DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS5 January 2026-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome)
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ABOUT WFP
The World Food Programme is the worldโs largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.
At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.
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WHY JOIN WFP?
WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. WFP Technology Division (TEC, formerly known as IT) is the digital business engine of the World Food Programme, providing the business with multi-pronged and resilient technical capabilities able to respond with the agility required in humanitarian operations, be they manmade or in a natural disaster setting. TEC Division continues to increase its activities to meet the constantly growing demand from the organization and implement the initiatives related to digital transformation.
WFP has launched its digital transformation program with a strong focus on utilizing data for better informed decision-making. We are investing heavily in our deployment of Palantir Foundry, a leading data integration platform to enable solving optimization problems with data at scale, alongside platforms for deep field data collection, visual analytics, and corporate reporting.
Under the supervision of the DOTS Service Manager, (TEC) Division, the incumbent will be a key team member in leading the design, implementation, operation and optimization of engineering services to support WFP HQ and field offices worldwide. In addition, this role will function as the anchor for the team of developers that are currently part of the Foundry work program. In this capacity, this role will be responsible for setting the bar and ambition for the rest of the team, ensuring the long-term success of the overall output as well as individual growth for members of the team.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Programming & Technical
Review and design overall Foundry pipeline structure and architecture
Review all workflow designs and approve budget (relevant to developer and maintenance resources).
Monitor health checks and performance, and assess pipeline changes on a larger scale, including upstream and downstream implications and communicate findings to engineering team
Optimize Resource Management of DOTS (computing and storage)
Own development/coding best practices and standards in the Platform
Manage and run the technical part of the release process (i.e. merge to master), follow up on required code changes with developers prior to release
Work closely with the release manager to bridge the gap between business needs and tasks and technical implementation
Identify gaps and develop engineering testing processes
Ensure that the platform is developed with a holistic and long-term approach in mind โ tactically this will -among other things, translate to manage the overall tech debt and refactoring efforts needed and weigh that against new developments efforts on a larger scale
Liaise with non-technical stakeholders such as UI designers, business POCs and surface needs to Foundry program management
Own the definition of Ready and ensure processes and documentation are optimized for handing over DOTS workflow to maintenance.
Define the hub and spoke services for engineering to implementation teams and user groups.
Leadership & ManagementOverall supervision of