Lead Product Manager, Farmer Insights Applications

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Primary Location: United States (US) - Illinois - Moline

Function: Product and Process Mgmt (CA)

Title: Lead Product Manager, Farmer Insights Applications - 121472

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.

Summary

We are seeking a Lead Product Manager to define and lead the strategy, roadmap, and execution of the Farmer Insights Platform, a portfolio of products and capabilities designed to help farmers make better decisions through trusted, data-driven insights.

This role is part of a newly formed team focused on building the future of decision intelligence in agriculture. The team operates with a startup mindset while leveraging John Deeres scale, distribution, and technology ecosystem.

The platform combines the creation of a discovery platform that will help farmers optimize their operations, from planning through execution, combined with data-driven capabilities embedded within John Deeres Operations Center. Together. These capabilities create a closed-loop intelligence system that generates insights, measures outcomes, quantifies economic value, and continuously improves over time.

This role sits at the intersection of product management, customer discovery, artificial intelligence, agronomy, data science, and software development. Success requires balancing innovation with trust, speed with rigor, and experimentation with scalable execution.

VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position

Your Responsibilities

• Product Strategy & Vision

• 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

• Product Development & Execution

• 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

• Customer Discovery & Validation

• 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

• Platform & Ecosystem Leadership

• 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

• Cross-Functional Leadership

• 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

What Skills You Need

• 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

Technical & Product Skills

• 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

What Makes You Stand Out

• 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

Education

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

• Bachelors degree in a technical, business, agricultureal or related field

What Make This Role Unique

• Build a category-defining product from the ground floor
• Lead both product discovery and platform-scale execution
• Help establish and scale a new product capability within John Deere while working with a highly entrepreneurial team focused on rapid learning and customer impact
• Work across agriculture, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, and software
• Create measurable customer impact by helping farmers make better decisions and achieve stronger economic outcomes

What Youll 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, youll 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
• 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
• Vacation and Holiday Pay

$183,264.00 - $274,884.00 + Benefits

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Must be 18 years of age or older to apply

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