The Role
Location Requirement: Candidates must be based in or near West Lafayette, Indiana, to effectively support growers across the region. This role requires frequent travel throughout West Lafayette and the surrounding areas for grower visits, installations, and technical support. Local familiarity with Indiana’s agricultural landscape—especially crops such as corn, soybeans, wheat, and specialty crops—is highly preferred.
What We Are Looking For:
Arable is seeking a Grower Engagement Manager to lead grower-facing operations in Indiana, helping producers optimize agronomic decisions using data and technology. This role focuses on ensuring that growers fully understand and utilize Arable’s tools to improve irrigation efficiency, crop performance, and overall sustainability. This is a hands-on, field-based position that blends agricultural expertise, technical aptitude, and relationship-building.
What We Do:
At Arable, our mission is to connect the world’s farms through advanced field intelligence, creating a more productive and resource-efficient global food system. As challenges grow around water scarcity and climate variability, we empower growers with real-time data and insights that drive better crop and irrigation decisions.
Examples of Our Work:
Supporting precision irrigation to help growers maximize ROI and water-use efficiency
Partnering with leading agricultural organizations to advance climate resilience
Delivering actionable insights that improve crop decisions across diverse cropping systems
Your Role:
- As the Grower Engagement Manager for Indiana, you will be the primary point of contact for growers, consultants, and partners in West Lafayette and surrounding areas. You’ll support growers in adopting Arable’s technology and ensuring successful implementation across their operations. This role includes managing logistics, coordinating installations, performing field technical work, and providing in-season technical maintenance support.
What You’ll Do:
- Grower Support & Agronomy
- Support and train growers on Arable’s hardware, software, and field intelligence tools
- Serve as the local expert in irrigation management, crop-water relationships, and regional agronomy
- Customize recommendations and technology workflows to meet each grower’s specific needs
- Technical & Field Operations
- Manage installations of Arable devices across Indiana and neighboring areas
- Perform field tech work including setup, troubleshooting, in-season maintenance, and system checks
- Work safely at heights when necessary (e.g., pivot installations), following all safety protocols
- Monitor device performance and ensure timely maintenance throughout the season
- Logistics & Coordination
- Oversee warehouse operations for regional inventory and equipment readiness
- Coordinate logistics for device distribution, repair cycles, and installation schedules
- Maintain accurate tracking of field assets, inventory, and deployment timelines
- Relationship Management
- Build and maintain strong relationships with growers, crop consultants, irrigation specialists, and local ag partners
- Stay informed on regional cropping practices and emerging trends in Indiana agriculture
- Conduct periodic grower success reviews and identify opportunities for improved adoption and retention
- Cross-Team Collaboration
- Share grower feedback with internal teams to guide ongoing product development
- Support research, pilot programs, and partner projects as needed
You’re a Great Fit If You Have:
- Strong knowledge of agriculture in Indiana, especially crops like corn, soybeans, wheat, and specialty crops
- Experience in irrigation management, crop consulting, or field-based agtech implementation
- Technical skill and comfort performing hands-on fieldwork
- Ability to manage installations, troubleshoot equipment, and support growers in multiple locations
- Experience managing warehouse operations and field logistics is a plus
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to build trusted relationships
- Willingness to travel frequently within the region (approx. 25–40%)
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in agronomy, ag engineering, irrigation tech, or a related field
- A solutions-oriented mindset and a passion for supporting growers
What We Offer:
- Mission-driven team focused on sustainability, climate resilience, and producer success
- Competitive base salary + performance incentives
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Flexible PTO and holidays
- Professional development and career growth
- The opportunity to make a measurable impact on agricultural water management in Indiana
Equal Opportunity at Arable:
Arable is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, or any protected status.
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The Company
What We Do
People can solve natural resource challenges if they possess the right tools. Arable enables data-driven decisions in agriculture and natural resource management using Measurements that Matter. With real-time, continuous visibility and predictive analytics of over 40 metrics, the Arable Mark is a straightforward and versatile tool that can be adapted to any field's demands, and can satisfy any producer's need to know even the most granular tidbit of information about her harvest. Collecting data on rainfall, crop water demand, water stress, microclimate, canopy biomass, and chlorophyll levels can help farmers build on their own experience to refine crop growth, harvest timing, yield, and the ultimate quality of their produce. Arable's own output is never complete, but constantly improving to keep our contributions universally applicable, yet tailored to individual needs. We are defined by our users' success.
