Senior Product Manager (Digital Plantation)

Job Description:

As a Senior Product Manager, Digital Plantation, you will be responsible for developing digital plantation products as part of the group's Digital Plantation Platform which encompasses extensible, modular and scalable digital and data product offerings that can be offered to our multiple business units in paper, palm oil and energy, across four continents.

The Digital Plantation Platform will build products and solutions that are relevant to the business that could include computer vision for fruit grading, remote imaging to monitor crop health and the application of robotic solutions to improve yield and assist manual efforts.

Your responsibilities will include:

Product Development: Lead the end-to-end product development lifecycle, from ideation to launch, ensuring that the digital products meet internal customer needs.

Business User research: Understanding the business user from senior management at our mills and factories down to the operator, including their processes, workflows and user experience.

Technology Solutioning: Understand the user needs and propose the right software and digital solutions to meet their needs. Not taking their needs literally, but taking the pain points and user stories and refining them to address the underlying concern.

Taking ownership: Driving the digital transformation process which includes probing the businesses on different ways of working, organizing and facilitating conversations with data scientists and software engineers to manage trade-offs and unblock obstacles.

Data-Driven Decision Making: Utilize data and analytics to make informed product decisions, optimize product performance, and identify areas for improvement.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering, process or systems engineering, or a related field. MBA or advanced degree is a plus.
• Proven experience and understanding of process manufacturing, chemical Engineering or factory operational experience, especially in the pulp, paper, or palm oil industry.
• Product management experience with a focus on applying digital and data solutions in agriculture or forestry settings.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams.
• Strong interest in data science, software development or sensors and IoT. Technical proficiency is an advantage but not essential.