Programme Manager Data & Innovation (m-f-d)

The Mission

FSC works to take care of our forests and those who rely on them: by protecting plant and animal species, Indigenous Peoples’ rights, forest workers’ safety, and much more. We achieve this through FSC certification, ensuring forests around the world are responsibly managed. For more information on FSC, visit our website at www.fsc.org.

To effectively meet the challenge of protecting the world’s forests, we are committed to ensuring we have the world’s most skilled people working with us. This commitment extends to everyone that works in FSC around the world: from those that lead the design of policies and standards, to those that roll out those same policies and standards on the ground, and to those that provide us with backbone to do our work.

We are looking for an engaged Programme Manager Data & Innovation who brings solid expertise and a passion for FSC’s mission, to work with us in a multinational environment.

The Scope

We're on the lookout for a dynamic Program Manager for Data and Innovations, who will play a key role in shaping and implementing cutting-edge technologies such as FSC Blockchain, GIS, AI, and Data Warehouse. As the leader of a talented team of Data and Geospatial systems engineers, you'll forge partnerships with technology service providers, oversee product development from ideation to launch, and strategically integrate modern data technologies for revolutionary solutions in FSC’s data and analytics operations.

Main Roles and Responsibilities

• Product Management:
  • To lead the conceptualization, development, and launch of new data products and services, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, global strategy, and market trends.
  • To enable his/her team requirements gathering collaborating with different stakeholders to collect and prioritize requirements.
  • To oversight the product development providing guidance and support during the product development lifecycle.
  • To ensure alignment with compliance and ethics on the products and their developments.

• Data Management:
  • To establish and enforce FSC Data Governance policies and procedures.
  • To act as a guardian and referral point for FSC Data Architecture and ensure adherence and coherence of any new application, including data models alignment with business requirements.
  • To enable data integration with multiple applications and systems, with an approach of interoperability and seamless flow.
  • To ensure alignment with compliance and ethics including GDPR, and market best practices.

• Innovation Management
  • To develop an Innovation roadmap identifying opportunities that align with FSC Priorities.
  • To incentivize a culture of prototyping and testing to validate feasibility and adoption of innovative concepts.
  • To scout for cutting-the-edge technologies that could impact the industry.
  • To ensure alignment with compliance and ethics on the technology and its innovations.

• Any other task as assigned by formal supervisor and project work as assigned according to special organizational needs.

Qualification, Experience and Skills

• Working Education and Training:
  • University degree in Data Science or Analytics, Computer Science, Innovation Management Business Administration, or a related field
  • Certification in Project Management, Agile, Scrum, Design Thinking or Data Management.

• Working Experience, Style and Skills:
  • At least 5 years of professional experience product management, preferably in a technology or data-focused organization.
  • Hands-on experience with data technologies and innovation methodologies.
  • Ability to perform well while handling simultaneously a number of staff needs, procurement processes, and partner engagement.
  • Solutions and service-oriented attitude to work.
  • Extensive project management experience.
  • Proven ability to plan and organize digital product work.
  • A strong sense for diligence and accuracy.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to facilitate interactive discussions.

• Leadership:
  • At least 2 years of experience in supervising staff teams.
  • Proven professional strategic and technical abilities.

• Technical Skills:

• Data Governance and Analytics (ELT, Data lake, SQL, Power BI, Tableau).
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 – Dataverse – Azure.
• Project Management Tools (Microsoft DevOps, Jira, Trello).
• User Story and Backlog Management (Microsoft DevOps).
• Version Control (Git/GitHub).
• Standard software packages (MS Office).
• Database management platforms.
• Customer Relations Management systems, for example Salesforce and Microsoft Dynamics.
• Content Management Systems is a plus.
• Blockchain is a plus.
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

• Language and Communication Skills:
  • Fluency in English.
  • Spanish is a plus.
  • French is a plus.
  • Exemplary verbal and written communication skills.

• Others:
  • Experience in working in a multi-cultural, multi-lingual, global team.

• • Experience in working in / with an NGO or Non-Profit Organization is a plus.
  • Commitment to FSC’s mission and values.

• • Demonstrated cultural awareness and sensitivity to the diversity of values, views and approaches to issues relevant to the FSC program by stakeholders around the world.
  • Ability to represent FSC through his/her work with exemplary personal and professional authority and conduct.

Terms and Conditions

• Location: Bonn, Germany.
• Working Hours: Full time - 40 hours per week.
• Duration of Employment: Temporary contract - 2 years extension possible, subject to satisfactory performance.
• Starting Date: As soon as possible.

How to Apply

• Please apply via our website by submitting your CV in English.
• Please do not send any photos of yourself.
• The deadline for applications is 18 February 2024.  

We will confirm receipt of your application. However, only candidates shortlisted for an interview will be further contacted and will receive notice of the outcome of the selection process. Should you not receive a confirmation of receipt please check your spam filter and if you cannot find it there contact us at recruitment@fsc.org

For FSC, inclusiveness and diversity are important values. As such, we welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds and are entirely committed to consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age and disability.  

Please be informed, that by applying for this position you automatically accept our Data Protection Information on processing your personal data.

We are looking forward to your application!