Come work alongside some of the most talented minds in the agtech industry. We are a team of innovators who are accelerating the digitization and sustainability of our planet's food system. At Arable, you will have the unique opportunity to build something meaningful with an amazing group of people who care about each other and their work.
What we do:At Arable, our goal is to connect all the world's farms to help optimize the global food system. This is an ambitious goal, but the need has never been greater to rethink how we will feed an ever-growing population and reduce our impact on natural resources. We believe the heart of the solution is digitizing the analog world with high-fidelity data to help food producers optimize their operations. We hope the impact of our work will improve the lives of farmers everywhere and be a major contribution to securing the global food supply for decades to come.
A few examples of the work we're doing today:
Helping farmers in India and Mozambique adapt to the effects of climate change on their farms with novel data-driven crop insurance
Giving produce growers in California the tools to optimize production and minimize waste
Helping irrigated farms in Nebraska manage water more efficiently and sustainably to protect our water supply
Arable is redefining crop intelligence by uniting sensing technology, agronomic modeling, and machine learning into a single, powerful system that transforms raw field data into real-world decisions. We enable growers, agronomists, and global agriculture enterprises to optimize water use, enhance productivity, reduce risk, and scale sustainable practices with confidence. At Arable, we believe agriculture deserves tools as advanced and intuitive as the growers who depend on them. When hardware, data science, and software come together seamlessly, data becomes a source of clarity-not uncertainty. Our team works every day to make this future a reality.
Role Overview
Arable is seeking a Senior Product Manager who thrives in fast-paced, multidisciplinary environments and excels at navigating complex challenges that span hardware, firmware, data science, and software. As part of Arable's product team, you will take end-to-end ownership of product execution, working closely with cross-functional partners to deliver customer-centric solutions that have real impact in the field. This role suits someone who is analytical, curious, adaptable, creative, and energized by blending diverse perspectives into cohesive, high-quality products. You'll bridge worlds: lab and field, concept and deployment, abstraction and practicality. Your work will bring clarity to complexity and turn possibilities into products that growers rely on every single day. If you are passionate about technology, agriculture, and solving real-world challenges, this is the opportunity for you.
What You'll Do:- Shape Integrated, Real-World Solutions:
- Transform customer needs, agronomic insight, and field realities into clear, actionable product requirements.
- Design solutions that unite hardware, firmware, data science, and software into elegant, intuitive experiences.
- Bring creativity to problem-solving: finding new angles, new paths, and new combinations that unlock value.
- Lead Multidisciplinary Collaboration:
- Work hand-in-hand with hardware engineers, firmware developers, data scientists, designers, operations leads, and commercial teams.
- Facilitate cross-functional discussions that turn complexity into alignment and alignment into execution.
- Bring structure, clarity, and momentum to teams working across multiple domains.
- Deliver Products from Idea to Field Impact:
- Guide features and products through the entire lifecycle: discovery - development - manufacturing - deployment - continuous improvement.
- Break down big, ambiguous challenges into achievable steps without losing sight of the broader vision.
- Use lean and agile practices to keep teams moving quickly, collaboratively, and creatively.
- Bring Customer Voice Into Every Decision:
- Engage directly with growers, agronomists, and enterprise customers to understand the systems, pressures, and decisions shaping their daily work.
- Build metrics, KPIs, and success measures that reflect real-world impact-from water savings and yield outcomes to risk reduction and operational simplicity.
- Turn feedback into insight, insight into prioritization, and prioritization into meaningful change.
- Champion Data-Driven Exploration:
- Drive impact by utilizing data for key business decisions, spanning from device health metrics to operational performance analytics.
- Use data to test hypotheses, challenge assumptions, and continually refine what excellence looks like.
- Balance rigor with imagination as you explore new opportunities.
Required Qualifications:- Agronomy background or 4+ years of experience in an AgTech company.
- Experience developing products that span hardware, firmware, data science, and software.
- 5+ years of product management in multidisciplinary, fast-paced environments.3+ years working in fast-growing startup environments, with demonstrated ability to thrive amid rapid change, ambiguity, and shifting priorities.
- Strong leadership skills and the ability to motivate and align diverse teams.
- Demonstrated creativity, curiosity, critical thinking, and resilience.
- Excellent communication skills, capable of crafting compelling narratives for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- High proficiency in English, written and spoken.U.S.-based, preferably West Coast.
- Willingness to travel up to 20%; if based in the San Francisco area, ability to come into the office 2 days per week.
- Deep comfort with lean, agile, and iterative methodologies.
Preferred Qualifications:- Experience working in commercial or customer-facing roles.
- Operational experience - leading operational teams or building related products.
- Background in precision agriculture, sensing technologies, water stewardship tools, or environmental intelligence systems.
- A creative mindset paired with the discipline to ship, iterate, and improve fast.
What we offer:At Arable, you will be joining a company of dedicated team players who bring together diverse expertise and a passion for building a more sustainable future. We are a fast-moving startup committed to providing a rewarding employee experience through the work we do, the team, compensation, and benefits, including:
Excellent medical, dental, vision, and a 401k program
Flexible PTO
A focus on community involvement and career development
Being a part of creating innovative new products that have a positive impact on the world
At Arable, we don't just accept difference-we celebrate and support it. Not only because it's the right thing to do but because we draw on the differences in who we are, what we've experienced, and how we think to make Arable thrive. Arable is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and is an affirmative-action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected under applicable State or Federal laws and regulations.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
