What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Product Manager - Food position at Cargill?
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 food and bioindustrial business, where manufacturers, retailers, and foodservice companies rely on us to consistently deliver the products and services they need, and use our technical expertise and market knowledge to develop innovative products.
Job Summary
The Senior Professional, Product Management job is responsible for the complex technology and data products and solutions including applications, services or platforms for the organization. With minimal supervision, this job is accountable for driving customer value to achieve a business outcome by crafting product visions that find opportunities to tackle customer problems, leading product discovery, translating vision and discovery into a product strategy and communicating that strategy to partners with roadmaps.
Essential Functions
Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 5 years or more of relevant experience.
Preferred Experience:
This role is hybrid, in either Wayzata, MN or Atlanta, MN.
The expected salary for this position is $95,000-150,000. 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.
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
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 food and bioindustrial business, where manufacturers, retailers, and foodservice companies rely on us to consistently deliver the products and services they need, and use our technical expertise and market knowledge to develop innovative products.
Job Summary
The Senior Professional, Product Management job is responsible for the complex technology and data products and solutions including applications, services or platforms for the organization. With minimal supervision, this job is accountable for driving customer value to achieve a business outcome by crafting product visions that find opportunities to tackle customer problems, leading product discovery, translating vision and discovery into a product strategy and communicating that strategy to partners with roadmaps.
Essential Functions
- PRODUCT STRATEGY & DELIVERY: Owns product strategy and solution from discovery to delivery, and identifies business value and end user outcomes including key performance indicators and financial return on investment.
- BACKLOG MANAGEMENT: Maintains prioritization and refinement of the product backlog, deciding what to build and when, partnering with teams to estimate features, define requirements and collaborate on a product roadmap based on the team’s capacity.
- PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: Serves as a product functional owner, bringing new technology and data products to market by analyzing proposed product requirements and product development programs, preparing return on investment analyses and addressing product team questions.
- MARKET INSIGHTS: Analyzes market and competitive conditions to pave a clear path toward the business value of the product and make that clear to the team that serves the customer.
- PRODUCT VIABILITY ASSESSMENT: Analyzes and addresses the critical product risks including value, usability, feasibility and business viability.
- PRODUCT PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION: Uses quantitative and qualitative data for detailed analysis to identify what to build or optimize.
- ENVIRONMENTAL & SUSTAINABILITY CONTRIBUTIONS: Adheres to environmental contributions and sustainability goals of the organization while supporting the implementation and visibility of standard methodologies, processes and continuous improvement related to the product across the enterprise or group.
Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 5 years or more of relevant experience.
Preferred Experience:
- Experience working in Agile development environments and product management tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps).
- Prior experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (engineering, design, marketing, sales).
- Experience in data analysis and performance measurement, including defining, tracking, and interpreting key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Familiarity with Power BI and data modeling.
This role is hybrid, in either Wayzata, MN or Atlanta, MN.
The expected salary for this position is $95,000-150,000. 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.
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
Salary : $95,000 - $150,000
