Product Manager (Mobile App)

World Vision is a Christian humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our over 37,000 staff members working in nearly 100 countries are united through our ethos, mission and shared desire for all individuals, especially children, to overcome poverty, inequality and injustice.

Here’s where you come in:

*Preferred positions location: United Kingdom. Other possible locations to be determined by home country of successful candidate in a jurisdiction (US state or country) where WVI is registered to operate.

As the Product Manager (Mobile App) you lead the design and development of the new global Mobile App for World Vision in alignment with agreed global roadmap and strategic goals of the organization. In collaboration with stakeholders across local and global teams, you will provide global leadership in the intersection of marketing and technology and will be responsible for successful delivery of the global Mobile App product to be launched to World Vision child sponsors in several markets within the next year.

You will have responsibility for activities that contribute to planning, creating and implementing an IT vision and strategy for global Mobile App aligned with the company’s strategic business plan. You will own the development of global standards, technology architecture, technology evaluation and deployment as well as user interface and experience of the global Mobile App. You will manage small to large teams of people responsible for developing and delivering IT solutions for the business and customers.

You will be involved in the full systems life cycle of the global Mobile App and therefore will be responsible with the assigned teams and partners for user experience and interface design, business and technical requirements, technical design, coding, testing, and implementation that is delivered according to business requirements on time, within budget and in alignment with the agreed roadmap and strategic goals. Responsibilities include participation in component and data architecture design, technology planning, product evaluation, advanced testing processes and buy vs. build recommendations as well as user testing and related user experience and interface enhancements. You will also provide input to project plans related to the global Mobile App initiative.

Requirements include:

• Master’s (or Bachelor’s) Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field. Or equivalent work experience.
• Experience in supervising and building relationships with people at a variety of levels.
• Typically has 7 to 10 years of relevant IT and business work experience.
• Demonstrated ability to launch and deliver a single IT project on time and within budget with a customer-first mindset.
• Understanding and experience with Agile methodologies.
• Effective in written and verbal communication in English.
• The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally.