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Product Strategy Lead 

As Bayer Crop Science's digital farming arm, we advance regenerative agriculture and technology breakthroughs using the latest agronomic science, data science, engineering, and real-world farming experience. With groundbreaking technologies like Climate Fieldview and our ForGround regenerative agriculture platform, our team is a part of some of the most important advancements in ag. 

The Digital Product Strategy Lead will partner with business owners on product vision, mission, and strategy for remote sensing in digital agriculture, and align on desired outcomes, key metrics, execution and value capturing. You will own the product strategy for field monitoring, where a broad understanding of digital services and key industry players is required (current and historical weather, satellite imagery etc.) You will drive full discovery and execution from idea to launch, and will orchestrate the roadmap for this value stream by fostering collaboration and coaching a talented agile product development team composed of designers, product managers, and a full-stack engineering team.? 

Location: St. Louis, Chicago, or remote within the Midwest 

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

The primary responsibilities of this role are to:   

• Partner with business owners on the vision for data collection within Fieldview, the industry’s #1 digital agriculture platform.  

• Lead disruptive and sustaining innovation that advances the Fieldview platform and supports New Business Models globally, in order to achieve revenue targets.?  

• Develop the product strategy that is aligned with the overall business and customer needs, and supports the Fieldview vision and mission, including direct market fit to key markets.  

• Orchestrate the roadmap delivery for a mission team of ~30 cross-functional team members.?  

• Manage stakeholder engagement, working together with business owners to elevate senior stakeholder support, gather input, and align on strategic direction, ensuring that the product vision reflects a unified understanding of business goals and market needs.?  

• Coach Product Managers to ensure efficient and effective delivery of digital improvements to our key digital business assets that drive the Bayer Crop Science growth strategy.?  

• Lead Performance Monitoring: Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to track the success of the product strategy, making data-driven decisions to continuously improve the product's performance. Ensure that metric trees demonstrate how product/solution contributes to business and customer outcomes.?  

• Secure talent flow. Identify individuals and technical competencies needed to execute on the roadmap. Assess levels and direct remediation efforts as needed.?  

• Perform and maintain competitive market research related to your area of ownership.?  

• Partner with the?User Insights?Coach and regional CX group to apply user research methods?to increase the confidence in the?ideas to be developed.?  

• Lead mission team accountability for data-driven decision making.?  

• Ensure solution design validation globally. ?  

• Own accountability for stakeholder alignment on the solution design.?  

• Champion product development excellence. Ensure best-in-class standards for product management and customer co-creation practices.? 

WHO YOU ARE 

Bayer seeks a candidate who possesses the following: 

Required: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Product Management, Business, Science or any product development-related field 

• 10+ years of product management experience 

• Experience using external data sources, deriving data insights, and use of APIs 

• Proven record of successfully launching digital solutions that contribute positively to?business and customer outcomes? 

• Geospatial experience  

Preferred: 

• Master’s Degree in Product Management, Business, Science or any product development-related field 

• Broad understanding of farming practices or digital agriculture 

• UX Design experience 

• Proactive, results-driven with excellent project management skills and an ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.  

• Proven record of leading teams? 

Employees can expect to be paid a salary of approximately between $135k to $180k. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant).? Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc..? This salary (or salary range) is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors. 

This posting will be available for application until at least 3/28/25.