IT Product Owner Data Quality Platform Job #: req32235 Organization: World Bank Sector: Information Technology Grade: GF Term Duration: 2 years 0 months Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment Location: Chennai,India Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s) Closing Date: 3/30/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC Description Do you want to build a career that is truly worthwhile Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 130 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org ITS Vice Presidency Context The Information and Technology Solutions (ITS) Vice Presidential Unit (VPU) enables the World Bank Group to achieve its mission of ending extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet by delivering transformative information and technologies to its staff working in over 150+ locations. For more information on ITS, see this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch reload=9&v=VTFGffa1Y7w Unit Context ITSDO delivers innovative products and services to frontline staff working on projects throughout every Region and Global Practice. We work in close partnership with a growing list of internal clients plus external business partners, implementing agencies, donors, NGOs, and citizens. Our delivery model leverages global expertise, design and architecture, leading technology, and robust processes to deliver business solutions that ensure value for money, across a number of domains including, Operations and Corporate, Digital Workplace, Data Governance, Data Privacy, Data and Analytics. As a unit within the WB Operations and Corporate (ITSDO), the Data and Analytics unit (ITSDA) provides state-of-art information and technology applications to support data management for the World Bank Group. Functions provided ensure that the systems meet the data needs of users and external clients to manage business processes for the World Bank. The current technology landscape encompasses Cloud-based data platforms (Azure and AWS), Data Bricks, Oracle, SQL Server, Power BI, Tableau, Cisco Information Server (Composite), OneTrust, Collibra, Informatica, DBT, .Net, HTML 5, CSS Frameworks, SharePoint, and many others. Our plans are to continue to migrate our on-prem data repositories and re-engineer based on new Cloud architectures in the coming years. ITSDA is seeking a seasoned professional to play the role of a IT product owner of Data Quality within the Data Governance and Privacy team with background in Data management, Governance and Data Privacy, along with strong delivery skills to help ITSDO reach its goals. The candidate will be responsible for realizing the Data Quality vision and goals, including product selection, planning, coordinating with stakeholders, ensuring successful implementation and ongoing support, addressing technical issues, and maintaining clear communication throughout the project lifecycle. The candidate will also focus on creating innovative approaches to support the many emerging improvement needs across the Bank by establishing frameworks, patterns, and solutions that can be rapidly and securely deployed to best enable the business to effectively govern corporate data assets. Duties And Accountabilities Define, contribute and implement Enterprise Data Quality Strategy Lead proof-of-concept (POC) and pilot projects to assess product suitability and make recommendations for product selection and implementation. Understand business needs, identifying pain points, and translating them into prioritized requirements for the SaaS implementation Develop product roadmaps, blueprints; evaluate and adopt platform enhancements to ensure continuous improvement and optimal performance. Lead the implementation and support of data quality solution, in collaboration with various teams and ensure alignment with organizational data policies. Integrate data quality platform with rest of the Enterprise Data products, platforms, and application teams Work closely with teams, vendors and monitor progress, addressing any issues as they arise. Identify potential risks throughout the process and developing mitigation strategies to address them. Manage the transition process to the new system, addressing user resistance and providing support during the changeover. Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including business leaders, data owners, data stewards, and compliance teams. Support Design and implement data quality management frameworks to measure data quality and correct data quality issues. Standardize data formats and values to ensure consistency across systems. Develop and implement data quality metrics and KPIs to monitor and report on data quality. Conduct regular data quality assessments to identify data quality issues and root causes. Ensure that data validation processes, data quality control standards, testing strategy, and test plans are applied to data applications. Perform day-to-day operations in support of Data Quality, Data Governance and Privacy solutions, including but not limited to: oIncident, Problem Management, and Root-Cause Analysis oAccess Management oAvailability Management oPerformance Management oMonitoring / Reporting oUtilization and Cost assignment oAudit Support Selection Criteria Masters degree in computer science, Data Science, Information Management, or a related technical field with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience or a Bachelors degree in computer science, Data Science, Information Management, or a related technical field with a minimum of 7 years relevant experience. The Candidate Should Have The Following Core Skill Sets Strong communication, interpersonal skills to effectively interact with clients and stakeholders at all levels. Should have implemented enterprise level SaaS/PaaS solutions/frameworks, preferably in the Data Quality, Governance domain Strong understanding of data governance and data quality concepts, technology management principles, cloud-based platforms and best practices in data and analytics. Product management expertise including developing roadmaps, building vision boards, planning, scheduling, and operating in agile delivery model. Problem-solving and critical thinking abilities to address challenges during implementation. Adaptability and flexibility to manage changing requirements and unexpected situations. Ability to build relationships and trust with clients to foster a successful partnership. Proven track record of delivering complex IT programs involving stakeholders from across business and technology teams. Extensive experience and/or certification in Agile/SAFe/Scrum and global delivery model Experience in evaluating multiple technologies, ability to develop decision frameworks. Good understanding of knowledge of data quality standards, practices, and methodologies. Understanding of procurement and budget management processes is preferred. Relevant certifications in related fields is a nice to have. Selected external candidate will be offered a two-year term appointment. World Bank Group Core Competencies The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. Learn more about working at the World Bank and IFC , including our values and inspiring stories.,
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