GrainBridge is seeking a talented Product Owner who is passionate about creating innovative solutions for the grain industry.  The ideal candidate will have knowledge of the grain marketing life cycle and excellent communication skills to communicate the requirements needed to help us build the next generation of Ag software for North America's producers.  Successful candidates will have the opportunity to join our highly collaborative team to build customer-facing enterprise Ag solutions with a product discovery approach.  As a Product Owner on the GrainBridge team, you will have the opportunity to utilize your extensive Ag industry knowledge to create the requirements that determine the direction of the product.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Utilize your deep understanding of the Ag industry and business processes to communicate requirements to our UX and Development teams.

  • Understand external partner business processes to create cohesion between the systems.

  • Make decisions for the product based on information and input from various sources such as your previous ag industry experiences, user feedback, data analytics, subject matter experts and partner input.

  • Define the business problem to be solved and value of features being created in the product.

  • Work closely with business analysts to define business processes, communicate requirements, uncover areas for improvement, and work with the technology team to deliver solutions.

  • Conduct and facilitate meetings to share ideas and give direction on the product.

  • Effectively communicate your insights and plans to cross-functional team members and leaders.

  • Strong communication skills to work closely with clients, technicians and leadership.

  • Ensure solutions meet business needs and requirements by ultimately signing off and approving developed features for production deployment.

  • Perform user acceptance testing and aide in the overall quality of the product.

  • Work with UX designers to align a customer experience that delights users to the technical solution that can be delivered.

  • Excellent organizational skills to adapt and manage competing priorities and resources.

  • Assist in determining the strategic direction of the product along with leadership


Qualifications and Skills

The ideal candidate will be knowledgeable of the grain industry, have a passion for technology and have experience in an agile team environment.  Successful candidates will have a proven track record of delivering solutions that provide amazing customer experiences.

Desired Qualifications/Skills

  • Deep understanding of the Ag Industry and business processes

  • Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills

  • The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions

  • Excellent communication and requirements definition skills

  • A history of delivering successful solutions

  • Demonstrated ability to work on highly collaborative teams to successfully design, develop, test and deliver solutions

  • Strong attention to detail when writing requirements and reviewing development work

  • Experience working in highly collaborative teams


Bonus Qualifications/Skills

  • Familiarity with Agile, SCRUM, Lean or Kanban project management methodologies

  • Experience developing AgTech software

  • Jira/Confluence experience

  • UX experience


About GrainBridge LLC

GrainBridge, LLC is a technology company based in Omaha, NE that is developing tools to provide grain marketing decision support, e-commerce and account management software for North American farmers. This includes the development of digital tools designed to help farmers across the U.S. and Canada consolidate information on production economics and grain marketing activities into a single digital platform.
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