Farmer Advocate and Transformation Manager

Principal Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate farmer councils and grower engagement forums to foster open communication, transparency, and collaboration.
• Serve as an advocate for farmers by surfacing and addressing insights, concerns, and operational barriers.
• Build positive, trust-based relationships with contract growers and live production partners.
• Support deployment of technologies and tools that improve poultry and farm performance, efficiency, and animal wellbeing.
• Prioritize animal care and partner with animal care teams to reinforce compliance, training, and continuous improvement in welfare standards.
• Collaborate with continuous improvement and live production teams to identify improvement opportunities and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Participate in root-cause analyses, data reviews, and structured problem-solving to deliver measurable performance improvements.
• Lead improvement projects when needed and provide field-level feedback to ensure solutions are practical, scalable, and effectively implemented.
• Manage assigned strategic and ad hoc projects, ensuring clear timelines, milestones, and cross-functional alignment.
• Support enterprise transformation activities that modernize and optimize live production operations.
• Track project progress, communicate outcomes, and support change-management activities across stakeholder groups.

Minimum Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, animal science, business, or a related field.
• Five or more years of experience in live production, grower relations, agricultural operations, or continuous improvement.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and relationship-building skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects and drive cross-functional initiatives.
• Working knowledge of farm operations, animal care standards, and production technologies.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Experience in continuous improvement, agricultural operations, or grower relations.

Physical Requirements and Environmental Factors

• Position is mostly sedentary but may require occasional moving to other offices or buildings.
• May need to move light equipment or supplies from one place to another.
• May need to access files, supplies and equipment.
• Work activity is in an office, open-partitioned, cubicle environment.

Salary Range

The salary range for this position is $89,000 - $133,000 per year, based on experience and qualifications with annual bonus available (variable depending on performance).

Benefits

• Medical/Rx
• 401(k) with employer match after 1 year
• Critical illness, accident insurance
• Dental
• Vision
• Life insurance
• Optional group life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability protection
• Flexible spending accounts
• Paid time off