About Our Companies

Acres is a map-based land intelligence platform designed to bring transparency to America’s largest asset–land. Using public and private market data, Acres aggregates and analyzes over 150 million parcels of land to enable users to better understand and value land with confidence. By providing access to a comprehensive and more accurate compilation of land data, comparable sales, and parcel-level insights, Acres supports fast, informed decision making. Visit Acres.com to learn more.

AcreTrader is a real estate investing platform that makes it easy to buy shares of farmland and earn passive income. United States farmland has historically outperformed most asset classes and other forms of real estate. Unfortunately, buying and maintaining farmland directly is extremely difficult without local knowledge and management, as well as large investment commitments. AcreTrader solves these issues by providing transparency, flexibility, and ease of use to people wanting to invest in farmland while handling all aspects of administration and property management, from insurance and accounting to working with local farmers and improving soil sustainability. At the same time, AcreTrader works to help farmers scale through innovative sales and leasing opportunities.

We are dedicated to the growth of our platform and the growth of our people. We're looking for high performers who go about their work with a sense of curiosity, responsibility, and a drive to make things better.

*Acres seeks qualified candidates who are eligible to work in the United States. We are unable at this time to provide any sponsorship for work authorization.

**This is an onsite position in our office in Fayetteville, Arkansas. We do not support remote or hybrid work for this position.

Associate Product Owner 

AcreTrader, Inc. is hiring an Associate Product Owner based in Northwest Arkansas to join the growing software development teams which supports our Acres platform. This position reports directly to the Senior Product Owner and presents the opportunity to help build and enhance some of our most important externally facing products. An ideal candidate will be comfortable ramping up quickly so that they can help prioritize and refine feature sets.

The Associate Product Owner will serve as a product-specific expert when it comes to tactical feature functionality. They will be responsible for feature decomposition as well as tactical requirement gathering and documentation (user story creation). They will regularly interact with internal and external stakeholders.  They will be a comfortable and confident speaker who can communicate with users on a regular basis and we trust to represent the company well.

The Associate Product Owner will work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure we are delivering maximum value. They will be responsible for creating well-written, thorough user stories which our software development squads will leverage to deliver new features. Hiring the right people for these roles is important to our team because they will be integral to the creation and continuous improvement of our products. As at any growing company, you can expect many other tasks and responsibilities to be assigned as well as growth opportunities to be seized.

Core Responsibilities

• Communicate regularly with internal and external stakeholders to optimize business value from our product(s)
• Work closely with the VP of Product and Data Science to ensure feature requirements are in line with product strategy
• Work with Product, UX, and across teams to facilitate user research using a variety of research strategies.
• Manage the product backlog and ensure it is prioritized to support the product strategy 
• Decompose epics and features into clearly written user stories containing acceptance criteria that are actionable and of business value
• Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies
• Create visual aids to demonstrate requirements to our development squads, e.g. process flows, mind maps, etc.
• Work one on one with UX resources to ensure workflow designs meet expectations
• Measure feature usage post-release to make recommendations to our business partners concerning enhancement, modification, or retirement of features
• Serve as a liaison between product and development teams, and be available to answer questions or concerns that arise during development 

Key Competencies/Requirements

• Experience in creating documentation which breaks down complex requirements into easier-to-understand features: (e.g. Visio, Miro, Lucid Charts, etc.)
• Openness to learning and sharing knowledge
• Extremely well organized
• Possess a keen eye for detail
• Able to be onsite in our Fayetteville, Arkansas office M-F, 8am-5pm (this is not a hybrid or remote position)

Preferred Qualifications 

• Undergraduate degree in product management, computer science, or related field
• Experience working in Agile project management tools like Azure Dev Ops, Jira, ZenHub, etc.
• Experience in the fintech industry
• Experience working with GitHub
• Experience working with a product development team
• Experience with user research

*Acres seeks qualified candidates who are eligible to work in the United States. We are unable at this time to provide any sponsorship for work authorization.

**This is an onsite position in our office in Fayetteville, Arkansas. We do not support remote or hybrid work for this position.