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<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">About Pivot Bio: </span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":240,"335559739":240,"335559740":276}"> </span></p>
<p><span class="TextRun SCXW250411738 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW250411738 BCX0">Fueled by an innovative drive and a deep understanding of microbiology, genomics, crop nutrition and agriculture, Pivot Bio is pioneering game-changing advances in fertilizer technology. Our first commercial product harnesses the power of </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW250411738 BCX0">naturally-occurring</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW250411738 BCX0"> microbes, modern gene editing and application technologies to provide nitrogen to crops. We </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW250411738 BCX0">are dedicated to providing</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW250411738 BCX0">new solutions</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW250411738 BCX0"> for farmers to improve yield as they work to help feed the world’s growing population. Read/Hear more about Pivot Bio on</span></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW250411738 BCX0" href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonezero.medium.com%2Fhow-microbes-could-upend-americas-toxic-dependence-on-nitrogen-fertilizer-548451117a63&data=05%7C02%7Csuzan.georges%40pivotbio.com%7C58455ae234f74711c91408dd460da77b%7C9cd8c009919e41cfba633d3b29c3beed%7C0%7C0%7C638743746640724364%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VmN57d15ZCZfJgWYtmuPjSJ65pLE9lqgdgBG7eMfmDw%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW250411738 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW250411738 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink"> </span></span></a><a class="Hyperlink SCXW250411738 BCX0" href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Famyfeldman%2F2021%2F07%2F19%2Fpivot-bio-nears-2-billion-valuation-as-it-raises-whopping-430-million-to-replace-synthetic-fertilizers-on-corn-and-wheat-sustainability%2F%3Fsh%3D6eb68bf12273&data=05%7C02%7Csuzan.georges%40pivotbio.com%7C58455ae234f74711c91408dd460da77b%7C9cd8c009919e41cfba633d3b29c3beed%7C0%7C0%7C638743746640767325%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=pQTOHUyBCwaS6VlEnE4fOhKSA9mXpM10pcjnOGfJqdg%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW250411738 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW250411738 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">Forbes</span></span></a><span class="TextRun SCXW250411738 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW250411738 BCX0"> or </span></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW250411738 BCX0" href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fnewshour%2Fscience%2Fagriculture-emits-a-forgotten-greenhouse-gas-scientists-are-looking-for-solutions-in-the-soil&data=05%7C02%7Csuzan.georges%40pivotbio.com%7C58455ae234f74711c91408dd460da77b%7C9cd8c009919e41cfba633d3b29c3beed%7C0%7C0%7C638743746640790342%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=e2L90ui2YfoG2MmpXDtsk%2FnpjE0UMBe7K1bZrgvFVfs%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW250411738 BCX0" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW250411738 BCX0" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">PBS News Hour.</span></span></a></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Pivot Bio’s Director, Digital Product is accountable for translating Pivot’s digital strategy into a cohesive, portfolio-level product system that accelerates commercial adoption, strengthens product evidence, and enables next-generation agronomic innovation.</span> <span data-contrast="auto">This role owns portfolio-level product direction, sequencing, and delivery alignment across Pivot’s core digital products, ensuring coordinated evolution, disciplined tradeoffs, and delivery in step with the agronomic cycle.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Operating at the intersection of agronomy, data, engineering, AI, and commercial execution, the Director translates complex scientific and business priorities into clear product strategy, integrated roadmaps, and seasonal release plans while balancing near-term commercial outcomes with long-term platform health.</span> <span data-contrast="auto">This role requires strong executive judgment in environments defined by ambiguity, cross-functional dependencies, and seasonal constraints, and serves as a key product leadership interface to Digital leadership and enterprise stakeholders.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> This role can be located either in Minneapolis, MN or St. Louis, MO.</span></p>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Essential Functions:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">Own portfolio-level product strategy, prioritization, and sequencing across Pivot’s digital products</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Establish and enforce product intake, prioritization, and tradeoff discipline to protect roadmap integrity, especially during in-season execution</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Lead quarterly portfolio and seasonal release planning, aligning Commercial, Product Innovation, Manufacturing, and Partnerships</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Partner closely with Architecture to ensure product decisions reinforce data standards, APIs, platform scalability, and long-term system health</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Provide product leadership to Engineering and Data Science by defining clear outcomes, success metrics, and release criteria across the portfolio</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Ensure all digital products are adoption-ready, including field workflows, partner enablement, and operational readiness</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Define and own portfolio-level product metrics spanning adoption, evidence quality, operational reliability, and commercial impact</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Facilitate executive-level tradeoff decisions balancing speed, technical debt, scalability, and seasonal risk</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Communicate portfolio status, risks, and learnings to Digital leadership, ELT, and executive stakeholders</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Competencies:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">Product portfolio leadership: Proven ability to lead and govern a multi-product or platform portfolio, setting direction, sequencing priorities, and enforcing disciplined tradeoffs</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Systems & platform thinking: Deep understanding of how products, data, workflows, and integrations interact across agronomy, commercial execution, and partner ecosystems</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Executive judgment under ambiguity: Comfortable making and defending high-impact decisions with incomplete information, seasonal constraints, and competing stakeholder priorities</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Operating model ownership: Ability to establish and evolve product governance, intake discipline, and release rituals that scale execution without slowing teams down</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Agronomic & data fluency: Comfortable operating in domains involving field trials, agronomic data, analytics, and AI-enabled decision systems</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Stakeholder and influence leadership: Effectively aligns senior leaders, functional heads, and external partners without relying on formal authority</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Outcome accountability: Bias toward measurable portfolio-level outcomes including adoption, evidence quality, operational reliability, and commercial impact</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
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<p><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":720,"335559740":259}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Required Education & Experience</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Agronomy, or a related field</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">8+ years of experience in Product Management or product leadership roles, with demonstrated ownership of complex digital products through multiple delivery cycles</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">12+ years total experience in digital product development, including experience in engineering, data, UX, platform, or domain-facing roles (e.g., agronomy, analytics)</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Demonstrated experience leading multi-product portfolios or platform-based ecosystems, including sequencing, prioritization, and governance</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Proven ability to operate at executive and cross-functional leadership levels, translating strategy into execution and managing tradeoffs across Commercial, Product Innovation, Manufacturing, and Partnerships</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Strong track record of delivering durable, adoption-ready digital products in environments with high ambiguity and seasonal constraints</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Experience working closely with Engineering, Data, and Architecture leaders on platform health, scalability, and long-term foundations</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Understanding of agronomic data, crop nutrition, soil science, or precision agriculture is a strong plus</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}"> </span></li>
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<p><strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":259}">Must be Authorized To Work in the United States</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">What We Offer:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":240,"335559739":240,"335559740":276}"> </span></p>
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<li><span data-contrast="auto">Competitive package in a disruptive startup</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":240,"335559740":276}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559738":240,"335559740":276}">Bonus Incentive</span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Stock options</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Health/Dental/Vision insurance with employer-paid premiums</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Life, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability policies</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Employee Assistance Program with free referrals and discounts</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">401(k) plan, 3% Match</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Commuter benefits</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Annual Training & Development support</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Flexible vacation policy with a generous holiday schedule</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559740":276}"> </span></li>
<li><span data-contrast="auto">Exciting opportunity to work with a talented and fun team</span></li>
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<p><span data-contrast="auto">#LI-Onsite</span></p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>All remote positions and those not located in our Berkeley facility are paid based on National Benchmark data. Following employment, growth beyond the hiring range is possible based on performance.</p></div><div class="title">Hiring Compensation Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$168,000</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$210,000 USD</span></div></div></div>
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