Program Manager
Date: Dec 17, 2025
Location: Urbandale, Iowa, US
Company: John Deere
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Primary Location: United States (US) - Iowa - Urbandale
Function: Product and Process Mgmt (CA)
Title: Program Manager - 116949
Onsite/Remote:Onsite Position
Your Responsibilities
As a Program Manager for JD Intelligent Solutions Group located in Urbandale, IA, you will focus on leading large, multi-disciplinary project teams across engineering and data science functions. The position requires strong leadership in collaborating on project vision, guiding outcomes, coordinating and managing activities from discovery through release. Additionally you will be:
- managing program issues, dependencies and risks while effectively communicating across roles and responsibilities on all aspects of the program.
VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position
What Skills You Need
- Lead large project teams made up of multiple various sized engineering and data science teams
- collaborate defining the project vision, communicate the necessary outcomes, and provide guidance to achieve these outcomes
- coordinate team actions across project activities from discovery to release
- build the capability of the team through training, coaching, and mentoring.
- Experience working across and with product management, user experience, data science, data and product engineering teams and processes
- Experience breaking down large scope requests into manageable, incremental deliverables and executing to each one.
- Ability to effectively communicate with all members of the product teams, stakeholders and supporting functions verbally and through written communication
- Understand, document, communicate and manage program risks, issues, constraints and dependencies between teams and functional areas across multiple deliverables
- Ensure teams have clarity on expectations of each deliverable
- Experience in a variety of different roles on agile or scrum type teams
- Experience with backlog management tools
What Makes You Standout
- Advanced Azure DevOps expertise.
- Experience facilitating solutioning workshops
Education
- Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level
What You'll Get
At John Deere, you are empowered to create a career that will take you to where you want to go while working in an inclusive team environment. Here, you'll enjoy the freedom to explore new projects, the support to think outside the box and the advanced tools and technology that foster innovation and achievement. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive reward package to help you get started on your new career path, including:
- Flexible work arrangements
- Highly competitive base pay and performance bonuses
- Savings & Retirement benefits (401K and Defined Contribution)
- Healthcare benefits with a generous company contribution in the Health Savings Account
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Tuition assistance
- Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms at specific Deere locations
- Charitable contribution match
- Employee Purchase Plan & numerous discount programs for personal use
$135,444.00 - $203,160.00 + Benefits
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Must be 18 years of age or older to apply
The information contained herein is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and qualifications required of individuals performing the job. The qualifications detailed in this job description are not considered the minimum requirements necessary to perform the job, but rather as guidelines.
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