Product Owner / 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

Founded in 1905 and headquartered in Oslo, Yara International is a Norwegian multinational company (MNC) and the leading sustainable agricultural, digital farming solutions, and farmer livelihood-enhancement company. Our dedicated team of 18,000 professionals in 160 countries are committed to helping the world achieve a nature-positive food future through regenerative farming, climate neutrality, and farmer prosperity.

With its headquarters in Singapore, Yara Africa & Asia (YAA) is one of Yara’s three regional geographic operating units. YAA and its team of 2,000 employees support an extensive and diverse region of 22 market economies. YAA works closely with in-country, regional, and global stakeholders – including policymakers, commercial and smallholder farmers, retailers and channel partners, and NGOs to identify how the company can best support priorities around food security, farmer livelihoods, sustainability and circular economy across the food value chain. With global production capacity and product innovation, digital technology across five digital farming hubs – three of which are in Africa and Asia (Singapore, Shanghai, and Bangalore) – Yara Africa & Asia is supporting millions of farmers to grow our food sustainably

Responsibilities

Define and advocate product vision and value proposition for digital in agriculture,
Translate business objectives into a clear product roadmap that supports the company’s growth and sustainability agenda, customer engagement (channel and farmer)
Responsible in preparing and executing the product requirement document, aligning with the business stakeholders/requestor
Assess value, develop user stories, define acceptance criteria, prioritise product backlog, and track project status, to ensure delivery of high-value products on time and within budget.
Facilitate and obtain signoff and acceptance from business.
Monitoring and evaluating product progress throughout the product life cycle & effectively communicating progress, challenges and trade-offs
Be the main point of contact to orchestrate the launch of products and its subsequent release capabilities and bridge gaps between business/user needs with the team
Define and track objective key results (OKR) and relevant success metrics of the feature performance to facilitate data-driven decisions for subsequent product enhancement
Collaborate with business stakeholders and the leadership team to define and communicate the product vision and long-term roadmap of the product.
Provide mentorship to the broader team, foster a culture of collaboration, manage team dynamics and set clear team goals to create both successful development of solutions and an exciting work environment and experience.

Profile

We are seeking an experienced Senior Product Owner to drive the strategy and execution of the digital application (YaraConnect, YaraFarmcare). You will be the voice of the customers and the business within our Agile development team, translating business requirement into detailed, actionable deliverables. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker, strong collaborator and passionate advocate for delivering exceptional user experience and business value.

He/she is responsible for driving the vision, strategy, and execution of digital products that enhance user engagement, agronomic insights, and value-chain connectivity for the fertilizer business. This role bridges agronomy, business, and technology teams to deliver user-centric, scalable, and data-driven digital solutions across the agriculture ecosystem.

Additional Information

At least 5 years of experience as a product owner / manager, preferably someone who managed the complete lifecycle of digital products.
Data and Analytical thinking, analyse market and competition data.
Familiar with product development and agile methodology such as Scrum, Kanban and SAFe.
Ability to effectively capture and communicate complex business/technical requirements.
Strong problem-solving, decision-making making and stakeholder management, with the ability to influence key internal and external stakeholders
Ability to understand and participate in technical discussions with the Engineering team, with familiarity with software terminology
Able to lead large or cross-functional teams, resolve conflicts, manage alignment with multiple stakeholders, and communicate effectively with senior tech leads, executives and large audience
Strong understanding of agricultural value chains, digital platforms, and smallholder engagement models.

Contact details

Apply no later than

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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.

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