ET Consultant - Product Owner (GeoLab)
Job #:
req30350
Organization:
World Bank
Sector:
Information Technology
Grade:
EC2
Term Duration:
1 year 0 months
Recruitment Type:
Local Recruitment
Location:
Washington, DC,United States
Required Language(s):
English
Preferred Language(s):
Closing Date:
11/26/2024 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
Description
Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile? Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org
ITS Vice Presidency Context:
The Information and Technology Solutions (ITS) Vice Presidential Unit (VPU) enables the World Bank Group to achieve its mission of ending extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet by delivering transformative information and technologies to its staff working in over 150+ locations. For more information on ITS, see this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=VTFGffa1Y7w
Unit Context
The ITS Country Engagement (ITSCE) is a unit within the ITS Operations & Corporate department (ITSOE) that provides state-of-art information and technology applications to support communications with external audiences, donors, member counties and other key stakeholders. The unit focuses on modernizing the Bank's digital engagement with the public, external clients, partnerships, and other stakeholders; as well as on managing the Bank's development data resources and geospatial solutions. This includes support for the operations and country engagements, and more. We work with our clients to design solutions that help enable client responsiveness, improve organizational effectiveness, and manage risks. We are committed to delivering business solutions that deliver value for money while continuing to excel at the basics. We contribute to providing the Bank with an integrated digital platform that connects policies, processes, people, and knowledge across the institution in a holistic and staff-centric manner.
The Geospatial Solutions team within ITSCE is seeking a dynamic Product Owner with strong communication skills for the GeoLab and Geospatial Services sub-team. The selected candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing agile service delivery for GeoLab and geospatial services to clients. This position requires a highly skilled detail oriented product communications specialist with a proven track record.
Duties and Accountabilities:
â¢Develop and prioritize user stories, epics, and features in alignment with the Product Manager's strategy.
â¢Create detailed product specifications and ensure clear communication to relevant teams.
â¢Maintain a prioritized product and its service backlog.
â¢Be available in GeoLab to address stakeholder and team member queries regarding delivery and services.
â¢Participate in coordination meetings with Product Owners from various ITS sub-teams to manage dependencies and â¢optimize GeoLab service throughput.
â¢Mitigate roadblocks to achieve GeoLab and its service goals.
â¢Prepare and implement regular communications for ITSCE and GeoLab services.
â¢Utilize digital marketing tools and techniques to increase GeoLab Engagement and visibility.
â¢Manage internal communication channels and monitor online reputation.
â¢Ability to work independently in a complex environment with minimal guidance.
â¢Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
â¢Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with diverse stakeholders, including senior management.
â¢Strong presentation skills to deliver formal presentations to various audiences.
â¢Proven ability to lead team meetings, track issues, and drive action items to closure.
â¢Experience working with global teams in a matrixed organization.
Selection Criteria
â¢Master's degree in business administration, marketing, communication or project management with 5 years of professional experience within either communication, marketing of IT related services OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
â¢Very good understanding of analytical tools to measure key KPIs for the services delivered.
â¢Exceptional writing, editing, and oral communications skills; ability to convey complex and technical messages succinctly, creatively, and diplomatically.
â¢Proven experience working with Agile tools such as Azure Boards, Jira, or similar platforms to manage sprints, product backlogs, and prioritize development work.
â¢Familiarity with using KPIs. and analytics tools (Adobe Analytics, Power BI, Azure AppInsights, etc.) to track product usage, user satisfaction, and business impact.
â¢Experience with Geospatial applications and service will be a plus.
â¢Basic data modeling and database design understanding is a plus
World Bank Group Core Competencies
We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.
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Note: The selected candidate will be offered a one-year appointment, renewable at the discretion of the World Bank Group, and subject to a lifetime maximum ET appointment of three years. If an ET appointment ends before a full year, it is considered as a full year toward the lifetime maximum. Former and current ET staff who have completed all or any portion of their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments.
