Sr. Product Manager, Grain & Protein
The North America Grain Product Management team is seeking a Senior Product Manager to be the owner of the product lifecycle and develop a strategic vision and roadmap to drive innovation for our customers and growth for the GSI Grain business. As a key member of the product development team, the Sr. PM will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of GSI’s product portfolio, focusing on North America markets
Your Impact
The Product Manager will serve as a strategic and tactical leader, responsible for driving the success of our product portfolio through disciplined product management practices and cross-functional collaboration. Key responsibilities include:
- Exemplify Leadership and Growth Mindset: Demonstrate curiosity, openness to learning, and a commitment to excellence, and serve as a business leader who embraces change, motivated to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic and evolving product space.
- Champion Voice of Customer and Voice of Business: Engage deeply with customers, dealers, and internal stakeholders to gather insights, synthesize feedback, and convert qualitative data into actionable strategies.
- Cultivate the Product Development Funnel: Manage the end-to-end product development process from ideation through implementation, leveraging our defined New Product Introduction Process (NPIP) to ensure effective product launches into the production and market environments.
- Define and Develop Product Specifications: Translate customer and stakeholder needs into clear, actionable product specifications that guide development and ensure alignment with business objectives.
- Drive Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders, i.e. engineering, operations, marketing, and sales, to align product initiatives with organizational goals and drive the business forward without direct reporting lines.
- Execute Tactical Project Management: Ensure projects progress effectively by managing timelines, resources, and deliverables with precision and accountability.
- Manage the Full Product Lifecycle: Oversee the lifecycle of products from initial concept through launch and eventual product obsolescence.
- Own Product Positioning and Competitive Intelligence: Maintain and evolve product positioning strategies while actively monitoring competitive landscapes to inform decision-making and identify growth opportunities.
Your Experience and Qualifications
- Minimum of 8 years of product management experience, ideally within agriculture or industrial/manufactured products, with full lifecycle ownership.
- Hold a bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, marketing, or a related field (MBA preferred) and a strong understanding of product development processes and technical specifications is preferred.
- Comfortable working hands-on in the field, with customers, or in operations to gain firsthand insights with overnight travel as needed.
- Actively seek opportunities to grow and improve with a strong curiosity when presented with new challenges or opportunities.
- Maintain high standards and consistently deliver results with a demonstrated ability to drive quality and effectiveness across product initiatives.
- Bring a confident, accountable, and forward-thinking mindset to lead initiatives that create meaningful impact and contribute to organizational success.
- Experience managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders and delivering results on time and within scope.
- Thrive in fast-paced environments and take initiative to move projects forward including tactical execution and cross-functional coordination.
Your Compensation and Benefits
Expected annual salary for this role will be $100,000 - $125,000, plus eligible for an annual bonus. This is dependent upon job related knowledge, experience, and skills.
Benefits will include the ability to elect health care and wellness plans, dental and vision plans, flexible and virtual work options (where available), 401(k) Savings Plan with company match, paid holidays, paid time off, health savings and flexible spending accounts, reimbursement for continuing education, life insurance, and other supplemental insurance plans.
Your Workplace and Travel
This role is hybrid (Monday – Thursday in office, and flexible Fridays) based out of Assumption, IL
Skills Required
- Minimum 8 years of product management experience, ideally involving agriculture or industrial/manufactured products and full lifecycle ownership.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, marketing, or a related field.
- MBA.
- Strong understanding of product development processes and technical specifications.
- Ability to work hands-on in the field, with customers, or in operations.
- Ability to travel overnight as needed.
- Experience managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders and delivering results on time and within scope.
- Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives without direct reporting lines.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and take initiative on tactical execution and coordination.
What We Do
Grain & Protein Technologies (GPTech) is a global designer, manufacturer, and marketer of reliable, durable, and innovative equipment solutions for grain and seed industries. With the purpose of “Feeding the World Better,” it advances smart technologies and technical solutions intended to make farmers and agribusiness managers more productive and profitable sustainably. The company serves customers in over 100 countries and operates 19 manufacturing facilities across five continents.
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