Sarah Schwartzmeyer
Nashville,
Summary
Inclusive and data-driven professional adept in end-to-end product development, passionate about understanding complex data architecture and technical challenges. Collaborative in defining long-term product vision with key stakeholders and skilled at breaking down objectives into consumable milestones, ensuring incremental customer value. Prioritizes team cohesion and buy-in as integral parts of successful product delivery.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Product Manager
John Deere
06.2021 - Current
- Conducted customer feedback sessions, analyzed utilization data, and acquired technical insight into backend architecture to formulate a long-term alerting strategy, while also spearheading resourcing requests to establish a dedicated team for proactive insights and alerting.
- Identified and prioritized enhancements to internal data infrastructure, aimed at enhancing scalability and reducing latency in our internal alerting engine.
- Defined business and technical requirements for 2 new product releases focused on monitoring machine behavior and proactive alerting, attaining a 45% adoption rate among mobile customers within the first 3 months.
- Partnered with Product, Engineering, and Design teams to integrate real-time user responses with predefined alerting logic to improve operator safety and contextual awareness before notifying downstream consumers.
- Collaborated with UX Design and Engineering to simplify the user experience with proactive insights and alerting, while also developing technical requirements to ensure our backend systems are legally compliant.
Product Manager
Indigo Agriculture
06.2018 - 05.2021
- Led the development and release of Indigo’s first Carbon Credit offering to farmers, resulting in 3.3 million acres enrolled in year 1 of the program.
- Led the design, development, and release of Indigo’s first internal machine-data processing system, resulting in a 24x increase in data processing velocity.
- Synthesized the technical requirements of 2 distinct carbon protocols into simplified product requirements, designed to maximize customer payout while minimizing the customer-data burden.
- Partnered with Data Scientists and Agronomic Specialists to develop geospatial and sensor data-cleaning models.
Consultant
USAID - TechnoServe
09.2017 - 05.2018
- Selected to lead on the ground agricultural market research in Mozambique to improve, monitor, and assess country-wide development across 6 agricultural value chains.
- Consulted 3 private sector agricultural clients, within a 3 month period, resulting in 2 initial funding rounds and 2 business strategy implementations.
Product Analyst II
The Climate Corporation
08.2016 - 12.2017
- Developed 3 globally adaptable tools enabling farmers to sustainably increase their productivity and yield by an average of 5-10 bu/ac.
- Analyzed user behavior across 6 platforms and consulted product managers on data interpretation and insights, resulting in a 47% increase in user engagement.
- Managed and grew the Analyst Training Program to educate new teammates on data models, SQL requirements, resource management, product development, and relevant farming practices.
Team Lead, Data Science & Analytics
Criteo
01.2015 - 08.2016
- Developed and oversaw the implementation of market demand analysis, competitive strategy, and efficiency improvements.
- Identified partnership opportunities and provided strategic, data-driven, business insight to 4 executive team members.
- Managed a team of 4 analysts and mentored on career development, project management, and technical skills.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Economics & Spanish
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA05.2013
Skills
- SQL, Python
- Tableau, Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics
- Languages: Limited working Spanish & Portuguese
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Team Collaboration & Relationship Building
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
Timeline
Senior Product Manager
John Deere
06.2021 - Current
Product Manager
Indigo Agriculture
06.2018 - 05.2021
Consultant
USAID - TechnoServe
09.2017 - 05.2018
Product Analyst II
The Climate Corporation
08.2016 - 12.2017
Team Lead, Data Science & Analytics
Criteo
01.2015 - 08.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Economics & Spanish
Wellesley College
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