Technical Product Manager – Agribusiness

ABOUT US 

EarthDaily agro delivers easy-to-use analytics that reduce the everyday risks of Agriculture.  

With 35 years of industry experience, EarthDaily agro provides customers with the data, analysis and knowledge they need to make more efficient and effective decisions. B2B services range from global risk management and monitoring of agricultural commodities to the marketing of inputs and precision agriculture consulting, using the latest research in agronomy, information technologies and remote sensing.  

EarthDaily agro also develops highly customized business solutions for agricultural lenders, insurers, input suppliers and food companies, with easy-to-use analytics, that help reduce the daily risks of agriculture.  

Headquartered in Minneapolis, USA, with offices in France, Brazil, Australia and Switzerland, EarthDaily agro , a division of EarthDaily Analytics, provides space age data and analytics for the organizations and people who feed the planet.   

EarthDaily Analytics Corp., a vertically-integrated data processing and analytics company, is launching a new constellation of earth observation satellites. The EarthDaily satellite constellation will significantly enhance geospatial analytics capabilities in agriculture, forestry, environment, financial services, and intelligence, among many other verticals. 

MAIN JOB TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

The technical product manager plays a critical role in a complex and exciting environment combining technology and agriculture: .   

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE: 

Agriculture is facing unprecedent challenges : climate change induces higher risks, and farmers need to maintain or increase productivity while reducing their environmental impact. With coming constellation EarthDaily (5m resolution, daily revisit and 23 spectral bands from visible to thermal), EarthDaily agro will rely on a key technology to bring solutions to these topics. Join Earthdaily agro to contribute to derisk agriculture with technology!  

Earthdaily agro is looking for an experienced Technical Product Manager to join the Solutions team, and be at the interface between executives, business and technical teams. He/she leads the functional design of new product features, including IT and data science - oriented solutions which value the forthcoming Earthdaily constellation .  

As a technical Product Manager you have a deep knowledge of your business area – market segment (ag fintech, agro commodities) and geography (Brazil or Europe). Without being necessarily a software engineer or data scientist yourself, you are curious about technology and understand how technology – earth observation and IA / cloud technology, can solve business problems. You participate in the roadmap definition and are responsible for translating roadmap items into use cases and high-level requirements of the new solution. 

Your missions will be to: 

• Collaborate with internal or external stakeholders to understand business opportunities and translate them into new features requirement 

• Support the sales process by evaluating the feasibility and the costs of new customer demands ; and participate into proposals writing for R&D grants and RFP 

• Lead the design of the solutions in collaboration with the Engineering and the Data Science Teams, in line with the company’s overall strategy, 

• Write clear and well-structured business requirements including Minimum Viable Product, and define priorities, 

• Work closely with Product Owners for projects implementation, by providing guidance to ensure the understanding of business objectives; and by validating that projects deliver the expected value, 

• Be proactive to propose new ideas to improve our products and services, and participate to roadmaps creation. 

• Participate into marketing content creation 
   

EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES 

• Master’s degree in Agronomy with strong IT knowledge or Master’s degree in Computer Science with a strong interest in agriculture 

• 3-5 years of experience in digital projects implementation 

• Be passionate about agricultural challenges, with a strong interest in geospatial technologies 

• Effective analytical and problem-solving skills with the capacity to handle multiple projects at the same time 

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work with cross-functional teams and interact face to face and remotely (international environment) 

• Fluent in English (oral and written): English being the working language of the company.   

• Documentation skills and comfortable in MS Office Tools (PowerPoint, Excel). Familiarity with Confluence and Jira is a plus 

• Knowledge in Remote sensing, IT coding (python) and GIS tools (QGIS) is a plus 

• You are curious and creative, collaborative, and adaptable? Join us!  

CONDITIONS 

Permanent, full-time job to start as soon as possible.  

Job based in Balma (Toulouse area), France, Europe (Schengen space) or in Brazil. 

 Possibility of partial remote work 2 days per week.