Sr. Product Manager - Cloud

Cargill; Wayzata (MN); On-site; USD 100,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the agricultural sector is seeking a strategic Product Manager for its internal Cloud Platform. This role emphasizes balancing feature delivery with reliability and security, working collaboratively with various teams to enhance the developer experience. Candidates should have a minimum of 4 years of experience and skills in agile methodologies.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits program including medical

Discretionary incentive award

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of relevant work experience, typically 5+.
• Knowledge of agile & product methodologies.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Agile methodologies

Product ownership

Strategic planning

Job description

Cargill’s size and scale allows 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, SRE's, security, and internal stakeholders to shape an opinionated, high-leverage platform that supports the needs of application teams acorss 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 requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 5 years or more of relevant experience
• Knowledge of agile & product methodologies and frameworks

Preferred Qualifcations:

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

Additional Position Information

The expected salary for this position is $100,000 - $162,000. Compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific location, certifications, education, and level of experience. The disclosed range estimate may be adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. This position is eligible for a discretionary incentive award. The incentive award amount is dependent upon company performance and your personal performance. At Cargill we put people first. As part of your overall rewards, we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit: https://www.cargill.com/page/my-health/mh-health-and-wellness to learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions).

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.