Lead Product Manager, Farmer Insights Applications

John Deere is focused on tackling the world's biggest challenges in agriculture through innovative technology and data-driven insights. They are seeking a Lead Product Manager to define and lead the strategy and execution of the Farmer Insights Platform, aimed at helping farmers optimize their operations through trusted insights.

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