Product Manager (P3)

Vienna

Organization: IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
Location: Vienna
Grade: Mid level - P-3, International Professional - Internationally recruited position
Occupational Groups:
- Security policy
- Technology, Electronics and Mechanics
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Nuclear Technology
- Internal audit and inspection
- Managerial positions
- Energy sector
- Application Development Team
Closing Date: Closed

Organizational Setting

The Department of Safeguards is the organizational hub for the implementation of IAEA safeguards. The IAEA implements nuclear verification activities for some 180 States in accordance with their safeguards agreements. The safeguards activities are undertaken within a dynamic and technically challenging environment including advanced nuclear fuel cycle facilities and complemented by the political diversity of the countries.

The Department of Safeguards consists of six Divisions\: three Operations Divisions\: A, B and C, for the implementation of verification activities around the world; three Technical Divisions\: Division of Concepts and Planning, Division of Information Management, and Division of Technical and Scientific Services; as well as two Offices\: the Office of Safeguards Analytical Services and the Office of Information and Communication Services.

The main objective of the Department is to maintain and further develop an effective and efficient verification system in order to draw independent, impartial and timely safeguards conclusions, thus providing credible assurances to the international community that States are in compliance with their safeguards obligations. The departmental operating environment is interactive, participative and dynamic with continuous inputs received from the Board of Governors, the General Conference, policy- and decision-makers, as well as counterparts in Member States and in the international development community.

The Development Section provides ICT services to the Department of Safeguards and Member States, working cooperatively with staff in the Operations Divisions and the Technical Divisions to plan, establish and maintain information systems. The Section specializes in providing system analysis, software design, and implementation and maintenance services. The Section follows and implements best practices in the areas of software engineering, project management and quality management and continuously monitors the Department's information related needs so that they can be met through requests for new or enhanced ICT solutions.

Main Purpose

Under the general supervision of the Head of the Development Section, and reporting to the Team Leader for the Application Development Team, the Product Manager provides to Member States and the Department of Safeguards the vision, strategy and roadmaps for one or more products in the Department of Safeguardâs portfolio. In particular, the Product Manager, with the support of stakeholders and development team, will develop, validate, and communicate the strategy and roadmap for products.

Role

The Product Manager is\: (1) a strategist, developing new strategies and direction to ensure new or existing products are successful (2) a leader, providing guidance to the development team to ensure priorities are establish and deliverables are ensured (3) a communicator, ensuring the vision, strategy, cost, and benefit of any new or existing product is validated and clearly understood (4) an innovator, who uses data, including user research, surveys, support requests, test results, usage statistics, and design reviews, to develop strategies to increase the benefit, satisfaction and use of one or more products.

Functions / Key Results Expected

Develop the product vision, strategy, roadmap, benefit, and cost for new and existing products.
Communicate the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and benefit at all levels across the organization.
Provide guidance to the development team so they have clear priorities and direction.
Develop product release plans and remove impediments to the development team.
Facilitate collaboration across development teams to ensure technical and non-technical dependencies are understood and incorporated into the product roadmaps.

Competencies and Expertise

Core Competencies

Name	Definition

Planning and Organizing	Plans and organizes his/her own work in support of achieving the team or Sectionâs priorities. Takes into account potential changes and proposes contingency plans.

Communication	Communicates orally and in writing in a clear, concise and impartial manner. Takes time to listen to and understand the perspectives of others and proposes solutions.

Achieving Results	Takes initiative in defining realistic outputs and clarifying roles, responsibilities and expected results in the context of the Department/Divisionâs programme. Evaluates his/her results realistically, drawing conclusions from lessons learned.

Teamwork	Actively contributes to achieving team results. Supports team decisions.

Functional Competencies

Name	Definition

Client orientation	Helps clients to analyse their needs. Seeks to understand service needs from the clientâs perspective and ensure that the clientâs standards are met.

Commitment to continuous process improvement	Plans and executes activities in the context of quality and risk management and identifies opportunities for process, system and structural improvement, as well as improving current practices. Analyses processes and procedures, and proposes improvements.

Persuasion and influencing	Persuades and influences effectively by building support for ideas and initiatives through the effective presentation of facts and evidence. Identifies and anticipates partner and stakeholder needs to gain their commitment.

Technical/scientific credibility	Ensures that work is in compliance with internationally accepted professional standards and scientific methods. Provides scientifically/technically accepted information that is credible and reliable.

Required Expertise

Function	Name	Expertise Description

Information Technology	Business System Analysis	Experience working with stakeholders and users to understand their requirements and ability to translate those requirements into product features

Information Technology	Change Management	Expert in determining the most appropriate change to a product strategy and roadmap

Management and Programme Analysis	Partnership Development	Proven experience in developing internal and external partners

Management and Programme Analysis	Programme Management	Expert in managing a diverse portfolio of integrated products, setting direction, measuring results, and managing change

Information Technology	Software Analysis	Expert in evaluating software from multiple perspectives including the stakeholder and user perspective

Information Technology	Software Analysis	Expert in evaluating how products are used across the organization

Information Technology	Software Development	Thorough understanding of software engineering lifecycle, Agile development and DevOps

Qualifications, Experience and Language skills

Bachelor's Degree - University degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or Engineering.
A minimum of 5 years of relevant practical experience in the all of the expertise areas listed, of which minimum of 3 years in a Product Manager across one or more Agile software development teams, preferably SCRUM.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively and efficiently across multiple projects and teams simultaneously, in multidisciplinary/multicultural teams, with sensitivity for respect and diversity.
Strong communications and presentation skills, including the ability to present to internal/external technical/non-technical audiences.
Excellent oral and written command of English. Knowledge of other official IAEA languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) is an asset.

Remuneration

The IAEA offers an attractive remuneration package including a tax-free annual net base salary starting at US $60233 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance), a variable post adjustment which currently amounts to US $ 24816, dependency benefits, rental subsidy, education grant, relocation and repatriation expenses; 6 weeks' annual vacation, home leave, pension plan and health insurance

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Applications from qualified women and candidates from developing countries are encouraged

Applicants should be aware that IAEA staff members are international civil servants and may not accept instructions from any other authority. The IAEA is committed to applying the highest ethical standards in carrying out its mandate. As part of the United Nations common system, the IAEA subscribes to the following core ethical standards (or values)\: Integrity, Professionalism and Respect for diversity. Staff members may be assigned to any location. The IAEA retains the discretion not to make any appointment to this vacancy, to make an appointment at a lower grade or with a different contract type, or to make an appointment with a modified job description or for shorter duration than indicated above. Testing may be part of the recruitment process
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