Product Manager
Location: US, CA, San Carlos
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Computer Software
Function: Product Management
Company profile: Working at FBNAt FBN, we put farmers first. For every decision we make, we consider its impact on farmers big and small. Only after this has been considered will we consider the impact of our decisions on FBN, followed by our fellow team members, and finally ourselves. Before making a decision, we listen to farmers and learn about how implementing it will impact them.While making a decision or working on a project, we prefer working in small teams to make sure our employees feel empowered and own their decisions. Finally, after our decisions are made, we communicate those decisions to our farmers and to the rest of the team.FBN employees are a diverse group with a common passion for agriculture. We respect humility, value honesty, and despise entitlement. We see farmers as hackers and entrepreneurs, able to fix things with duct tape and baling wire while predicting the weather and analysing their financial position on the commodities market. Just like farmers, we believe that if something is broken, it’s better to fix it than to complain about it.All FBN employees, regardless of the position, will spend meaningful time visiting farms, to meet with some of our founding and network farmers in order to discuss their equipment and data collection practices.As a Silicon Valley based company with a Midwestern culture, we believe in the power of getting things done, and understand that creativity is fostered by trust and the ability to focus. As a result, meetings are avoided and we respect everyone’s right to at least one day a week without meetings. Thursdays are considered “no meeting days.”Finally, there are no shrinking violets here. The team consists of many people with deep experience in agriculture, technology, data science, machine learning, physics among other areas. So be prepared to offer opinions!Interviewing at FBNOur interview panels are as diverse as our employees. You may be expected to interview with an agronomist, a physicist, a data scientist, and because of our strong focus on farmers, we expect every FBN candidate to interview with one of our founding farmers, advisory board members or network members. As a result, our interviews will take you out of your comfort zone. Be prepared to be asked to solve hard problems that may seem daunting, to be asked questions that will test your curiosity, and to meet really awesome people.If FBN sounds like a place where you would like to work and if you're excited about making a difference in the lives of thousands of farmers, take a look at our current openings.
Description: We're seeking a full-time, Bay Area based, Product Manager to be located in our San Carlos office. Product managers at FBN help our engineers and designers develop amazing products and experiences for farmers.Great Product Managers excel at orchestrating and inspiring the development team and the rest of company to achieve our vision. Product managers have to balance the big picture in agricultural systems and data with the technical details of our systems and absolute passion for empowering farmers.
Requirements: Things we look forPassion for agriculture and deep respect for farmers. Everything we do is focused on empowering farmers, we measure our success directly by their success.B.S. with at least a minor in Computer Science or related engineering discipline.Demonstrated leadership in significant product/program/project manager roles in other companies, preferably consumer internet or big data.Natural ability to make things happen amidst ambiguity, complexity and inter-dependencies in an organized and structured way. You thrive on integrating other functions, with an animal intensity on making products successful.Strong analytical skills and enthusiasm for debate.Excellent product sense and thoughtfulness about the dynamics of a product ecosystem within both internet and agriculture.Excellent communication skills and intuition for communication strategy at every level -- within teams, within the company, to users, to press and other audiences.Sense of adventure and desire to create tools that have never existed.
Benefits: Health insuranceStock optionsFarm visits!
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