Product Manager

**Job Title**:Product Manager - Digital SBP Products**

**Type of Contract**:Regular Consultancy**

**Division: School-Based Programmes**

**Duty Station (City, Country)**:Rome HQ, Italy**

**Duration**:11 months**

**BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT**:
**ACCOUNTABITLITIES / RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Maintain product canvas, product roadmaps and digital SBP road map up to date
- Present any update to the Product Roadmap for endorsement to the TEC Architectural Board
- Make all decisions necessary to complete the project and be responsible for managing the Product Backlog, including to identify and express Product Backlog items clearly; to order the Product Backlog items to best achieve goals and missions, to optimize the value of the work the team performs; to ensure that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Team will work on further as well as to ensure that the Team understands items in the Product Backlog to the level needed.
- Keep the team accountable to their commitments to the business and remove any roadblocks that might impede the team’s productivity and meet at least weekly to review work and deliverables.
- Coach and motivate team member and organize the critical events and meeting, including sprint planning sessions etc.
- 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
- Create and renew Purchase Orders in collaboration with the TEC’s Head of Sourcing.
- Any other duties as required for the successful delivery of the product or project.

**DELIVERABLES QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED**:

- 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 AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED**:
**Education**:
University degree in Business Administration, Information Technology or related fields

**Experience**:
Minimum three years post graduate experience with product/project management, and a proven track record of planning, leading and executing related projects.

**Knowledge and Skills**:
In-depth knowledge and experience with Agile and Scrum desirable. Knowledge of Product and Project Management methodologies and tools. Experience gathering business and user requirements. Ability to influence cross-functionally to manage projects 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.

**Terms and Conditions**

Please visit the following websites for detailed information on working with WFP.

**Ref.: VA No. 164855**
- No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service._