
Onsite/Remote:Remote Position
This position is eligible for remote work at the present time. The arrangement may be delayed for training or other job acclimation purposes and remains subject to change.
Your Responsibilities
As a Product Manager for the Sustainability Solutions team in John Deere's Intelligent Solutions Group, you will define & execute our product strategy through customer discovery, owning delivery of both prototypes and production-grade software, and iterating quickly to achieve product-market fit for both B2B and B2C products. An ideal candidate can handle ambiguity well, make "no regrets" decisions quickly, navigate a complex and technical environment with many stakeholders, and guide relationships with key partners. As part of this, you will:

• Deeply understand the market and own voice of the customer through direct interaction with customers, as well as by deriving leverage through Deere's Production System teams
• Establish a clear product strategy and evangelize this across a variety of internal and external stakeholders
• Translate product vision into detailed requirements for engineering, data science, design, and customer success. This will include working with adjacent product managers to extend existing work with quick wins, and executing with our engineering group to develop new concepts and improve upon our team's existing products
• Develop and sustain a healthy product roadmap to ensure the team is working on high priority features that deliver strong customer and business value
• Navigate ambiguity and make trade-offs to ensure products fail rapidly or guide them to large-scale production

VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position
What Skills You Need

• 4+ years in technology product management in digital software or similar roles
• Track record of deep customer engagement to understand needs and test & refine products
• Track record of product delivery in an environment with many stakeholders
• Strong problem solving, strategic thinking and communication skills - able to distill complex problems into component parts and develop a path forward, including crafting concise product documents that simply communicate complex concepts
• Track record of using data to drive decisions
• Demonstrated entrepreneurial approach - launch early prototypes, learn, and iterate
• Ability and willingness to travel up to ~1x/month

What Makes You Stand Out

• Experience with agriculture and soil health
• Domain knowledge of soil carbon credits, carbon markets, and commodity differentiation programs
• Experience bringing Data Science-driven features to production
• Experience with Business Development and B2B sales

Education
Ideally you will have a degree or equivalent related work experience in the following:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Economics, Agriculture, or similar

What You'll Get
At John Deere, you are empowered to create a career that will take you to where you want to go while working in an inclusive team environment. Here, you'll enjoy the freedom to explore new projects, the support to think outside the box and the advanced tools and technology that foster innovation and achievement. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive reward package to help you get started on your new career path, including:

• Flexible work arrangements
• Highly competitive base pay and performance bonuses
• Savings & Retirement benefits (401K and Defined Contribution)
• Healthcare benefits with a generous company contribution in the Health Savings Account
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Tuition assistance
• Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms at specific Deere locations
• Charitable contribution match
• Employee Purchase Plan & numerous discount programs for personal use

$122,580.00 - $183,864.00 + Benefits
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The information contained herein is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and qualifications required of individuals performing the job. The qualifications detailed in this job description are not considered the minimum requirements necessary to perform the job, but rather as guidelines.
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