Product Manager – Farm Management System (FMS)

About the Role  

The Product Manager for the Farm Management System (FMS) is responsible for translating strategic objectives and diverse stakeholder needs into clear, structured, and implementable software requirements.  

This role operates at the intersection of:  

• Global product strategy  
• Regional commercial needs  
• Large grower requirements  
• Engineering constraints  
• Integration partners (machinery, satellite, APIs)  

Approximately 70% of the role is focused on writing and maintaining high-quality software requirements, ensuring clarity, feasibility, and alignment with long-term product direction.  

This is a highly structured, detail-oriented product role with strong emphasis on prioritisation, scope control, and execution excellence.  

Key Responsibilities 

Feature Intake & Stakeholder Management  

• Collect feature requests from:  
• Commercial units (CUs)  
• Large growers  
• CP / Seeds business units  
• Customer success  
• Engineering  
• Integration partners  
• Clarify problem statements and expected business outcomes  
• Challenge unclear or misaligned requests  
• Identify overlaps, duplication, and local customizations  

Deliverable:  

• Structured feature intake documentation  

• Clear problem framing before development discussion 

   

Prioritisation & Strategic Alignment  

• Evaluate requests based on:  
• Strategic fit with FMS roadmap  
• Revenue impact  
• Adoption impact  
• Technical complexity  
• Global scalability  
• Regulatory / country constraints  
• Maintain and continuously refine prioritisation frameworks (e.g., RICE, Value vs Effort, Strategic Fit scoring)  
• Protect roadmap integrity against reactive feature creep  

Deliverable:  

• Transparent prioritisation model  
• Quarterly roadmap aligned with global product strategy  
• Executive-ready justification of decisions  

Software Requirements Definition (Primary Focus ~70%)  

The core of the role.  

• Translate approved features into:  
• Clear functional requirements  
• Non-functional requirements  
• Acceptance criteria  
• User flows  
• Edge cases  
• Define system behavior across:  
• Web  
• Mobile  
• API  
• Integrations (e.g., machinery, satellite, telematics)  
• Collaborate closely with UX to ensure usability consistency  
• Ensure alignment with architecture and technical constraints  
• Maintain structured documentation (e.g., Jira, Confluence, PRDs)  

Deliverable:  

• High-quality Product Requirement Documents (PRDs)  
• Detailed user stories with acceptance criteria  
• Reduced ambiguity for engineering teams  
• Minimal rework due to unclear specs  

Success metric:  

• Low development rework rate  
• Clear estimation cycles  
• Predictable delivery  

Cross-Functional Delivery Support  

• Work closely with:  
• Engineering  
• UX  
• Data science  
• DevOps  
• Integration teams  
• Participate in backlog grooming, sprint planning, and refinement  
• Clarify requirements during implementation  
• Validate feature behavior before release  

Deliverable:  

• High implementation clarity  
• Reduced requirement interpretation gaps  

Product Governance & Scalability  

• Ensure global consistency across countries  
• Avoid fragmentation of FMS core  
• Promote reusable, scalable feature design  
• Drive modular architecture thinking  

Required Skills and Qualifications 

Product Skills  

• Strong experience writing detailed software requirements  
• Experience in complex SaaS platforms  
• Ability to structure ambiguous inputs into precise specifications  
• Strong backlog management discipline  

• Advanced prioritisation and scope control capability  

   

Technical Understanding  

• Understanding of:  
• APIs  
• Data flows  
• Integrations  
• Enterprise SaaS architectures  

• Ability to discuss technical trade-offs with engineering  

   

Stakeholder Management  

• Comfortable handling conflicting requests  
• Able to say “no” with structured justification  

• Strong executive communication  

   

Domain Knowledge (Preferred)  

• Farm Management Systems / ERP  
• Agronomy workflows  
• Machinery integrations  
• Telematics  
• Enterprise growers  

The Company Offers  

Opportunity to be a part of a best-in-class product that is used by thousands of companies around the world.   

• Annual performance bonus scheme.   
• Career growth opportunities.   
• An environment where you need to seek and implement unique solutions.   
• Training and development programs.   
• Young and dynamic team with a friendly and open culture.   
• Health and life insurance for employees and your family members.   
• 32 working days of paid annual leave and sick leave.