Lead Product Manager, Farmer Insights Applications

John Deere is a company focused on addressing the challenges of a growing global population by investing in technology and innovation. They are seeking a Lead Product Manager to define and lead the strategy and execution of the Farmer Insights Platform, which aims to provide data-driven insights to help farmers optimize their operations. This role involves collaboration across various teams to ensure the successful development and implementation of product strategies that enhance decision intelligence in agriculture.

Responsibilities:

• Define and drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Farmer Insights Platform
• Establish a long-term product strategy that transforms agricultural data into trusted, evidence-based recommendations
• Identify opportunities to create customer value through data, analytics, machine learning, and AI-driven insights
• Drive product decisions that scale across multiple crops, geographies, farming practices, and customer segments
• Lead the development and growth of the insights platform from concept through launch and ongoing iteration
• Define how insights are generated, prioritized, presented, measured, and improved over time
• Partner closely with Engineering, Machine Learning, Data Science, Design, and Agronomy teams to deliver high-impact customer experiences
• Translate ambiguous customer problems into clear product requirements and execution plans
• Balance short-term delivery objectives with long-term platform investments
• Engage directly with farmers, dealers, agronomists, and industry stakeholders to understand customer needs, workflows, and challenges
• Lead customer discovery efforts to validate product opportunities and assumptions
• Develop a deep understanding of customer decision-making processes and economic outcomes
• Use customer insights and product analytics to continuously improve product direction and prioritization
• Define how successful product innovations transition from experimentation into scalable platform capabilities
• Partner with Operations Center teams to integrate validated insights into existing customer workflows
• Drive alignment across multiple teams and stakeholders to ensure successful adoption and scaling
• Establish frameworks for measuring customer impact, product adoption, and business value
• Influence and align stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Data Science, Agronomy, Design, and Business leadership
• Facilitate strategic discussions and trade-off decisions across competing priorities
• Communicate product vision, roadmap, risks, and outcomes clearly to executive leadership and cross-functional teams
• Foster a culture of experimentation, learning, and customer-centric decision-making

Requirements:

• 8+ years of Product Management experience with increasing levels of ownership and responsibility
• Proven experience building and launching complex software products from concept to production
• Experience leading product strategy and execution for data-intensive, AI-driven, analytics, or platform products
• Strong customer discovery and product validation experience
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
• Experience partnering closely with Engineering, Design, Data Science, and business stakeholders
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to decision-making
• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills
• Ability to lead complex cross-functional initiatives across multiple teams and organizations
• Strong understanding of modern software product development processes
• Experience working with data platforms, analytics products, machine learning systems, or AI-enabled products
• Familiarity with experimentation frameworks, product analytics, and outcome measurement
• Ability to translate technical concepts into customer value and business outcomes
• Bachelor's degree in a technical, business, agricultural or related field
• Experience building AI- or machine learning-powered products
• Experience creating products in agriculture, industrial technology, robotics, autonomy, geospatial technologies, or adjacent industries
• Experience launching net-new products or platforms from the ground up
• Familiarity with agronomy, agricultural operations, precision agriculture, or farm management workflows
• Experience working with large-scale data platforms and decision-support systems
• Experience measuring customer outcomes and economic impact through product analytics
• Experience scaling products from early experimentation into broadly adopted platforms
• MBA or advanced degree in a technical, business, agricultural, or related field