Agronomy Manager – NE & IA

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🌾 Iowa, Nebraska – Remote

🌾 Iowa – Remote 🌾 Nebraska – Remote

💵 $106k - $118k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Sound Agriculture

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2014

🌾 Agriculture

💰 $75M Series D on 2022-12

Agriculture

Sound Agriculture is a company specializing in innovative agricultural solutions aimed at optimizing crop nutrient efficiency. They offer products like SOURCE, which activates soil microbes to enhance nutrient availability, and BLUEPRINT, a powerful fungi that expands plants' reach beyond their roots. Their solutions are designed to improve nutrient uptake and plant health, while promoting sustainability by minimizing the use of synthetic fertilizers. Sound Agriculture focuses on providing efficient, risk-free options for enhancing crop nutrition across a variety of crops including corn, soybeans, wheat, and cotton.

📋 Description

• Sales Enablement: Quarterly webinars, in-person workshops, or virtual training modules to keep dealers updated on product performance, regional best practices, and emerging agronomic trends • Deliver in-depth analysis of end-of-season results to evaluate product performance, identify trends, and provide actionable insights for future improvements. • Champion content creation for Sound Advice video series. • Serve as a trusted agronomic advisor and thought leader for dealers and key growers, helping them adopt new approaches to nutrient efficiency, biological products, and soil health management. • Ensure grower retention, satisfaction and increased use of our Sound products by advising on use, in-season observations, and end-of-year evaluation. • Core Agronomy Activities: Train and enable the sales team to position and sell Sound’s portfolio as effective tools for nutrient efficiency and synthetic fertilizer replacement, using case studies, ROI data, and clear agronomic insights. • Design, implement, and manage trial protocols with growers and research partners to generate data on product efficacy, placement, and value for both existing and new product opportunities. • Identify and evaluate new product and crop opportunities to diversify Sound’s portfolio, supporting expansion into additional markets beyond corn and soy. • Stay ahead of industry developments by actively networking, engaging in professional development, and monitoring agronomic research and competitive innovations. • Provide in-field agronomic support during planting, growing, and harvest seasons to ensure optimal placement, maximize yield potential, and minimize fertility waste. • Translate trial and field data into actionable insights for both internal teams and external partners, strengthening product positioning and adoption. • Collaborate with product, sales, and marketing teams to create agronomic content (training materials, placement guides, performance summaries) that equips dealers and RSMs with practical tools to grow adoption.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in agronomy and or field sales • Strong understanding of crop profile and innovative agronomic practices within the region • Demonstrated success in agronomic consultation in nutrient management and soil health • Experience with providing in-person and digitally enabled group training sessions • Experience in product testing, trial management, and evaluating product efficacy in real-world conditions • Ability and excitement to critically analyze new ideas and supporting data and provide feedback and observations to all audience levels • Passion for agriculture and understanding of the ag inputs market including the biostimulants, biological, and soil health inputs market • Skilled at working cross-functionally with R&D, sales, marketing, and regulatory teams • Knowledge of digital tools (Climate FieldView, SMS, JD Ops, etc.) and passion for using them to increase frequency of and quality of engagement with customers • Experience selling and supporting new product lines that create a new market, vs. established categories • Excellent verbal and written communication skills for reporting, presenting, and collaborating with a remote team. • Strong working knowledge of Google Suite, Salesforce and/or other CRM systems • Capable of troubleshooting agronomic issues and providing actionable solutions that challenge status quo

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive health care plans including Medical, Dental and Vision coverage • Flex Spending Account (Healthcare, Dependent Care & Commuter Benefit for US-based employees) • Health Savings Account with monthly employer contribution (for US-based employees on qualifying health plans) • 401(k) with 3% company match (for US-based employees) • Flexible time off policy empowering employees to use time how they need, when they need • Mental health and wellbeing benefits - including dedicated monthly meeting free Focus Days • Paid parental leave (for US-based employees) • Regular events and engagement activities (we actually like hanging out with each other!)