About
The World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of extreme weather shocks.
Responsibilities
•Develop and manage a product roadmap and strategy for ShareTheMeal, together with ShareTheMeal's Head of Product
•Carry out discussions with relevant external counterparts and WFP staff to derive options on the product strategy
•Prepare discussion documents for the product strategy and architecture including standards
•Work with external partners to align ShareTheMeal product features with related services and products (such as payment, platform, and hosting providers)
•Lead on and perform both quantitative and qualitative user research and data analysis to guide product decisions and A/B tests, manage follow-up UI/UX iterations and improvements
•Implement new features to improve and iterate on existing functionalities, together with ShareTheMeal's development team
•Lead on and align feature scopes across platforms (e.g. Web, native iOS, native Android)
•Research and define functional requirements and prepare clear specifications, with the support of UI/UX design and the development team
•Ensure alignment on timelines and technical dependencies and help set priorities
•Work collaboratively with the Development team, UI/UX design, QA, content, localization and BI team and other stakeholders to ensure features are implemented and rolled out successfully
•Support other activities as required
Requirements
•Bachelor's degree
•At least 5 years of experience in product management of native iOS and Android apps and Web, preferably transaction-focused apps in the e-commerce industry
•Strong analytical abilities, both quantitative and qualitative; ability to produce high-quality written materials
•Excellent communication and coordination skills enabling effective interaction with stakeholders, developers, designers, content, QA and BI
•Strong analytical skills including the usage of tools such as Amplitude and Metabase
•Ability to interact with managers with maturity and tact
•Mature judgment with strong interpersonal skills
•Collaborative spirit able to liaise with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures and to act with credibility and diplomacy
•Strong time management skills with an ability to plan, anticipate requirements, problems and obstacles, and an ability to juggle competing priorities successfully, and to work to tight deadlines
•Self-motivated and able to work with a high degree of autonomy
•Fully committed and motivated to achieve the aims of the World Food Programme
•High proficiency in written and spoken English
Nice to have: knowledge of a second UN language
Conditions
•WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment
•WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities
•A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with colleagues who work to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe
•Attractive compensation package (refer to the Terms and Conditions section of the vacancy announcement)
•Type of contract: CST Level I
•Duty station (City, Country): Remote
•Duration: 11 months
