São Paulo, São Paulo, BR
Senior Product Owner
We at Yara are part of a global network, collaborating to profitably and responsibly solve some of the world's key challenges - resource scarcity, food insecurity and environmental change.
About the Unit
Yara aims to be the crop nutrition company of the future, leading the development of sustainable agriculture and digital tools to help solve global agricultural challenges. We have a worldwide presence in over 65 countries with around 17,000 employees. Drawing on more than a century of experience in crop nutrition, Yara established the Digital Innovation division to explore how technology can be used to improve farmers' lives and productivity.
Why us?
- Evolving tech development division of an established agricultural products and services company.
- Explore and develop digital, software, hardware products, which provide value to farmers, smallholder communities and the value chain.
- Be part of our mission to build sustainable solutions that benefit humanity and the environment.
- Support for personal development, training and continuous learning.
- Commitment to using new technologies and frameworks, meetups, and knowledge sharing.
Responsibilities
- Drive Iteration: Ensures a hypothesis led approach to successfully iterate product ideas based on customer feedback, from prototype to product.
- Lead with Purpose: Define and communicate the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for your assigned product or value stream.
- Prioritize for Impact: Assess value and prioritize epics, features, and stories to ensure focus on high-impact initiatives aligned with product strategy.
- Own the Backlog: Maintain a well-defined, continuously refined product backlog using effective user story and estimation techniques.
- Plan Releases: Develop and lead product release plans, setting clear expectations for delivery of new functionalities.
- Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with other Product Owners and Product Managers to align dependencies and ensure consistency across the Yara product portfolio.
- Champion Agile Excellence: Understand and apply Agile principles deeply — not just the “how,” but the “why”.
- Remove Barriers: Actively mitigate impediments that could impact successful delivery of sprint or release goals.
- Foster Collaboration: Promote a culture of open communication, peer support, and continuous improvement across teams.
Profile
- Previous working experience as a Product Owner. Must have experience leading one or more digital products independently.
- BS in Computer Science, Engineering or similar relevant field.
- In-depth knowledge of Agile process and principles.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication, presentation and leadership skills.
- English is a must, Portuguese and Spanish are a plus.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to multi-task and work under pressure.
- Attention to detail.
Contact details
Talent Acquisition
IMPORTANT: All career opportunities at Yara are conducted exclusively by the Yara Brazil recruitment team. Our recruiters emails always end with the @yara.com domain. In addition, we never request any type of payment, investment, or course-related fees as a condition for participating in our recruitment processes.
Apply no later than
January 27, 2026.
Knowledge grows through differences
Yara is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that creating a diverse and inclusive work environment is not only the right thing, but also the smart thing to do. To deliver on this, Yara has firmly anchored Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) in our business strategy and has more than 400 employees worldwide involved in D&I ambassadors networks.
As part of our recruitment process, where permitted by local law, we may conduct reference and background checks. These checks will only be performed when deemed necessary for the nature of the job. Candidates will be informed by HR before any background checks are initiated.
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