Title: Director, Product Management

Job Requisition ID: 309275

Location:

Wayzata, Minnesota, US United States, 55391

Category: Digital Technology

Description:

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.
Cargill is 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.
This position is in Cargill’s animal nutrition and health business, where we improve animal lives through better nutrition. Our team researches, innovates and creates solutions that deliver healthy results for our customers.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Director, Product Management leads a cross functional team of experienced professionals responsible for developing and implementing technology and data products and solutions in service of user, company and customer objectives. This job manages and mentors product managers and others in the organization providing guidance on strategy development, visioning and discovery efforts, ensuring value is delivered by the portfolio in service of user, company and customer objectives. This job partners with internal and external partners and acts as a collaborative partner within multiple teams to continuously improve processes and procedures.

Key Accountabilities

Advises and provides counsel to the leadership team and multiple partners on the enterprise or group business operations.
Develops and sustains processes of related products to ensure an effective, efficient and competitive operations footprint that enable the short- and long-term performance objectives of the business while providing coaching to the team.
Provides guidance on scalability and global implementation of product and process capabilities to product leaders across the regions to improve the coordinated operation.
Leads development and implementation of minimum viable product and product increments to deliver capabilities in alignment to the business value providing effective end user value.
Manages the backlog of requests to define and evaluate product and process requests that will be implemented by product development teams.
Leads communications with business and functions partners across the company to uncover business needs and deliver optimal solutions.
Contributes to the environment and sustainability goals of the organization while driving the implementation and visibility of standard methodologies, processes and continuous improvement related to the product across the enterprise or group.
Manages team members to achieve the organization’s goals, by ensuring productivity, communicating performance expectations, creating goal alignment, giving and seeking feedback, providing coaching, measuring progress and holding people accountable, supporting employee development, recognizing achievement and lessons learned, and developing enabling conditions for talent to thrive in an inclusive team culture.

Qualifications

Minimum requirement of 6 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 10 years or more of relevant experience.

Preferred:

Experience leading and managing complex and large-scale projects or programs, preferably in a product-led or agile environment.

Proven track record of delivering successful outcomes and value through product and agile transformation, in a large and diverse organization preferred.

Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and inspire people at all levels of the organization.

Compensation Data

The expected salary for this position is $132,000 - $190,000.  Compensation varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific location, certifications, education, and level of experience. The disclosed range estimate may be adjusted for any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. This position is eligible for a discretionary incentive award. The incentive award amount is dependent upon company performance and your personal performance.

At Cargill we put people first.  As part of your overall rewards, we offer a comprehensive benefit program including medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked. Visit: https://www.cargill.com/page/my-health/mh-health-and-wellnessto learn more (subject to certain collective bargaining agreements for Union positions) .

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

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.