Associate Product Owner

At the World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. For more information, visit https://www.worldbank.org/en/who-we-are/ibrd VPU 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: The WBG Corporate Solutions Department (ITSCO) is focused on the digital transformation of essential corporate services to ensure WBG operations are seamless, resilient, and future ready. Corporate Business Solutions (ITSCB), a unit within ITSCO, supports corporate functions including human resources, payroll, pension, budget and planning, procurement, ICSID arbitration, legal, accountability and oversight, and other institutional corporate services. The Associate Product Owner will support the execution of product goals, roadmap, and backlog for AI-enabled enterprise corporate solutions, ensuring they integrate with existing platforms and deliver measurable business value to operational teams and leadership. Working closely with the Product Manager and subject matter experts, the role will help translate business requirements into clear product specifications and user stories. The Associate Product Owner will engage stakeholders across business and technical teams, facilitate sprint ceremonies, and contribute to the continuous improvement of AI-enabled workflows. They will maintain product documentation, monitor performance insights, and ensure deliverables meet quality standards and organizational safeguards. Associate Product Owner will report to the Product Manager. Duties and Accountabilities • Engage with business stakeholders to fully understand their needs and challenges, translating complex use cases into clear product features and prioritized backlogs in close collaboration with Product Managers, architects, and delivery teams within the development value streams. • Engage with cross-functional teams across ICSID, Legal, Executive, ITS, and IFC to clarify product interdependencies and ensure alignment across portfolios. • Evaluate market trends and user insights to guide enhancements to corporate business solutions. • Execute the product's goals, vision, and roadmap in alignment with business objectives and client needs. • Develop product specific KPIs that are measurable, actionable, and aligned with business value/goals. • Prioritize the product backlog to align with business objectives and customer needs across multiple client groups. • Maintain comprehensive documentation of product features and user stories for enterprise corporate solutions e.g., ADOs and institutional document repository. • Participate in sprint planning and related ceremonies, reviews to ensure timely product delivery. • Work with development teams to support the definition of technical requirements ensuring alignment with business objectives and organizational standards. • Manage vendor engagements to support product delivery and compliance. • Facilitate stakeholder communication across ICSID, Legal, Executive, ITS, and IFC to identify opportunities for product improvements and efficiency gains. • Inform stakeholders at a regular cadence about product progress and updates. • Contribute to the development and execution of test plans to ensure quality deliverables. • Support data-driven decision-making by analyzing product performance and usage insights across corporate solutions.