Senior Project Manager

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING APPLICATION DEADLINE:  please note that the deadline for applications is indicated in local time as per the time zone of the applicant’s location.

This post is a limited-term fixed-term post.*

This post is located in Geneva. However, requests for a home-based recruitment may be considered. Should the selected candidate be based in a location other than Geneva, the remuneration, allowances, and other entitlements will be adjusted accordingly.

1.     Organizational Context

1. Organizational Setting

    

   The post is located in the External Systems Development Section of the PCT Information Systems Division. The Section delivers software development and maintenance for a portfolio of business applications which operate externally at WIPO to support the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), a highly successful patents filing Treaty.

    

   1. Purpose Statement

       

      The main role of the incumbent is to interpret business requirements emanating from the Treaty, to analyze, propose and manage medium-sized, internally and externally resourced, projects designed to implement ICT solutions to meet identified business needs, acquiring and utilizing the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales, and quality.

       

      1. Reporting Lines

          

         The incumbent works under the supervision of the Head, External Systems Development Section.

          

         1. Work Relations

             

            S/he works closely with key stakeholders within PCT Information Systems Division, PCT Operations Division, PCT Business Development Division, PCT International Cooperation Division and liaises with Security and Information Assurance Division and the ICT Department to ensure coordination relating to infrastructure, architecture and security matters. The incumbent also works in close cooperation with external providers.

             

             

            2.      Duties and Responsibilities

            📚 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗮 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯! 🌍🤝 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗡𝗛𝗖𝗥, 𝗪𝗙𝗣, 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗙, 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗦𝗦, 𝗨𝗡𝗙𝗣𝗔, 𝗜𝗢𝗠 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀! 🌐

            ⚠️ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐰: 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐍𝐎𝐖!

             

            The incumbent will perform the following principal duties:

             

            a.   Perform consultations on business requirements with key stakeholders including member states, large filers and 3rd party software vendors;

             

            b.   Perform technical analysis of business requirements to produce software specifications for major PCT applications;

             

            c.   Oversee development and support activities for a number of high profile, highly sensitive information systems projects, including projects with global impact, affecting business processes internally and externally for PCT users (applicants, inventors and Patent Offices around the world);

             

            d.   In collaboration with users and senior developers convert business requirements into technical designs and architectural specifications;

             

            e.   Manage the project team of contractors and external suppliers to deliver the technical system to support the project, including testing and maintenance operations undertaken by staff and external contractor resources distributed between WIPO headquarter and multiple off-shore development centers;

             

            f.    Interact with WIPO support team for project related support activities such as application deployment to production;

             

            g.   Provide expert level support and guidance to production support team as required;

             

            h.   Perform other related duties as required.

             

             

            3.      Requirements