Consultant Information Technology

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- WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
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- A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
- We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

JOB TITLE: Product Manager TYPE OF CONTRACT: Regular consultancy contract (CST) Level II

UNIT/DIVISION: Solution Delivery (TECD), Information Technology Division

DUTY STATION (City, Country): HQ – Rome, Italy

DURATION:11 months

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:

Reporting to the Digital Product Management Lead, the Product Manager is the custodian of the grand vision of the product, responsible for maximizing the value brought by the IT solution by understanding business and end-user requirements and prioritizing the work to be done. The Product Manager aims for an IT solution which achieves the highest quality in terms of technical usability, user acceptability, and domain suitability.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

•Create and maintain the Product Canvas outlining the vision of the product;

•Create and maintain the Product Roadmap outlining the evolution of the product;

•Present the Product Roadmap for endorsement to the TEC Architectural Board, when updated;

•Perform the role of Scrum Product Owner:

oGather and validate requirements following a Human-Centred Design (HCD) approach;

oCommunicate requirements inwards to the Development Team:

▪Identify and categorize stakeholders/customers/users/subject-matter experts;

▪Decompose high-level requirements;

▪Identify and describe Product Backlog Items (PBI), partnering closely with the Businessand the team to ensure everyone understands the items in the backlog;

▪Ensure the PBIs pass the Definition of Ready criteria;





▪Facilitate the Just-In-Time (JIT) detailed requirements delivery;

▪Determine whether PBIs were satisfactorily delivered; and

▪Give the Development Team clear guidance on which features to deliver next.

oCommunication outwards to Stakeholders:

▪Communicate estimates, dependencies and technical issues after grooming sessions,informing and negotiating with the Business;

▪Make decisions, in consultation with Stakeholders, regarding the priority of PBIs;

▪Inform of progress and host demonstrations to stakeholders; and

▪First point of contact between stakeholders and the Scrum team.

oDecide when to deploy the product with the predisposition towards frequent releases;

oTake care of Backlog Grooming: regularly review items on the backlog to ensure the backlogcontains the appropriate items, that they are prioritized, and that the items at the top of thebacklog are ready for delivery;

oParticipate in the Sprint Planning session; a team planning meeting that determines what tocomplete in the coming Sprint;

oListen-in at the Daily Stand-up session: a 15-minute mini-meeting for the team to sync-up.

oChair the Sprint Demo session: A sharing meeting where the team shows what was producedduring the Sprint; and oParticipate in the Sprint Retrospective session: a review of what did and did not go well duringthe Sprint, with actions to make the next Sprint better;

•Manage the product budget, and prepare cost estimates based on the IT Solution Architect’s high- level effort estimates;

•Keep track of the consumption of purchased time-and-materials quotas;

•Provide guidance to vendors concerning the submission of consumption reports and invoices;

•Approve consumption reports for the insertion the corresponding Service Entry Sheets; and

•In collaboration with the TEC’s Head of Sourcing, create and renew Purchase Orders;

•When required, act as Project Manager:

oReport periodically on progress to the project management office, informing them of any issues/risks requiring attention. Identify and escalate issues that could affect the product outcomes, timeline or budget.

•Any other duties as required for the successful delivery of the product or project.

DELIVERABLES AT THE END OF THE CONTRACT:

•A well-defined Product Vision and an up-to-date Product Roadmap fully aligned with Business Roadmaps and the needs of end-users.

•A well-managed Product Backlog, duly groomed and with Product Backlog Items (PBIs) passing the Definition of Ready criteria.

•A product which achieves the highest quality in terms of technical usability, user acceptability, and domain suitability.

•A high level of satisfaction of the Stakeholders, IT Solution Architect, and Development Teams in relation to soft-skills such as effective communication, conflict management, strategic contributions to product’s success, leadership skills, etc.

•Contribution to improvement of shared processes and tools.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Education

University degree in Business Administration, Information Technology or related fields.

Experience

Minimum six years post graduate experience with product/project management,



and a proven track record of planning, leading and executing related projects.

Knowledge & Skills:

In-depth knowledge and experience with Agile and Scrum. Knowledge of Product and Project Management methodologies and tools. Experience gathering business and user requirements. Ability to influence cross-functionally to manageprojects within a matrix environment; Ability to manage budget, resources and risks. Ability to manage Stakeholders also at senior levels.

Languages

Fluency in oral and written English with an intermediate knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) or Portuguese (one of WFP’s working languages) is desirable

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