aerialPLOT — a precision agtech company headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota, delivering plot-level digital phenotyping evidence to seed, biological, fertilizer, and crop input companies — is hiring a Senior Digital Agronomist. This senior role owns the end-to-end client data review, analytical interpretation, and reporting workflow — translating digital phenotype outputs into economic outcomes for product companies. Responsibilities span field trial analysis, mixed-effects statistical modelling, Python/R analytics, GIS and remote sensing interpretation, client account ownership, and commercial reporting. Salary $70K–$135K. Relocation supported.
About aerialPLOT — Digital Phenotyping for Agribusiness
Mission: Give seed, biological, biostimulant, fertilizer, and crop input companies the plot-level evidence their commercial teams need
Platform: aerialFARMS — high-resolution data packages and geospatial analytics integrating digital phenotyping data with yield and agronomic metrics
HQ: Fargo, North Dakota — Canadian operating subsidiary in Saskatoon; field operations across major North American growing regions
Culture: Deliberately small, invested in the right hires — a company where each senior team member has direct impact on client outcomes and company direction
Reports To: Chief Operating Officer — direct leadership access and senior company representation with strategic agtech clients
Compensation & Benefits
Base Salary: $70,000 – $135,000 — calibrated to experience, analytical depth, and client-facing qualifications
Bonus: Discretionary annual bonus on top of base salary
Health Benefits: Health, dental, and life insurance coverage
Time Off: Paid time off and business travel reimbursement
Equipment: Standard equipment and tools provided for field and analytical work
🚀 Relocation: aerialPLOT will support relocation costs for the right candidate
Position Overview
The Senior Digital Agronomist at aerialPLOT in Fargo, North Dakota is a rare and genuinely distinctive role — combining advanced agronomic expertise, applied data analytics, remote sensing interpretation, and senior client relationship ownership within a deliberately focused agtech company that delivers plot-level digital phenotyping evidence for North America’s leading crop input product companies. You will own the end-to-end client data workflow — from data ingest and quality control through statistical analysis, agronomic interpretation, report production, and client communication — while also serving as the primary technical and relationship contact for an assigned book of client accounts. The economic lens is central: translating digital phenotype outputs into yield response analysis, product differentiation evidence, and market positioning narratives that the client’s commercial team can defend in the field. The role requires 5+ years of combined agronomy, data analysis, and client-facing experience, working proficiency in Python or R, and the ability to operate with credibility in front of senior technical and commercial contacts at major agri-input product companies.
Why This Role Matters: As Senior Digital Agronomist at aerialPLOT Fargo — with a $70K–$135K base salary, discretionary bonus, health benefits, 401K match, and relocation support — you will own the data that determines whether crop input product companies can tell a defensible commercial story about their seed, biological, or fertilizer products, apply your agronomic expertise and statistical rigour to translate drone-captured digital phenotypes into the economic outcomes — yield response, product differentiation, ROI — that agriculture’s most sophisticated product companies pay for, serve as a genuine senior partner to assigned clients from data delivery through program scoping and contract renewal, and build a career at the cutting edge of precision agriculture, agtech, and data-driven agronomy in one of North America’s most important and forward-thinking agricultural innovation companies.
Key Responsibilities
Client Data Review, Statistical Analysis & Report Production
- Lead the complete end-to-end data review process for aerialPLOT’s analytical offering — managing data ingest, quality control, exploratory analysis, rigorous statistical treatment, agronomic interpretation, and professional report production for each client programme from kickoff through final delivery
- Apply robust statistical methods to field trial data — including mixed-effects models, multi-environment trial analysis, treatment comparison methods (LSD, Tukey, contrasts), and spatial autocorrelation considerations — and defend analytical choices with confidence in technical conversations with client biometricians, statisticians, and research leads
- Connect digital phenotype outputs to economic interpretation for the client — translating canopy development indices, vegetation anomaly maps, stand establishment data, and treatment response signals into yield driver analysis, product placement opportunities, and defensible commercial evidence that the client’s sales and marketing teams can confidently deploy in the market
- Produce polished, technically rigorous, and commercially actionable client-facing reports and presentations — calibrating technical depth to the audience, ensuring findings are clear to both agronomic and commercial readers, and generating deliverables that the client organisation views as genuinely high-value assets
Remote Sensing & Digital Phenotyping Interpretation
- Interpret remote sensing outputs and the full range of aerialPLOT digital phenotypes — including canopy development curves, plant vigor maps, stand establishment assessments, senescence progression patterns, and treatment response differentials — connecting observed patterns to agronomic mechanisms and client product performance claims
- Work with multispectral imagery, geospatial data formats (GeoJSON, shapefiles, GeoTIFF), and GIS platforms (QGIS, ArcGIS) — processing, visualising, and interpreting spatial datasets to extract meaningful agronomic and commercial insights from high-resolution plot-level aerial imagery
- Assess spatial variability within and across field trials — applying knowledge of spatial autocorrelation, field heterogeneity, and environmental gradients to ensure that trial analysis accounts for the spatial structure of field-scale data and produces statistically defensible treatment comparisons
- Operate aerialFLIGHT drone systems as required — obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within three weeks of hire and contributing to flight operations in the field alongside aerialPLOT’s operations team during data collection campaigns across North American growing regions
Client Account Ownership & Relationship Management
- Serve as the primary technical and relationship point of contact for an assigned book of business following the sales handoff — providing senior, consistent ownership of every client from day one of delivery through end-of-season review, and ensuring every client feels genuinely supported and valued throughout each programme
- Run structured client touchpoints — programme kickoffs, mid-season check-ins, interim data previews, and end-of-season reviews — preparing for each interaction with detailed programme knowledge, current analytical updates, and forward-looking programme recommendations that demonstrate aerialPLOT’s expertise and commitment
- Surface and develop expansion opportunities within the assigned client book — identifying additional trial programmes, new geographies, additional product lines, or supplementary analytical packages that represent genuine value for the client and incremental revenue for aerialPLOT, partnering with the commercial team to scope and close these opportunities
- Monitor account health proactively — tracking client engagement, programme delivery progress, and satisfaction signals, and addressing any risks to renewal or programme continuation early, before they become relationship or commercial issues
Analytical Workflow, Python/R & Platform Contribution
- Execute analytical workflows in Python, R, or equivalent statistical computing environments — applying proficiency in data wrangling, exploratory analysis, statistical modelling, and results visualisation to produce reproducible, well-documented analyses that meet aerialPLOT’s standards for analytical rigour and client defensibility
- Manage the analytical workflow across the full assigned client book — scoping deliverables clearly, sequencing analytical work intelligently, managing competing priorities across multiple concurrent client programmes, and reliably meeting client timelines without compromising analytical quality
- Provide structured, experience-grounded feedback into aerialFARMS platform development — contributing client perspective, analytical workflow insights, and product enhancement suggestions that make the platform more valuable, more efficient, and more aligned with what product companies actually need from digital phenotyping data
- Contribute to internal documentation, analytical templates, and delivery standards — building reusable assets that scale aerialPLOT’s delivery capability and maintain consistency of quality across the growing client book
Agronomic Expertise, Trial Design & Commercial Sensibility
- Bring a strong, broad agronomic foundation to every client engagement — interpreting field trial data across major crops (corn, soybeans, wheat, canola, and others relevant to North American growing regions), connecting plot-level results to regional, varietal, and management context, and maintaining credibility in agronomic conversations with experienced client agronomists and product managers
- Understand and communicate trial design fundamentals — including treatment structure, replication levels, randomisation methods, blocking strategies, and the statistical implications of each — advising clients on trial design quality and its impact on the defensibility of their commercial evidence package
- Maintain the commercial sensibility that keeps aerialPLOT’s analytical work anchored to what clients’ businesses actually pay for — understanding that the ultimate deliverable is not a statistical report but a commercial evidence package that helps a product company win more placements, differentiate more convincingly, and sustain more profitable grower relationships
- Support pre-sale technical conversations as a subject matter expert on an as-needed basis — contributing to proposal development, technical scoping discussions, and client presentations that position aerialPLOT’s analytical capabilities in the most credible and commercially compelling way possible
Qualifications & Requirements
Education
- Bachelor’s or graduate degree in Agronomy, Plant Science, Soil Science, Statistics, Agricultural Economics, or a closely related field — a relevant academic qualification is mandatory for this Senior Digital Agronomist position
- FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate — required within three weeks of hire date; aerialPLOT will provide support for candidates who do not yet hold this certification
Experience Requirements
- Minimum 5+ years of relevant professional experience combining agronomy, applied data analysis, and customer-facing work — candidates who do not span all three of these dimensions will not be the right fit for this role
- 5+ years of research services experience — ideally within an ag product company, contract research organisation (CRO), university trial programme, or precision agriculture technology company
- Robust working knowledge of applied statistics for field research — with demonstrated experience applying mixed-effects models, multi-environment trial analysis, treatment comparison methods, and spatial considerations to real field trial data
- Working proficiency in at least one analytical environment — Python, R, or equivalent — for data wrangling, statistical modelling, results visualisation, and reproducible analysis
Preferred Qualifications
- Familiarity with remote sensing workflows, multispectral imagery analysis, and geospatial data formats — GeoJSON, shapefiles, GeoTIFF — and experience working with GIS tools such as QGIS or ArcGIS
- Background in customer success, technical account management, or analytical consulting within an agtech, precision agriculture, or crop input company context
- Valid US driver’s licence and passport (or eligibility to obtain) — required for domestic and international client travel and field operations
About aerialPLOT & This Career Opportunity in Fargo, ND
aerialPLOT sits at a genuinely exciting and commercially important intersection in North American agriculture — bringing together drone-based remote sensing, digital phenotyping, and applied geospatial analytics to give seed companies, biological manufacturers, fertilizer producers, and other crop input businesses the plot-level, field-scale evidence they need to compete more effectively in an increasingly data-driven agri-input market. The aerialFARMS platform integrates high-resolution multispectral imagery with agronomic performance data and statistical analysis to generate the kind of defensible commercial evidence packages that help product companies win more retailer placements, differentiate more persuasively at the farm level, and sustain the kind of grower trust that drives long-term repeat business.
Fargo, North Dakota — situated in the heart of one of North America’s most productive and agronomically diverse agricultural regions — is an outstanding base for an agtech professional who wants to be genuinely close to the crops, the growers, and the agronomic diversity that makes this kind of digital phenotyping work both technically interesting and commercially valuable. aerialPLOT’s deliberate focus on hiring the right people — rather than growing for the sake of growth — means this Senior Digital Agronomist hire will have real influence, direct client relationships, and meaningful contribution to how the company grows and evolves as a platform and a business.
Career Excellence: Join aerialPLOT as Senior Digital Agronomist in Fargo, North Dakota — where your agronomy expertise, statistical rigour, Python or R analytical capability, and client relationship skills will translate digital phenotypes into commercial evidence that shapes how North America’s leading crop input companies develop, position, and market their products in a data-driven agricultural market.
Who Should Apply?
- Senior Agronomists with Data Analytics Expertise: With 5+ years of combined agronomy and applied statistical analysis experience, Python or R proficiency, and a proven track record of translating field trial data into commercially meaningful agronomic insights for product development companies or research clients
- Precision Agriculture Data Scientists: With a strong agronomy foundation, GIS and remote sensing experience, and the agronomic depth to interpret digital phenotype outputs in the context of yield performance, product differentiation, and commercial evidence generation for crop input companies
- CRO / University Trial Agronomists Moving to Agtech: With 5+ years of field trial research, statistical analysis, and client reporting experience — ready to apply their research skills in a commercially focused digital phenotyping agtech company where their work directly drives product company decision-making
- Technical Account Managers with Agronomic Credentials: With client-facing success experience and a credible agronomic and analytical background — comfortable managing a book of business independently, running client reviews, surfacing expansion opportunities, and representing aerialPLOT in front of senior technical and commercial contacts
- Precision Agronomy Professionals Based in or Willing to Relocate to Fargo: With FAA Part 107 eligibility, valid driver’s licence, and the agronomy-meets-data-analytics profile that aerialPLOT is specifically and deliberately seeking for this senior hire
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