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Are you looking to join a dynamic, innovation-driven, international company, building a better future for us all? UPM leads the forest based bioindustry into a sustainable, innovation-driven, and exciting future. The competence, integrity and drive of our people make us unique. We live by our values – trust and be trusted, achieve together, renew with courage.
We are now looking for an Agile Coach to support UPM in the adoption of Agile methodology. This position is located in Tampere or Helsinki, Finland.
Greetings from your future manager
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Are you dynamic, enthusiastic, and intellectually curious? Are you analytical and have a methodical approach to your work? Are you able to plan on the detailed level and keep your eyes on the big picture? Are you an innovator and coach in deep in your heart?
If so, read on to learn more about an exciting opportunity in our team.”- Jana Redsven, Manager, IT
What you’ll do:
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Facilitate organizational adoption strategy design and implementation, from the introduction of Agile and employee education to the cultivation of Agile culture and mindset
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Define strategy for the UPM Agile toolkit and ensure Product or Service teams are able to collaborate
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Continuously introduce UPM emerging trends/best practices to achieve maximum results from the use of agile practices
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Design and develop Agile processes and practices and ensure that they enable Product or Service teams to operate in an integrative and collaborative manner
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Train, mentor and coach area-specific Agile coaches, Agile and Product teams. Assess the current state and identify improvement opportunities
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Provide hands-on support across different roles and levels, from Agile teams, up to Business and IT senior management
Who you are
What we’re looking for is an Agile coach who is passionate about Agile methodology and can coach, mentor, and teach Agile coaches and Agile teams. Someone, who is passionate about agile practices and principles and understands their connection to IT processes and policies.
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You have working experience in an enterprise international company, consisting of many businesses and functions and are able to advise a senior leader on issues that might arise during the transition to an agile way of working
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You have 3-6 years of working experience as a Scrum master/Agile Coach in a hybrid environment
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You have Scrum Master and Agile Coaching experience across a variety of industries where you can bring different approaches to the organization
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You have proven knowledge of the application of Agile at scale and demonstrated ability to coach and lead the cultural and organizational change to make it work
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You have experience in coaching and training individuals and teams in Agile concepts and practices
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You are an inspiring, open-minded coach who helps teams reach their full potential
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You are comfortable with challenging and advising agile teams as well as senior leadership, in a way that encourages them to improve and embed new ways of working
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You have a positive attitude and are energetic and can integrate into a fast-paced team environment
This is what we offer for you
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Meaningful job: We are proud of what we do. Our work highlights the expertise of our personnel, the high quality of our products and the company's values.
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Inspired and motivated teams: We have highly skilled workforce. We are a multifaceted, international organisation that works as a team to achieve our shared objectives.
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Development opportunities: With us you can build up your expertise. We provide opportunities to support your development throughout every stage of your career.
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Responsibility for people and environment: Our ethical principles embrace people as well as the environment. We are always striving to build a more sustainable future.
Additional Information
For further information please contact Jana Redsven, Manager, IT at
jana.redsven@upm.com
or tel. +358505522322.
Please apply by clicking the Apply button and attach your CV and cover letter in English latest by 17.09.2023. We will start going through the applications already during the application period, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
For support with submitting your application, please contact the HR Service Center at
careers@upm.com
or tel. +358204146600.
A security background check may be performed for those selected to UPM positions, in accordance with the company recruitment guidelines and the Security Clearance Act 726/2014.
UPM is a non-smoking workplace in Finland.
UPM IT is a high-performing, innovative, process-driven community strengthened by IT professionals from suppliers.
IT ensures business continuity and improves productivity by maintaining business-critical IT services. We create value for UPM in joint business and IT digitalization efforts applying new technologies and partner ecosystems. We enable UPM transformation by developing capabilities for the changing business environment.
The success of IT is rooted in the know-how of digitalisation and emerging technologies, and competences such as enterprise architecture design, project and change management, compliance and cybersecurity.
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