Product Manager, FarmWise
+ Equity
Office located in Santa Clara, CA
Innovative farming solutions
Job no longer available
Innovative farming solutions
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
+ Equity
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
- The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for gaps in the current marketplace and an innovative mindset for filling them
- This person should have a proven ability to strategize the full lifecycle of a combined hardware and software product, from conception to release
- Strong experience in a dynamic product management role
- 3+ years product management or related industry experience
- 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
Desirable
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in product design or engineering
- Previous experience with a combined hardware and software product
- Proven success as a product developer in a non-managerial role
What the job involves
- To help us continue expanding our Vulcan robotic weeding offering, we’re looking for an experienced product manager to lead a multidisciplinary development team focused on weeding performance and features
- You will work closely with embedded and machine learning engineers to define, test, develop, and refine Vulcan’s ability to bring our customers value where it counts the most, in the field
- This Product Manager will be a key contributor to the Intelligent Plant Scanner (IPS) development strategy which is at the core of FarmWise’s system architecture
- Analyze customer needs and current market trends to build out a prioritized product roadmap for the Vulcan Implement Experience set of features and functionality
- Work closely with the Customer Success team to build out a roadmap of internal and external tools that ensure the successful operation of Vulcans in the field
- Drive the product and business-planning processes for cross-functional teams
- Assess current competitor offerings and seek opportunities for differentiation
- Create product requirements and develop appropriate programs to ensure they’re met
- Appraise new product ideas and strategize appropriate go-to-market plans
- 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
19% employee growth in 12 months
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 HQ
Potrero Hill, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sébastien Boyer
(Co-Founder & Chair of the Board)Co-Founder at The Marshmallow Project, Board member and CRO at Zeffy, Board member at PowerZ and Venture Partner at Basis Set.
Thomas Palomares
(CTO)Studied Management Science &and Engineering at Stanford, where they interned at TÜV Rheinland and IBM.
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