Job Information
Cargill Product Manager - Time and Pay in Atlanta, Georgia
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.
Location
This role will be based in Wayzata, Minnesota or Atlanta, Georgia.
Job Purpose and Impact
The Product Manager will be responsible for setting the product strategy based on value stream and accountable for the product’s overall outcomes. In this role, you will understand customer and business needs, champion the voice of the customer, build stakeholder commitment, develop deployment roadmaps in partnership with the product team and partner collaboratively across the organization to jointly develop, launch and govern the product implementation experience. You will partner with the team on cost, return on investment and accountability to the business stakeholders.
Key Accountabilities
Strategic leader for the product development team and accountable for defining goals and creating a vision for product lifecycle.
Own the product and the associated strategy, from inception to delivery and identify business value and end user outcomes including key performance indicators and financial return on investment.
Communicate with stakeholders across the board including customers, business managers and the product team to ensure the goals are clear and the vision is aligned with business objectives, utilizing key performance indicators to show progress.
Make data-driven decisions and monitor performance metrics that inform a products success
Create product roadmaps as a high level, strategic visual summary that outlines the vision and direction for the product offering over time, to be used as a strategic guide for stakeholders to reference and as a plan for execution.
Create the product backlog items and prioritize them based on the overall strategy and business objectives and map out project dependencies to inform the necessary sequence of development.
Partner collaboratively with the product team to build working solutions and obtain feedback as quickly as possible.
Provide expert thought leadership in your field and work with limited direction, using additional research and interpretation to identify issues or problems. You may provide direction to supporting team members and be a strategic contributor.
Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to define change management requirements and lead the development of marketing strategies that drive adoption.
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Clear understanding of agile principles such as value creation, persona-based development, and measuring business outcomes
Experience leading change and communication with a diverse group of stakeholders
Proven ability in making technical roadmap decisions
Experience facilitating teams and breaking down business requirements into deliverables
Minimum of six years of related work experience
Demonstrated ability to interpret business strategy and propose relevant solutions that exceed business objectives
Other minimum qualifications may apply
Preferred Qualifications
Prior experience using/deploying UKG PRO WFM (UKG Dimensions)
Prior experience using/deploying ADP GlobalView (or similar ADP tools)
Prior experience building or working in a Product Model a plus.
Prior experience evaluating and deploying Artificial Intelligence solutions
Agile product owner certification
Profit and loss management experience
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.
Minnesota Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 48 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law.