Sr Product Manager, Ag Autonomy

We’re Blue River, a team of innovators driven to create intelligent machinery that solves monumental problems for our customers. We empower our customers – farmers, construction crews, and foresters - to implement safer and more sustainable solutions, driving increased profitability with less reliance on scarce labor. We believe that focusing on the small stuff, pixel-by-pixel and task-by-task, leads to big gains.

Blue River Technology works within John Deere’s vision to “innovate on behalf of humanity” by quickly identifying and solving high-value, high-uncertainty challenges in the fields of AI, machine learning, computer vision, and robotics. BRT acts as a research and development flywheel, building not only new products but new platforms that reliably create value for both Deere and its customers. From fully autonomous machines to highly precise farming equipment, BRT & Deere are partnering to create technical breakthroughs across industries like agriculture, construction, and commercial mowing.

Our people are at the heart of what we do. Through cross-disciplinary collaboration, this mission-driven team is eager to define the new frontier of robotics. We ask hard questions, iterate quickly, and get our boots in the field to figure it out. We won’t give up until we’ve made a tangible and positive impact on the planet!

Blue River Technology is based in Santa Clara, CA.

Summary Autonomous machines are revolutionizing large-scale agriculture. At John Deere, we’re not starting from scratch; we’re building on proven leadership to scale autonomous machines globally. We are seeking an experienced product manager to define what great autonomous products look like, partner closely with engineering leaders, and work with commercial teams to accelerate growth. To succeed in this role, you’ll need to love making sense out of ambiguous problems, thrive when charting a new course, and possess the cultural athleticism to work effectively in both the worlds of hard iron and Silicon Valley.

If you’re excited about building enormous robots that help feed and clothe the world, this role is for you.

Full-Time

Remote in the United States

Not available for this position.

• Build deep customer, business, and market understanding through field research, product/customer feedback, usage data, and quantitative analysis.
• Identify customer needs, friction points, and adoption barriers and craft concepts that shape product direction.
• Drive rapid customer-facing experimentation to validate/invalidate early concepts.
• Translate customer evidence, system performance, and business needs into clear roadmap priorities for cross-functional teams.
• Define core requirements for operational design domain, data collection, safeguarding, guidance and navigation, machine controls, and precision technology.
• Set system performance criteria that align product behavior with customer expectations throughout the adoption curve.
• Partner with cross-functional engineering teams to define and deliver full-stack hardware, digital/embedded software, CVML, and mobile solutions to production.
• Track usage, mission quality, customer confidence, and satisfaction to improve repeat use and product impact.
• Whatever it takes to make this product successful.

• 8+ years of experience as a product manager in a technology company.
• Strong technical competency, specifically in robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) systems.
• The ability to collaboratively solve unstructured, ambiguous problems with curiosity.
• Proven ability to influence, collaborate, and engage with others from diverse backgrounds.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to…