Sr. Product Manager - Cloud

Cargill, Incorporated; Minnesota; On-site; USD 100,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Cargill, a leading global organization, seeks a strategic Product Manager to enhance their internal Cloud Platform. This role involves leading product strategy, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring product security and scalability. Candidates should have at least 4 years of experience in relevant fields with a strong understanding of agile methodologies.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits program including medical

Discretionary incentive award based on performance

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant work experience, typically 5 or more years.
• Knowledge of agile and product methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Owns product strategy and solution from discovery to delivery.
• Maintains prioritization and refinement of the product backlog.
• Analyzes market and competitive conditions.

Skills

Agile Methodologies

Product Development

Project Leadership

Job description

Cargill’s size and scale allow us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions, and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

Job Purpose and Impact

We are seeking a strategic, execution-focused Product Manager to lead the evolution of our internal Cloud Platform. This platform enables application teams to build, deploy, and operate reliable, secure, and scalable services. As a Product Manager, you will drive the roadmap and vision for our developer-facing platform, balancing feature delivery with reliability, security, and automation. You'll collaborate closely with engineers, SREs, security, and internal stakeholders to shape an opinionated, high-leverage platform that supports the needs of application teams across the organization.

Key Accountabilities

• Owns product strategy and solution from discovery to delivery, and identifies business value and end user outcomes including key performance indicators and financial return on investment.
• Maintains prioritization and refinement of the product backlog, deciding what to build and when, partnering with teams to estimate features, define requirements and collaborate on a product roadmap based on the team's capacity.
• Serves as a product functional owner, bringing new technology and data products to market by analyzing proposed product requirements and product development programs, preparing return on investment analyses and addressing product team questions.
• Analyzes market and competitive conditions to pave a clear path toward the business value of the product and make that clear to the team that serves the customer.
• Analyzes and addresses the critical product risks including value, usability, feasibility, and business viability.
• Uses quantitative and qualitative data for detailed analysis to identify what to build or optimize.
• Adheres to environmental contributions and sustainability goals of the organization while supporting the implementation and visibility of standard methodologies, processes, and continuous improvement related to the product across the enterprise or group.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years of relevant work experience, typically 5 or more years.
• Knowledge of agile and product methodologies and frameworks.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Established skills in identifying needs and developing strategies to address transformation efforts.
• Experience on a software product team in development, quality, user experience, or project leadership.
• Experience as a product manager, product owner, business analyst, or related role.

Additional Position Information

The expected salary range is $100,000 - $162,000, depending on factors such as location, certifications, education, and experience. Compensation may be adjusted for geographic differentials. The position is eligible for a discretionary incentive award based on company and personal performance. We offer a comprehensive benefits program including medical and other benefits. Visit https://www.cargill.com/page/my-health/mh-health-and-wellness to learn more (subject to collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.