Key Accountabilities (not all-inclusive)

• Develop and evolve WFP’s digital platform strategy, aligned to and prioritized by business priorities.
• Ensure compliance with the digital platform strategy through the development of functional work plans
• Continuously improve guidelines, processes, and procedures to assist Business Relationship Management, Business Analysis, and IT Project Management functions
• Also, participate in identifying business needs and propose well-researched ideas (by maintaining up-to-date knowledge of technology products) for new or improved systems and solutions that assist in meeting WFP objectives
• As a principal role in the TEC Product Journey, use evidence-based criteria to provide in-depth analysis of IT solutions: make key decisions (example: “Buy before Build”), identify risks, and prepare related documentation to support the design and delivery of digital solutions
• Seek out and establish collaboration mechanisms with all teams and branches of the Technology Division, and subject-matter experts from Business Units, to ensure WFP’s digital landscape is effective, efficient, secure, and robust
• Build and nurture relationships with the business counterparts to understand and anticipate the direction of the business and ensure alignment of solutions with changing business requirements and priorities
• In addition, manage business expectations in servicing business needs and oversee the success of solutions, seeking ongoing opportunities to support or increase the business value from those solutions
• Propose change and continuous improvements that support business capabilities and keep WFP’s digital landscape in good health by determining when existing solutions should be retired, rebuilt, or transitioned to off-the-shelf solutions to ensure delivering value for business priorities
• Manage a team of staff and/or contractors (as applicable), providing coaching, training, as well as guidance to ensure appropriate development and enable high performance.

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Minimum Qualification

Experience:

• At least five (5) years of experience in designing and implementing platform architecture and cloud-native application development projects.
• Experience working in organizations that apply agile, DevOps, continuous integration & continuous deployment (CI/CD), and human-centered design (HCD)
• Also, Demonstrated experience in managing technology projects and supervision of team members.
• Experience in transforming business trends into target architectures and new solution designs.
• Prior experience of leading the delivery of platforms underpinning the large-scale cloud transformation (e.g. migration to cloud environments, modernization of applications utilizing the cloud, deployment of web-based applications);
• Experience leading as well as making technology decisions that deliver positive customer outcomes;
• In addition, demonstrable experience in building and fostering relationships with stakeholders (including a senior leader and relevant business and technical experts);
• Experience with public cloud platforms (AWS & Azure – spanning IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS);
• A demonstrated ability in managing, coaching, and developing members of your team & wider community.
• Experience in bringing challenging projects back on track;
• Previous accountability in creation and promotion of new products or services to meet the organizational strategy;
• Moreover, participating in technology communities.

Education:

Advanced University degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics or Engineering or other related fields or First University Degree with additional years of related work experience and/or training/courses.

Language:

Fluency in oral and written English is essential.

Intermediate knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) or Portuguese (one of WFP’s working languages).

Competencies

Technical skills:

• Broad, conceptual understanding of solution architecture trends with demonstrated proficiency of technologies, frameworks, and languages;
• Excellent understanding of software and very strong technical knowledge covering Cloud, ERP (e.g. SAP/HANA), and web (e.g. Python/HTML/CSS/JavaScript);
• Also, has the ability to work on different levels of abstractions; application frameworks, service-oriented architecture (SOA), microservices, cloud solutions, containers, networking & infrastructure, IAM/CIAM, etc.;
• Deep understanding of modern API platform design, security practices, data architectures;
• Technically curious with an appetite to learn and master emerging technologies;
• Moreover, communicate the alignment between business objectives, requirements, and solution architecture to make it accessible, understandable, and usable in support of decision-making by those involved, at various levels, in the technological and architectural decision.

Soft skills:

• Building consensus, particularly in the face of competing design requirements;
• Ability to influence/coach solution architects on modern evolutionary platform architecture principles and practices;
• Ability to deal tactfully with people of different national as well as cultural backgrounds
• Excellent communication with the ability to adjust the communication style depending on the stakeholder;
• In addition, Well-organized as well as detail-oriented with strong judgment/decision-making skills.

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Terms and Condition

• Mobility is the essence of WFP and continues to be a core contractual requirement.
• You shall be subject to the regular reassignment process to any other location on a period of 2 to 4 years unless the position is reclassified as non-rotational.
• The selected candidate will be employed on a fixed-term as well as a rotational contract with a probationary period of one year.
• Depending on the duty station, the position may be eligible for Rest and Recuperation (R&R) scheme.

Employment Benefits

WFP offers an attractive compensation and benefits package, including:

• basic salary
• post adjustment
• relocation entitlement
• travel and shipment allowances
• 30 days’ annual leave
• home leave
• an education grant for dependent children
• pension plan
• medical insurance.