Product Manager

Genus plc has an exciting opportunity within the R&D Scientific Informatics team, which plays a key role in advancing the company’s strategic focus on data and analytics. This team enables critical business growth by providing data pipeline and ingestion capabilities, expertise in data storage and modeling, and seamless data access to support innovative projects and prototype solutions for internal and external customers.

We are seeking a Product Manager to lead the continuous prioritization of the project backlog, ensuring alignment with return on investment and organizational impact. This role collaborates closely with internal and external stakeholders to capture and organize portfolio themes, business epics, features, and user stories. Partnering with the Data Software Development, Data Platform, and Data Science teams, the Product Manager will decompose features for release and sprint planning, ensuring the highest-impact functionality is identified and prioritized to drive incremental platform development.

The ideal candidate is a critical thinker and problem-solver who can translate complex challenges into actionable insights and consumable information, whether for development backlogs or stakeholder understanding. You are a big-picture innovator and a clear, influential communicator with excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.

The preferred location for this position is DeForest, WI. Hybrid and remote work will be considered for the right candidate.

• Continuously prioritize the Scientific Informatics project backlog based on ROI or organizational impact.
• Collaborate closely with the Business Analyst, Product Development leaders across Genus, and Finance to establish key metrics for each project, including ROI, 3-year IRR, development cost, and total cost of ownership.
• Maintain a visible, well-defined, and groomed backlog (themes, epics, user stories, and features) in alignment with Agile software development frameworks.
• Establish and lead backlog grooming sessions with the development and dependent teams to decompose and organize the backlog into well-understood features.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to clearly understand their unique challenges and translate those into actionable backlog items.
• Partner with the Senior Manager of Data Science and Analytics, the Senior Manager of Data Software Engineering, and the Scientific Informatics Project Manager to conduct release and sprint planning.
• Collaborate with IT to ensure the backlog is expressed in appropriate software tools, keeping it current and ensuring seamless integration across the tools governing GSD projects, in partnership with the Manager of Development and Architecture.
• Coordinate with the R&D Portfolio Manager to provide accurate and timely information for regular updates to R&D and Genus Leadership.
• Evaluate and review tools, software, and services from third parties to identify opportunities that could accelerate development efforts.
• Work closely with business leaders across Genus to understand their needs and the needs of their customers.

Basic Qualifications: (required)

• University degree in STEM or other appropriately related subject area
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Product Management of software development using Agile methodologies
• Minimum of 3 years of experience working as a Product Manager in data and analytics, including working knowledge of technical approaches, tools, or software related to modern data, analytics, or compute functionality
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with Product Management software tools, such as Rally, JIRA, Azure Dev Ops, or Aha!
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with cloud agnostic development and deployment
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Agriculture, Biotechnology, and/or another related Scientific field

Genus is an agricultural biotechnology pioneer. We are a global FTSE 250 company, headquartered in the UK, and listed on the London Stock Exchange.  Genus PLC has a presence in over 70 countries and a global workforce of over 3,000 employees and growing.  We are a worldwide leader in porcine and bovine animal genetics, partnering with farmers to transform how we nourish the world – a mission that is important to a sustainable future. 

Our vision is clear: Pioneering animal genetic improvement to help sustainably nourish the world.

At Genus we offer a competitive salary. Benefits include health, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, long and short-term disability, 401K, tuition reimbursement, paid holidays and ETO (employee time off). This position will have opportunity for growth.  

Genus is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates. Genus prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Genus conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations. 

Genus plc will never ask you to provide fees or payment for computer, software, or other equipment or supplies during the recruitment and/or onboarding process. If you have any questions about your individual application, please contact the Genus Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@genusplc.com.