Associate Product Manager

Yara Porsgrunn; Brussel Hoofdstad; Sur place; EUR 50 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Yara is seeking an Associate Product Manager to join the Reliability & Production Optimization unit, collaborating with production sites across Brussels, Oslo, or Porsgrunn. You will engage with engineers and stakeholders, translate needs into clear requirements, support product discovery, planning and rollout of digital applications, and help realize measurable value at sites.

Ideal candidates hold an engineering degree, have experience with digital product development, and are comfortable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering or a related field.
• Experience with digital product development, industrial technology, production optimization, or operational improvement.
• Experience working in Agile and cross-functional product teams.
• Curious, collaborative, and pragmatic mindset with the ability to learn quickly.
• Strong interest in understanding user needs and applying technology and data to solve operational problems.

Responsabilités

• Engage with production sites and stakeholders through interviews and workshops.
• Assist product discovery, planning, delivery, and continuous improvement with the Product Manager.
• Translate user and business needs into product requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Establish business cases and monitor product adoption and value realization.

Connaissances

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional teams

Communication

Collaboration

Learn quickly

Formation

Engineering degree (Bachelor or Master)

Description du poste

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

Shape the future of reliable and high-performing production

In Reliability & Production Optimization, we believe that operational data combined with digital technologies can fundamentally improve the reliability, efficiency, and safety of industrial production.

We develop and operate the Yara Digital Production Platform (DPP) - a scalable foundation that provides consistent, high-quality access to production data across our global production sites.

Using DPP as a foundation, we design and deploy robust, user-friendly digital products that help engineers and operators make better decisions every day. Our unit is accountable for the end-to-end impact of these products: from defining product direction and priorities, through development and deployment, to realizing measurable value at the sites.

We are now looking for an Associate Product Manager to join our team and work closely with production sites. This position can be based in Brussels (Belgium), Oslo (Norway), or Porsgrunn (Norway).

Responsibilities

• Engage with production sites, engineers, and other stakeholders through interviews, workshops, and product discovery activities.
• Build awareness, understanding, and stakeholder commitment to the products and the value they create.
• Support the rollout and adoption of digital applications at production sites by ensuring access, training users, building understanding, and embedding the applications in daily work.
• Work closely with the Product Manager to understand user needs, define priorities, and support product discovery, planning, delivery, and continuous improvement.
• Translate user and business needs into clear product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Establish business cases, monitor whether the products are adopted and used, and conduct post-implementation reviews to assess realized value.

Profile

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, such as process, chemical, or automation engineering, or in another relevant field.
• Experience with, or exposure to, digital product development, industrial technology, production optimization, or operational improvement.
• Experience working in, or a good understanding of, agile and cross-functional product teams.
• A curious, collaborative, and pragmatic mindset, with the ability to learn quickly.
• Strong interest in understanding user needs and applying technology and data to solve real operational problems.
• Ability to communicate clearly, constructively challenge assumptions, and collaborate with stakeholders across disciplines, sites, and cultures.
• Motivation to work with industrial production and collaborate closely with production sites.

Contact details

Hans Petter Bieker, Program Manager Reliability & Production Optimization

Maureen Hassenberg, People Business Partner

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.