Background
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 8 November 2026, 23:59 GMT+01:00 (Central European Time, Berlin)
The World Food Programme (WFP) 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. WFP is the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
JOB TITLE: Product Manager, Specialist
TYPE OF CONTRACT: CST Level I
UNIT/DIVISION: Private Partnerships (PSP)
DUTY STATION: Remote (Posting duty station: Berlin, Germany)
DURATION: 11 months
LINE MANAGER/SUPERVISOR: Head of Product
ShareTheMeal is WFP's fundraising and awareness-raising app. Free to download, the award-winning app is a pioneering way for people to join efforts in creating a world with zero hunger. Launched in 2015 as the first pilot of WFP's Innovation Accelerator, ShareTheMeal currently has more than 1.9 million users worldwide, who have shared more than 290 million meals (US$ 200 million). WFP is pursuing an ambitious growth strategy for individual giving, and ShareTheMeal is a key driver for this strategy. The team, located in Berlin and remotely, is focused on increasing funds raised by further developing the app with new and innovative features, increasing engagement of existing users, and growing the user base through marketing and communication initiatives.
Responsibilities
The Consultant, reporting to the Head of Product for the ShareTheMeal initiative, is expected to:
1.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).
2.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.
3.Implement new features to improve and iterate on existing functionalities, together with ShareTheMeal's development team.
4.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.
5.Support other activities as required.
Deliverables at the end of the contract:
•A product roadmap and strategy are defined, which is in line with KPIs.
•Key product improvements and features of this roadmap have been successfully implemented.
Requirements
•Education: 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.
•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.
•Languages: High proficiency in written and spoken English; knowledge of a second UN language is a plus.
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 various country, regional and global offices around the world, with colleagues working to ensure effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
•An attractive compensation package is offered (refer to the Terms and Conditions section of the vacancy announcement).
