occupied Palestinian territory: Product Owner

Background Information - Job-specific

The OQ is recruiting a Product Owner to assist in managing the OQ’s Economic Mapping Team.
Drawing upon outstanding stakeholder management and product development skills, the Product Owner will assist with the development of multiple applications designed to meet the specific needs of PA counter-parts. The Economic Mapping project continues to draw upon the potential of data for evidence-driven planning across Palestinian sectors. As the existing projects progress, the benefits data integration offers will multiply opportunities for partnership with additional ministries. Working collaboratively with lead software engineers, data analysts, and project manager, you will support and guide the definition, implementation, and delivery of software applications. You will use your analytical and problem-solving expertise to provide oversight, guidance, contract management support, and other related duties in one or more phases of software systems development, systems integration, or system sustainment.

Functional Responsibilities

• Support the development of software along with other direct and indirect tasks as required.
• Provide technical support from concept and design through development and integration onto deployment and sustainment of complex software systems.
• Define and manage system requirements, managing the product backlog, assisting in system architecting, conducting trade-off analyses, developing design artifacts to facilitate software development efforts, defining and executing the program test strategy, and assisting the project manager in monitoring overall program status.
• Draft and maintain design artifacts and technical documentation for developed software including work plans, processes, and procedures to facilitate a collective understanding of the operational and technical characteristics of the software with internal and external program stakeholders

Education/Experience/Language requirements

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Design, Industrial design, Architecture, Software Engineering, International relations, Communication, Business Management or similar field with inclination towards design
  Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant stakeholder engagement as well as 2 years of team management, product ownership, or business analysis experience required; either in a private sector, public sector, or non-profit environment.
  Language:

• Excellent command of written and spoken English.

• Excellent command of Arabic and good command of reading and writing.

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https://jobs.unops.org/Pages/ViewVacancy/VADetails.aspx?id=17693