Program Manager II (Remote)
For over a century, Wilbur-Ellis has experienced success and growth in marketing and distributing agricultural products and services. Join us and grow your career with a strong and profitable industry leader offering competitive compensation, tremendous growth and development opportunities, and a people-first work environment. Come grow with us!
Wilbur-Ellis Agribusiness division works to maximize our customers’ profitability by providing the most advanced crop production technology and software, allowing our growers and Wilbur-Ellis team members to make informed, data-driven decisions.
Join us and grow your career with a strong and profitable industry leader offering competitive compensation, tremendous growth and development opportunities, and a people-first work environment. Come grow with us!
General Purpose and Scope of Position:
As a Program Manager II at Wilbur-Ellis, you will help lead efforts on creating our digital products’ vision and strategy. You will drive the development of programs and features amongst key internal and external business partners. A key activity of this role is also to create well-informed user stories and product backlogs to help create a clear view of what is needed for product success.
Key Skills and Abilities Include:
- BS. in a technical discipline or equivalent experience
- Three years of building features for a software product or program is a must
- Strong product, technology, and customer focus
- Passionate about user experience (UX)
- Strong communication, organization, and management skills
- Excellent people skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams
- Experience in software development processes and Agile
- Experience in collaboration with external technology partners
Key Personal Attributes Include:
- Ability to operate effectively both independently as well as within a team
- Excellent people skills and ability to lead cross-functional teams
- Experience working in a team-oriented environment
- Strong communication, organization, and management skills
- Excellent people skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams
- Self-motivated, proactive with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities
- A desire for learning and growing
Specific Responsibilities and Key Deliverables Include:
- Ensure the solution’s features are designed, planned, managed, and delivered in accordance with agreed work plans and objectives
- Manage the implementation of features, coordinate with internal and external resources, and work with cross-functional departments as required
- Manage multiple feature projects and/or process improvement initiatives simultaneously (in various stages of implementation)
- Understand customer needs, define problem statements research solutions, propose data-driven proposals
- Drive technical discussions concerning feature design and implementation
- Work with development teams to define implementation details and identify roadblocks before they occur
- Discover and articulate technical requirements and dependencies
- Ensure that the development and execution of the features are on time and to budget
- Accurately document feature designs in Specification Documents, JIRA Stories, and other solutions as appropriate
- Attending training sessions and meetings when necessary
Compensation and Benefits:
- Competitive salary (to be determined based on experience and other factors)
- Benefits package (medical, dental, vision, 401k, Employee Assistance Program, vacation, sick time, life insurance, + more); pension plan, 401k match up to 3%
- Drug-Free Workplace
COMPANY CULTURE
Wilbur-Ellis is a company you can be proud to call your employer
Wilbur-Ellis markets and distributes agricultural products, animal feed, specialty chemicals, and food ingredients. A privately held and consistently profitable company, we employ more than 4,000 people throughout North America and Asia-Pacific.
Wilbur-Ellis is for and about people
Wilbur-Ellis has enjoyed over 100 years of success and growth, all thanks to our people. Our employees are both leaders and team players who thrive on creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, and a dedication to quality work, our customers, and each other.
Wilbur-Ellis invests in the industry’s best workforce
Wilbur-Ellis invests heavily in our employees by offering skill development and training, competitive compensation and benefits, and a tradition of promoting from within for a broad range of career opportunities. And we foster a supportive, people-first work environment.