Karriere im Bereich Blockchain Technology Strategy and Portfolio Project Manager bei World Food Programme – Jetzt in Deutschland starten

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ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. We are currently seeking to fill a Blockchain Technology Strategy and Portfolio Project Manager position in the INKA division, based in Munich, Germany.

Brief description of WFP Innovation Accelerator, INKA:

The World Food Programme (WFP) is the United Nations frontline agency fighting hunger. WFP reaches more than 100 million people every day - delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with smallholder farmers, communities, and governments to improve nutrition and build resilience.

The WFP Innovation Accelerator was named by Fast Company as Most Innovative Non-Profit Organization 2021 for its work in identifying, nurturing, and scaling disruptive start-ups and innovations to end global hunger. Based in Munich, Germany, the Innovation Accelerator provides WFP employees and start-ups with funding, hands-on support, and access to WFP’s global operations. Through the Accelerator, WFP is leveraging unprecedented advances in digital innovation - such as mobile technology, artificial intelligence, and blockchain - and new business models to transform the way it serves vulnerable communities across the world. In 2021, Accelerator supported innovations that positively impacted the lives of 9 million people globally. Most recently, the Accelerator runs programs for external partners such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others.

More information here: http://innovation.wfp.org and https://youtu.be/OnKkQlRdh2c

General Information:

• Job title: Blockchain Technology Strategy and Portfolio Project Manager
• Unit: Innovation Accelerator, Innovation and Knowledge Management Division (INKA)
• Country: Germany
• Duty Station: Munich
• Initial contract duration: 5 months (extendable)
• Expected Start Date: 01.03.2023

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

The incumbent, reporting to the Head of Innovative Finance, Frontier Innovations and Venture Launchpad, is expected to:

1. Drive the blockchain technology strategy development and project portfolio management: design the development and implementation of the blockchain strategy at the WFP Innovation Accelerator and oversee the blockchain project portfolio management, addressing both internal WFP processes, as well as in the context of program delivery in emerging and developing countries:

• Develop a blockchain strategy and set focus areas and priorities to explore where blockchain technology can have an impact on humanitarian response and the food systems transformation;
• Identify and drive the development of promising blockchain-based technical solutions addressing humanitarian use cases from idea to scaling through the core WFP Innovation Accelerator program;
• Define key performance indicators and milestones for blockchain projects and overall portfolio, and assure their implementation, impact measurement, and reporting;
• Build collaborations around blockchain technology, create the methods for accessing potential partnerships, and work with the team of Blockchain Consultants to ensure that new blockchain solutions are developed, prototyped and iterated upon quickly;
• Act as a project manager to champion specific blockchain initiatives led by WFP:
  • This includes supporting Country Office blockchain pilots related to emergency response, small-holder farmer support, supply chain management, and other areas.
  • Identifying and supporting opportunities to use blockchain for internal efficiency and effectiveness across WFP.
  • Champion blockchain piloting with and/or integration within WFP operations or within other organizations (as applicable), while liaising with internal units such as TEC, procurement and legal, as required.

2. Drive the development of blockchain-based software solutions from ideation to pilot implementation (Technology Readiness Level 5-6):