Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. John Deere is 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, aimed at providing farmers with data-driven insights to optimize their operations.
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
Skills
- 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
Benefits
- 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
Company Overview
It doesn’t matter if you’ve never driven a tractor, mowed a lawn, or operated a dozer. It was founded in 1837, and is headquartered in Indaiatuba, Sao Paulo, BRA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.deere.com.br/pt/.