Associate Product Owner

The Associate Product Owner supports the execution of product goals, roadmap, and backlog for AI-enabled enterprise corporate solutions at the World Bank. The role involves engaging stakeholders, translating business requirements into product specifications, facilitating sprint ceremonies, and contributing to continuous improvement of AI-enabled workflows.

Responsibilities

• Engage with business stakeholders to fully understand their needs and challenges, translating complex use cases into clear product features and prioritized backlogs in close collaboration with Product Managers, architects, and delivery teams within the development value streams.
• Engage with cross-functional teams across ICSID, Legal, Executive, ITS, and IFC to clarify product interdependencies and ensure alignment across portfolios.
• Evaluate market trends and user insights to guide enhancements to corporate business solutions.
• Execute the product's goals, vision, and roadmap in alignment with business objectives and client needs.
• Develop product specific KPIs that are measurable, actionable, and aligned with business value/goals.
• Prioritize the product backlog to align with business objectives and customer needs across multiple client groups.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of product features and user stories for enterprise corporate solutions e.g., ADOs and institutional document repository.
• Participate in sprint planning and related ceremonies, reviews to ensure timely product delivery.
• Work with development teams to support the definition of technical requirements ensuring alignment with business objectives and organizational standards.
• Manage vendor engagements to support product delivery and compliance.
• Facilitate stakeholder communication across ICSID, Legal, Executive, ITS, and IFC to identify opportunities for product improvements and efficiency gains.
• Inform stakeholders at a regular cadence about product progress and updates.
• Contribute to the development and execution of test plans to ensure quality deliverables.
• Support data-driven decision-making by analyzing product performance and usage insights across corporate solutions.

Requirements

• Master's degree with 5 years of relevant experience, or Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination.
• Advanced proficiency in stakeholder engagement, with demonstrated ability to work across legal, finance, executive, and IT client groups.
• Advanced proficiency in Business Analysis, product backlog management, including prioritization and grooming aligned to business objectives.
• Advanced proficiency in product roadmap development and strong proven delivery in a large enterprise organization and execution across the full product development lifecycle.
• Advanced proficiency in product requirement analysis and data-driven decision-making.
• Skilled in Scrum, Kanban, Sprint Planning, and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
• Skilled in market research, value proposition development, and translating insights into product enhancements.
• Skilled in strategic communication and influencing stakeholders at multiple levels across diverse business functions.
• Demonstrated sense of urgency, thoughtful risk-taking, and accountability in a fast-paced product delivery environment.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and Artificial Intelligence tools in an enterprise setting is a plus.
• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager certification or equivalent is preferred.
• Sense of Urgency Proven ability to prioritize effectively, act decisively, and maintain momentum under pressure.
• Change Agent Demonstrated ability to champion new ways of working and constructively challenge the status quo.
• Business Savvy Proven ability to connect day-to-day decisions to strategic goals and engage stakeholders with credibility.

Skills

• Stakeholder Engagement
• Business Analysis
• Product Backlog Management
• Product Prioritization
• Product Grooming
• Product Roadmaps
• Product Development Lifecycle
• Product Requirements Analysis
• Data Driven Decision Making
• Scrum
• Kanban
• Sprint Planning
• Scaled Agile Framework
• Market Research
• Value Proposition Development
• Strategic Communications
• AI Tools in Enterprise
• SAFe Product Owner Product Manager
• Change Management
• Product Delivery Management

Languages

English