Responsibilities
- Proactively identify product opportunities for autonomous technologies that help farmers change the way they farm to improve their financial success and quality of life
- Champion the collaborative development and continual refinement of the autonomous roadmap
- Develop a strong market expertise gleaned from customer and competitive research regarding market viability, customer need, market potential, and product value proposition
- Lead cross-functional team to decisions regarding Build/Buy/License strategies
- Become a product expert, developing a deep understanding of product operation, product positioning, and competitive products in the marketplace
- Stay up-to-date on new technologies and their potential applications within agriculture
- Work with a cross-functional autonomy engineering team to determine R&D priority
Qualifications and Skills
- 5+ years experience in a technical product management, engineering, or product development role
- Proven ability to make things happen amidst ambiguity, complexity, and inter-dependencies in an organized and structured way
- Keen observational skills focused on identification of customer problems and unarticulated needs
- Have, or desire to obtain, a strong understanding of row crop farmers as well as their business and technology practices
- Proven ability to influence individuals and teams without formal authority
- Must be able to travel as required to effectively fulfill position requirements