Senior Product Manager

Sr.

Product Manager - Grain Products

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.

Product Manager 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 w...