Product Manager, FarmWise
$140-180k
+ Stock Options
Office located in Santa Clara, CA
Innovative farming solutions
Open for applications
Innovative farming solutions
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$140-180k
+ Stock Options
Office located in Santa Clara, CA
21-100 employees
Company mission
To deliver affordable and reliable vision systems to power tomorrow's farm equipment with ultra precision.
Role
Who you are
- Strong experience in a dynamic product management and/or program management role that included both hardware and software and preferable Machine Learning
- 3+ years product management or related industry experience
- Demonstrated experience using planning tools such as Jira or Clickup to track and drive the development of complex technical features
- Proven success in overseeing all elements of the product development lifecycle
- High effectiveness in managing cross-functional teams
- Exceptional writing and editing skills, combined with strong presentation and public speaking skills
What the job involves
- Own the end to end success of new features and functionality for the Vulcan robotic weeding implement. This includes the discovery, planning, testing, go to market and on-going support of these features
- Work closely with our partners and customers gathering feedback to establish a product roadmap that is aligned with FarmWise business goals
- Partner with Sales, Customer Support and Operations teams to deeply understand how customers are using the product to triage, root cause and drive resolution of any customer facing issues
- Distill input from various sources into a cohesive story that bridges the gap between our current reality and FarmWise’s future goals
- Drive the execution of all processes in the product life cycle, including product and market research, competitor analysis, planning, positioning, requirements and roadmap development, and product launch
- Translate product strategy into detailed requirements for prototyping and final development by engineering teams
- Create product strategy documents that describe business cases, high-level use cases, technical requirements, revenue, and ROI
- Collaborate closely with engineering, production, marketing, and sales teams in the development, QA, and release of products, and balance resources to ensure success for the entire organization
Our take
Autonomous robotic equipment presents great opportunities for efficiency in farming, but unfortunately it comes at a very high cost. Existing companies sell robotics directly to farms, but this is often unaffordable and requires advanced technical training that the average farmer is not qualified for.
FarmWise rent out robotic equipment to farms and charge approximately $200 per acre of land worked upon. The company brings the equipment and sets it up to work automatically, preventing farmers from having to program the equipment themselves - smartly exploiting the gap in the market where farmers cannot afford such equipment, or lack the training to use it.
In this approach, FarmWise presents opportunities for all farms to benefit from the time and cost efficiency associated with autonomous robotic equipment, as opposed to this being exclusively accessible to corporate farms. The company is well-funded, and seems focussed on broadening its product capabilities towards serving more farmers across more sectors in the future.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2022
$45m
SERIES B
Sep 2019
$14.5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $65.2m
Company benefits
- Equity
- Flexible PTO & 8 company-wide holidays
- Generous Health Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision), including FSA and HSA options
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Free catered lunch and plenty of snacks
Company values
- Grower-Obsessed - When we build products and features, we start and end with growers in mind, focusing on what's best for the long term.
- Meet Challenge with Action - Many interesting problems look impossible to solve, at first. We embrace this and don't shy away from hard problems. We chase the big ideas and encourage disruptive ideas and action plans.
- Value Ideas Over Egos - We set aside being right, in favor of finding the right idea. We take our work seriously, but not ourselves, and are open to being wrong.
Company HQ
Potrero Hill, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Sébastien Boyer
(Chairman of the Board)Having taken a Mater's at MIT in Computer Science, Sébastien co-founded Farmwise, beginning as CEO, in August 2016.
Thomas Palomares
(CTO)Thomas studied Management Science & Engineering at Stanford, where they interned at TÜV Rheinland and IBM. They used this experience to co-found FarmWise in August 2016, serving since as CTO.
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