Syngenta Seeds is currently hiring a Digital Product Manager who will solve hard problems and create solutions that our customers love and yet create value for our business. As part of the global product team, you will collaborate closely with the product design and engineering teams to discover effective solutions and work together to deliver those solutions.
Accountabilities
- Product Discovery & Development: The scientific innovation is at the heart of R&D. The Product Manager will deeply understand the scientific nature of the business, our customers, their challenges, and their goals. This understanding will drive a customer-centric product development process, grounded in valuable insights from our users. Regular experiments will be conducted to test new ideas and functionalities, with rapid iterations based on customer feedback. It's essential to understand the principles of product design, engineering, and adoption within R&D ecosystem.
- Execution & Delivery: Ensure engineering teams are aligned with the vision and working towards delivery goals. Achieve efficient delivery via fostering a culture of accountability and self-organized scrum teams. Be brave and creative in improving engineering productivity by removing impediments for the team.
- Product Team: It is vital to collaborate with Solution Owners, Product Owners and SME groups in effectively communicating on the product vision, strategy, and development status to ensure clear expectations are set and managed. Regularly sharing key successes and challenges with local and regional stakeholders from various functional domains to ideate, gather and enhance the product backlog.
- Product analytics: Continuously improve product performance and user experience through data-driven insights. Establish, track, and present the product’s performance metrics with senior management to align the outcomes with Objectives and Key Results.
- Business Analysis: Apply proper analysis techniques to ensure the targeted solutions align with intended business outcomes. Maximize engineering efficiency through identification and articulation of valid user epics and stories.
- Collaboration with Engineering: Speak thoughtfully with engineers and help make technical trade-offs when building products and features. Shape solutions by modelling domains and estimating roughly the size and difficulty of new developments. Also, uphold high standards of data privacy and security in all aspects of product management.
- Cross Team Collaboration: Working as part of a global product team, ensuring close collaboration with the product management, engineering, and other value streams is a must. Managing connectivity and communication effectively across multiple time zones. Collaborating with wider country and regional teams to maintain alignment on the final product outcomes.
PLEASE NOTE: this position can be remote, but candidate must already be based in NA and not require visa sponsorship.
Company Description
Syngenta is a global leader in agriculture; rooted in science and dedicated to bringing plant potential to life. Each of our 30,000 employees in more than 90 countries work together to solve one of humanity’s most pressing challenges: growing more food with fewer resources. A diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace environment are enablers of our ambition to be the most collaborative and trusted team in agriculture.
Our employees reflect the diversity of our customers, the markets where we operate and the communities which we serve. No matter what your position, you will have a vital role in safely feeding the world and taking care of our planet. Join us and help shape the future of agriculture.
Qualifications
- 3-5 years working in a technology-based role as part of a product team, business analysis, subject matter expert in the business. Direct experience as a product manager for a digital product is preferable.
- Experience in working on agricultural products (ex- trailing, plant breeding platforms etc) or services is a plus.
- Experience and proven track record in implementing a global product that has a positive business outcome.
Additional Information
- Full Benefit Package (Medical, Dental & Vision) that starts the same day you do
- 401k plan with company match, Profit Sharing & Retirement Savings Contribution
- Paid Vacation, 9 Paid Holidays, Maternity and Paternity Leave, Education Assistance, Wellness Programs, Corporate Discounts among others
- A culture that promotes work/life balance, celebrates diversity, and offers numerous family-oriented events throughout the year
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Salary range: 121,000 - 173,000
Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
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