Agile Project Facilitator

Yara International ASA is a global company operating in 160 countries, the world’s leading fertilizer company and a provider of environmental solutions. To help us fulfill our mission of responsibly feeding the world and protecting the planet we are actively recruiting IT Professionals into our Information Technology, Data Enablement team at our HQ in Oslo. 

Today we are more than 45 different nationalities at our HQ, working together with purpose. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your business acumen, grow your professional skillset and build a career in one of Norway’s leading global companies.  

Join us and contribute to helping solve some of the world’s major challenges. 

•   Work closely with the Line Manager (Lead Information Architect) in setting up and managing the “Data as a Service” unit 

•   Drive project management activities, documentation, material for decision gates (This project will be delivered as an Agile project and be a pilot for a new Agile project funding process – the Agile Project Facilitator will be required to give feedback on the process in order to evolve it as part of the pilot)

•   Responsible for keeping the project on track with its objectives 

•   Prepare and conduct workshops to identify commercial products needs

•   Understand business objectives of internal stakeholders and reflect them in the project scope

•   Responsible for stakeholder management, coordination, communication activities

•   Define how Agile framework will apply to the context of the project ( select and use fit for purpose framework(s))

•   Manage priorities in the project, facilitate backlog management and refinement

•   Encourage and strengthen Agile mindset, behaviors and practices in the project team and environment

•   Build a safe space for the team and foster collaborative, constructive relationships

•   Facilitate Agile ways of working, ceremonies and workshops

•   Guide the team in visualizing and organizing work effectively

•   Guide/enable the team to ensure that the project iteration goals are met

•   Protect the team when needed (manage work in progress limits)

•   Help the team to remove impediments, obstacles

•   Focuses the team on continuous learning and improvement 

•   Guide the team in how to communicate and collaborate effectively and on how to resolve conflicts

•   Support individual and team development

•   Collaborate with other Scrum Masters and Team facilitators to increase the effectiveness of the lean/agile ways of working in Yara (community membership & contributions)

•   Collaborate with the Agile Transformation team to contribute to meaningful introduction of Agile mindset and practices in Yara

• BA or MA 
• 7-10 years overall of which min 5 of relevant experience for the position and at least min 2 in Agile context
• Values and results driven team player, people developer, demonstrate Servant Leader behaviors
• Ability to observe, understand the context and recommend/adopt/adjust a course of action accordingly
• Ability to adopt different stances depending on context: facilitator, coach, advisor, trainer, coordinator, manager, change lead
• Excellent communication skills including acute active listening ability
• Excellent facilitations skills, also in a remote context
• Demonstrate courage, assertivity, address what needs to be addressed
• Deliver feedback in a constructive manner, develop a team culture where feedback is part of DNA 
• Practice openness and empathy
• Good to excellent knowledge of one or more agile frameworks
• Project Management skills
• Can leverage technology to create an effective online experience
• Experience in working in international teams, culturally diverse environments and with geographically spread teams
• Excellent communication skills in English in written and spoken form

We strive to reflect the diversity in society and encourage all qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply. We are committed to creating a work environment that fits gender equality and allows combining career progress with the needs of a family or other personal circumstances.

01.07.2021

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 & Inclusion (D&I) in our business strategy and has more than 400 employees worldwide involved in D&I ambassador networks.