Product Owner

Who we are: 

We are the most trusted provider of data collection and management, marketing program management, and analytical solutions for our Crop and Animal Health industry clients.  

With data services at the core—surrounded by an extensible array of streamlined software solutions—our unified platform represents over three decades of innovation and expertise in the agriculture, crop protection, specialty chemical and animal health industries. 

Backed by an entrepreneurial, creative and energetic work force, teammates at AGDATA are pushing the boundaries of technology to enhance our relationships with our clients.  

We are a growing team, focused on adding creative, knowledgeable individuals who are ready to jump right in and make an immediate impact. 

Visit us on www.agdata.com 

More about us here: https://vimeo.com/347063684 

Position Summary

Ever see a $70,000,000 check? AGDATA is seeking an experienced Product Owner to join our Channel & Marketing Activation team and help shape our next generation’s capabilities for Program Creation & Fulfilment. In this role, you will work at the intersection of client needs, operational scale, and product strategy, partnering closely with Product Management, Engineering, Architecture, Operations, and customer-facing teams. You bring structure to ambiguity, advocate for both users and the business, and translate complex needs into clear, actionable plans.

Key Responsibilities 

Product Ownership & Delivery:

• Own roadmap initiatives from definition through delivery, including enhancements, defects, and enablement, while aligning execution to the broader product vision.
• Define epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria that clearly capture user needs, business value, assumptions, and scope.
• Prioritize the backlog to maximize business value while balancing roadmap goals, client commitments, technical constraints, and delivery risk.
• Partner with the Product Manager to turn solution strategy into clear priorities and delivery plans.
• Lead cross-functional alignment across Product, Engineering, Architecture, QA, Operations, and customer-facing teams to reduce ambiguity, manage dependencies, and remove blockers.
• Lead refinement sessions to ensure Engineering understands scope, intent, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
• Support validation, defect triage, and release readiness to help ensure quality delivery and smooth handoff into production and support.

Design Thinking:

• Gather user feedback and usage insights to inform prioritization and improve adoption.
• Conduct workshops, current-state analysis, and workflow mapping to identify pain points and validate opportunities.
• Partner with Design, Architecture, and Engineering to validate workflows, prototypes, and future-state solutions before development begins.

Go to Market & Client Funded work

• When customers fund roadmap work to accelerate priority, partner with customers, Solutions Architects, Engagement Managers, Sales, and Product Management to clarify requirements, align acceptance criteria, and support execution.
• Lead or support client discovery conversations, helping customers understand tradeoffs and guiding them toward scalable, platform-aligned solutions.
• Support internal and external enablement for new features, including demonstrations, training, early access programs, and customer support readiness.
• Partner cross-functionally on release planning, deployment readiness, change management, and customer communications.
• Document repeatable processes, templates, and handoff artifacts that help Operations and delivery teams work with less dependency on Product.
• Track product performance across adoption, stability, support trends, and business impact.

• Use customer feedback, support trends, operational insights, and delivery learnings to continuously improve product quality and priorities.

Our ideal candidate will have:

Key Responsibilities

• Owning operational and customer-facing tools in a cross-functional environment.
• Translating requirements from internal stakeholders and enterprise clients into delivery-ready artifacts.
• Supporting migrations to new technologies or platform-aligned solutions.
• Documenting repeatable processes, templates, or operational playbooks that improve scale and reduce manual dependency.

Required Qualifications

• 4-5+ years of experience in Product Ownership, Business Analysis, or a similar role supporting software delivery
• Strong knowledge of Agile Scrum principles and backlog-driven delivery.
• Ability to quickly understand complex, data-driven platforms and integrations.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with confidence engaging enterprise customers and internal stakeholders.
• Ability to balance roadmap delivery, support needs, operational work, and new opportunities.
• Strong requirements, story-writing, and acceptance-criteria discipline with high attention to detail.
• Comfort working through ambiguity and creating clarity for teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to use examples, process flows, or prototypes to clarify logic and build shared understanding.
• Curious, collaborative, and outcome-oriented

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in agriculture or animal health highly desirable

What Success Looks Like

• Stakeholders trust you to bring clarity, direction, and follow-through to complex work.
• Engineering receives well-prioritized, well-defined backlog items with clear acceptance criteria.
• Cross-functional teams stay aligned, dependencies are surfaced early, and delivery risks are actively managed.
• Customers feel supported in discovery, early adopter programs, and solution discussions.
• Operations can execute repeatable processes with clear documentation and less dependency on Product.
• Users adopt the capabilities we deliver, and feedback informs continuous improvement.

How AGDATA will support you: 

Supporting your health & well-being: 

• You have the option to choose from four medical, two dental and two vision plans to ensure your elections are the best fit for you and your family including your domestic partner and their child(ren).
• Helping you save you’ll have access to a Health Savings Account with employer contributions as well as Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Planning for the future: you can plan for the near and long term with AGDATA’s 401(k) retirement savings plan with matching company contributions and our tuition reimbursement program. 
• Ensuring all around well-being: you’ll also get to enjoy access to ancillary benefits, Employee Assistance Programs including virtual counseling sessions, Pet Insurance, Ergonomic Assessments, and other discount programs that will help you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.

Emphasizing work life balance:

• Paid time off is available to you and we also have competitive holiday options available including the week between Christmas and New Year’s. The special perk here is that the entire organization is off at the same time.
• Offering flexibility: we understand, life happens. You can work from home and partner with your manager to flex your hours.

Being comfortable in the office:

• Need or want to come into our brand-new office space? Free snacks and different types of drinks will be available for you to choose from.
• Offering a best-in-class onboarding experience: AGDATA invests heavily in our associates' training and development. Our Training team is fully dedicated to ensuring your onboarding will be successful and also focuses on the continued development of your soft and hard skills.

Living an open-door environment:

• You’ll have unparalleled visibility and communication with senior leadership across the organization. Each of our executive team members meets with our new hires during their first quarter!
• Supporting atmosphere encouraging positive feedback: Our Shout Out Program gives our associates the opportunity to give feedback at any time which will be shared and celebrated company-wide and may even be topped off with an award. 
• Ensuring clear communication: Our monthly in-person and virtual town halls led by our CEO and other Leaders guarantee everyone stays up-to-date. We make sure to provide lunch so you can socialize and collaborate.