Sr. Product Manager, Infrastructure

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where 'Health for all Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

Sr. Product Manager, Infrastructure 

As Bayer Crop Science's digital farming arm, we advance regenerative agriculture and technology breakthroughs using the latest agronomic science, data science, engineering, and real-world farming experience. With groundbreaking technologies like Climate FieldView and our ForGround regenerative agriculture platform, our team is a part of some of the most important advancements in agriculture.  

We are seeking a Senior Technical Product Manager to lead product management for two Platform Services teams (a.k.a. our core infrastructure teams). As a Senior Technical Product Manager, you will drive the innovation and evolution of our cloud and infrastructure products that ultimately enable farmers around the world to obtain and utilize our digital tools.    

The ideal candidate possesses a deep background in cloud technologies and infrastructure, coupled with outstanding product management and leadership abilities. This candidate is expected to have experience leading infrastructure projects and may have previously worked as an Engineering Manager for DevOps or infrastructure teams, an infrastructure Technical Product Manager (TPM), or a Senior Staff Engineer, transitioning into a more product-focused role, catering to internal customers.   

This role will be responsible for defining product strategy, managing the product lifecycle, and ensuring our cloud infrastructure solutions meet the evolving needs of our organization and internal customers by transforming and professionalizing our internal systems as products. We need to accelerate our engineering teams, and you have the technical background and the engineer-as-customer-mindset that will help us do it. 

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

The primary responsibilities of this role are to:   

• Product Strategy and Vision: Develop and articulate a clear vision and strategy for our cloud infrastructure products, aligning with the company's overall strategic goals.  

• Infrastructure as Code Frameworks: Managed Database Services, Container Orchestration Services, CI/CD Pipeline Solutions, Identity and Access Management Frameworks, Disaster Recovery & Backup Solutions.

• Product-Focused Infrastructure: Guide the team to treat infrastructure as a product, focusing on user needs and viewing internal systems as consumable products.  

• Roadmap Development: Create and maintain a product roadmap that balances short-term deliverables with long-term vision, ensuring stakeholder alignment and managing expectations.  

• Cross-functional Leadership: Collaborate with the customers of our internal systems across the business to ensure we are developing and launching our products effectively.  

• Feature Prioritization: Prioritize product features and capabilities based on customer needs, business value, and technical feasibility within the ICE framework.  

• Performance Metrics: Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for cloud infrastructure products, using data to drive decisions and measure success.  

• Mentorship: Lead and mentor infrastructure engineers to adopt a customer-focused mindset by fostering a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and cross-functional collaboration to empower engineers to take ownership and drive initiatives that align with strategic objectives.   

WHO YOU ARE 

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following: 

Required: 

• Experience designing and delivering large scale infrastructure projects 

• In depth understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework.  

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or commensurate experience 

• Advanced technical acumen, with a deep understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), infrastructure as code (IAC), and modern DevOps practices 

• Proven track record managing all aspects of a successful product lifecycle 

• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior executives 

• Demonstrated experience using data analysis and metrics to inform product decisions 

Preferred: 

• Previous experience managing infrastructure teams 

• Experience with the Scaled Agile framework 

• Associate or Professional level AWS certification 

• Experience working in Multi-Cloud Environment (AWS, Azure and GCP)   

• 7+ years of experience in Technical Product Management with a focus on cloud infrastructure, platform services, or related technologies 

Employees can expect to be paid a salary of approximately between $124k to $186k. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant).  Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc.  This salary (or salary range) is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors. 

This posting will be available for application until at least 2/21/25.