Manager, Digital Channels, Digital Factory

About the Unit

The Digital Channels team is part of the newly established Digital Factory within Yara International.  This Digital Factory will drive excellence within digital development and will deliver high-quality digital solutions that combine customer-focus and technology by working closely with the business segments of the commercial organization.

The Digital Channels team’s primary objective is to support Digital Marketing in developing and managing Yara’s customer-facing digital interfaces, including a suite of websites, e-commerce platforms and mobile applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of developers (front-end, back-end, and user experience) to design, develop, and maintain Yara’s customer-facing digital interfaces according to business needs.  (Note:  this position will require coding)
• Manage additional outsourced resources and partners where needed
• Help create Yara’s overall digital strategy with special focus on customer interaction, digital interfaces and the company’s operation of those interfaces
• Be a discussion partner and advise the Commercial organization about new digital opportunities
• Work with the rest of the Factory to establish a culture that ensures quality and efficiency in digital development
• Keep up to date on trends and apply best practice methodologies within the areas of digital development and customer experience

Profile

• Higher university degree (Master level or equivalent)
• Deep understanding of web content management systems and cloud technologies
• Strong experience with Microsoft .net development including: C#, HTML5, CSS3, XML, XSD and MS SQL.  Experience with JavaScript and native mobile app development is considered a plus
• Experience with web design and architectural patterns including MVC, MVVM and REST API
• Experience with web analytics and tag management considered a plus
• Experience working with Scrum or other agile development methodologies 
• Familiar with w3c web standards
• Ability to work independently and in teams – and connecting with all levels of the organization
• Clear leadership attitude, strong business judgment, strategic mindset, drive and “can do attitude”
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills
• As this is a position working with Global teams, fluency in English is required.  Other languages are considered a plus