AI Product Manager

John Deere; Moline (IL); Remote; USD 138,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Healthcare benefits with generous HSA

Job summary

John Deere seeks an AI Product Manager to own Parts AI capabilities across Shop.Deere.com and Deere.com. You will lead a cross-functional team to define journeys, requirements, and release decisions, delivering measurable business outcomes with strong AI focus.

You will collaborate with UX, Engineering, Data, Marketing, and Content to ensure reusable, scalable solutions and drive adoption, value, and quality across platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex digital products with a cross-functional team.
• Ability to translate customer, dealer, and business needs into scalable product capabilities.
• Understanding of AI-enabled experiences and data dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Own the product and outcomes: define AI agents, value proposition, objectives, and roadmap for Parts AI.
• Lead a dedicated development team: set direction, prioritise backlog, remove ambiguity, drive production.
• Discover and validate user problems through customer and dealer discovery and tests.
• Translate needs into journeys, requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria with partners.
• Deliver and operate AI products: pilots, releases, production readiness, monitoring, improvements.

Skills

Product management

Discovery & roadmap

Stakeholder management

AI understanding

Cross-functional collaboration

Data dependencies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering / Data Science

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

There are over 7 billion people on this planet. And by 2050, there will be 2 billion more... many moving into urban centers at an unprecedented rate. Making sure there is enough food, fiber and infrastructure for our rapidly growing world is what we're all about at John Deere. And it's why we're investing in our people and our technology like never before! Here the world's brightest minds are tackling the world's biggest challenges. If you believe one person can make the world a better place, we'll put you to work. RIGHT NOW.

John Deere is an equal opportunity employer, including disabled & veterans.

Primary Location: United States (US) - Iowa - Johnston

Function: Data and Analytics (CA)

Title: AI Product Manager - 125641

Onsite/Remote: Remote Position

The preferred location for this position is onsite in Johnston, IA or Moline, IL. Remote candidates will also be considered; however, monthly travel to our Moline or Johnston office would be required.

Purpose

Digital Engagement & Commerce requires a dedicated Product Manager to build and scale AI-powered parts experiences across Shop.Deere.com, Deere.com, and Unified Parts Experience.

This role will lead a dedicated development team and own the full product lifecycle for Parts AI capabilities: customer and dealer discovery, product direction, roadmap, backlog, requirements, delivery, release readiness, adoption, quality, and measurable business outcomes. The role will also orchestrate work across Digital Engagement & Commerce so that capabilities are reusable and consistent across platforms, rather than developed as disconnected point solutions as well lead the Internal Transformation for A&CS employees by supporting high-impact AI opportunities, cross-functional delivery, everyday AI fluency, and a clear path from idea intake through validation, governance, execution, and recognition.

Your Responsibilities

• Own the product and outcomes: Define the AI agents needed, value proposition, objectives, roadmap, and measurable customer, dealer, and business outcomes for Parts AI.
• Lead a dedicated development team: Provide day-to-day product direction, prioritize the backlog, make scope tradeoffs, remove ambiguity, and move capabilities from discovery through production.
• Discover and validate user problems: Conduct customer and dealer discovery, identify high-value workflows, test concepts, and validate that AI is solving meaningful problems.
• Translate needs into buildable work: Define journeys, requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, data needs, guardrails, and release decisions in partnership with UX, Engineering, Architecture, Data, and Content.
• Deliver and operate AI products: Lead pilots, phased releases, production readiness, monitoring, issue prioritization, and continuous improvement.
• Own AI product quality: Establish evaluation criteria for accuracy, relevance, task completion, safety, and user trust; use findings to prioritize improvements.
• Drive adoption and business impact: Partner with product, marketing, dealer, regional, and support teams to embed capabilities in workflows and measure utilization and value.
• Orchestrate across DEC: Coordinate shared skills, tools, data sources, and interaction patterns so each platform can consume common Parts AI capabilities without duplicating development.
• Prioritize AI work with teams using business value, demand, and support capacity.
• Share company and industry AI insights to encourage reuse of proven work and reduce duplication.
• Provide agent-building guidance, including instructions, templates, and reusable patterns for designing, testing, and deploying AI agents.
• Coach teams through use-case testing, alongside AI Champions, and help review results before expansion.
• Own program metrics, agree measures and baselines with teams, and review project status and before-and-after results; Armaan Arora supports reporting.
• Review evidence with team leads to inform continuation, adaptation, or stopping; the leadership sponsor approves the next phase.

VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position

What Skills You Need

• Product management experience delivering complex digital products with a cross-functional development team
• Experience owning discovery, roadmap, backlog, requirements, release decisions, and measurable outcomes
• Ability to translate customer, dealer, and business needs into scalable product capabilities
• Understanding of AI-enabled experiences, workflow design, product evaluation, and data dependencies
• Strong partnership skills across Engineering, UX, Architecture, Data, Content, Marketing, and business stakeholders
• Ability to balance speed, quality, responsible AI, technical constraints, and user value

What Makes You Stand Out

• Product Management experience is highly desirable
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Systems thinking – seeing how changes ripple through the organization
• Advanced Excel Spreadsheet proficiency for KPI tracking, structuring information and reporting

Education

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

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science or a related discipline
• Advanced degree preferred

What You'll 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, you'll 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

$138,144.00 - $207,216.00 + Benefits

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Must be 18 years of age or older to apply

The information contained herein is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and qualifications required of individuals performing the job. The qualifications detailed in this job description are not considered the minimum requirements necessary to perform the job, but rather as guidelines.

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