Birdbox Product Manager - UK

Job Purpose Product Manager for Birdbox an integrated farm management system for laying hen farms.

FAI is looking for a Birdbox Product Manager with knowledge and experience in digital product development to manage Birdbox a poultry farm management system utilising automated sensors and farmer codesigned software to optimise daily farm management and deliver improved productivity animal welfare and sustainability in the poultry industry.

The successful applicant will have experience working in the agritechnology sector and will join the team on a permanent basis. The role sits within FAIs Birdbox Product Development team and wll work alongside an existing account management and technical team to help develop and expand sales of FAIs Birdbox poultry farm management system.

We are looking for an adaptable selfstarter able to work under their own initiative as part of an expanding and diverse team. You must be a collaborative problem solver with a sound understanding of product development and project management.

The successful candidate should be prepared to work with a range of international clients across different time zones this may mena working outside of standard hours at certain times.

Our key digital solutions that support our work include:

FAI BirdBox is a poultry farm management tool that utilises automated sensors for realtime insights. The digital flockbook and inshed hardware collate analyse and report critical flock information to support daily farm management and deliver better productivity animal welfare and sustainability in the poultry industry.

FAI Insite is an innovative tool that allows food industry actors to efficiently and accurately collect monitor and report key food animal welfare and sustainability metrics across global supply chains. Data is analysed by FAIs team of experts to provide intuitive dashboards and reporting outputs that deliver key tailored insights enabling identification of risks and opportunities for strategic action to drive food system improvement.

FAI Academy & Enterprise Elearning is online agri and aquaculture learning through a dedicated cloudbased training platform Enterprise and an academy website FAI Academy. We design and host courses that are tailored to specific audiences meet the needs of diverse learners are accessible and easy to navigate and use a variety of assessment techniques per learning objective. Key courses include 1) Regenerative Farming and 2) the welfare of tilapia carp and shrimp.

Tasks

Key Responsibilities for this role:

• Management of product lifecycle
• Market research and customer understanding
• Development control execution and product testing
• Product R&D strategy coordination
• Team and stakeholder management
• Product positioning
• Sales support

Requirements

Key Skills/Experience

• Product management and development experience ideally in agritechnology sector
• Track record of developing products of strategic significance
• Budgeting planning and project management experience
• Commercial experience including conducting negotiations client support and supplier management

Personal Attributes

• Tenacious and organised selfstarter able to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to work autonomously with a high degree of initative
• Strong communications skills
• Comfortable with working remotely and with colleaues in a variety of international locations
• Languages: English required additional languages would be beneficial

Desirable Qualifications

• Background in technology or agriculture/aquaculture and the food supply chain is an advantage
• Educated to at least degree level

Benefits

• Position: full time permanent
• Location: Must be UK based with current right to work in the UK. This is a remote homebased role with travel to client meetings within the UK. Some international travel for client and team meetings may be required.

This recruitment has a deadline so please submit your application by Wednesday 22 May 2024. We will be shortlisting that week.

Please submit a CV and cover letter with the title Birdbox Product Manager. Please tell us about yourself in your covering letter why you want to work with FAI and what unique elements you feel you can bring to the role. Please also include details of your notice period if applicable. We anticipate that all preliminary interviews will be conducted remotely.