Director, Digital Product

Pivot Bio•St. Louis, MO

4d•$168,000 - $210,000

About The Position

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. 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. 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. 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. This role can be located either in Minneapolis, MN or St. Louis, MO.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Agronomy, or a related field
8+ years of experience in Product Management or product leadership roles, with demonstrated ownership of complex digital products through multiple delivery cycles
12+ years total experience in digital product development, including experience in engineering, data, UX, platform, or domain-facing roles (e.g., agronomy, analytics)
Demonstrated experience leading multi-product portfolios or platform-based ecosystems, including sequencing, prioritization, and governance
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
Strong track record of delivering durable, adoption-ready digital products in environments with high ambiguity and seasonal constraints
Experience working closely with Engineering, Data, and Architecture leaders on platform health, scalability, and long-term foundations
Must be Authorized To Work in the United States

Nice To Haves

Understanding of agronomic data, crop nutrition, soil science, or precision agriculture is a strong plus

Responsibilities

Own portfolio-level product strategy, prioritization, and sequencing across Pivot’s digital products
Establish and enforce product intake, prioritization, and tradeoff discipline to protect roadmap integrity, especially during in-season execution
Lead quarterly portfolio and seasonal release planning, aligning Commercial, Product Innovation, Manufacturing, and Partnerships
Partner closely with Architecture to ensure product decisions reinforce data standards, APIs, platform scalability, and long-term system health
Provide product leadership to Engineering and Data Science by defining clear outcomes, success metrics, and release criteria across the portfolio
Ensure all digital products are adoption-ready, including field workflows, partner enablement, and operational readiness
Define and own portfolio-level product metrics spanning adoption, evidence quality, operational reliability, and commercial impact
Facilitate executive-level tradeoff decisions balancing speed, technical debt, scalability, and seasonal risk
Communicate portfolio status, risks, and learnings to Digital leadership, ELT, and executive stakeholders