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a.    Organizational Setting

The post of Senior ERP Technical Lead is located in the Enterprise Solutions Division (ESD), Department of Program Planning and Finance. The Enterprise Solutions Division is responsible for the evolution and maintenance of WIPO’s portfolio of ERP Administrative and Management applications collectively known as the Administrative Integrated Management System (AIMS). AIMS portfolio of products includes a combination of commercial off the shelf (COTS) and custom developed applications based on Oracle Hyperion, Taleo, PeopleSoft FSCM & HCM, Acuity Stream (for risk management) and others.

b.    Purpose Statement

The Senior ERP Technical Lead is the key responsible person for the overall AIMS architecture and technical evolutions. S/he drives the technical vision, future evolutions and ensures cohesiveness and quality in its implementation. S/he is responsible for ensuring all technical development, integration and solution design is completed in accordance with industry best practice, establish the technical standards and provide the oversight required to ensure consistency and quality of all AIMS development work.

c.    Reporting Lines

The incumbent works under the supervision of the Director of the Enterprise Solutions Division (ESD).

The incumbent will perform the following principal duties:

a.   Lead the overall AIMS technical architecture, including solution design and architecture, strategy and future evolutions. Ensure all related information such as communication strategy on evolutions, support material, documentation etc. are properly managed.

b.   Oversee for the interactions between principal AIMS core components and side cart applications, ensuring secure, reliable and maintainable communication channels.

c.   Manage the technical team responsible for the implementation and operations of the future AIMS integration platform.

d.   Manage interactions and collaboration efforts with other software engineers, information security teams, developers, network specialists, service provider and peers to provide expert technical advice in relation to ERP, MS Dynamics, Cloud integrations and other AIMS custom solutions.

e.   Provide expertise on the latest technology innovations around cloud, digital, mobility and social collaboration, including during tendering phases.

f.    Manage the DevOps practices and build the necessary capabilities in ESD.

g.   Ensure AIMS solutions comply with software quality and security standards; manage technical risks e.g. related to technical debt, etc.

h.   Perform other duties as necessary.

Education (Essential)

Advanced university degree in information technology, computer science or a related field. A first-level university degree plus two additional years of relevant professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.

Education (Desirable)

Project management certification such as Prince2 or Agile.

Cloud Architect/Practitioner certification.

Java certification.

Experience (Essential)

At least seven years of relevant professional experience, including a significant working experience in overseeing ERP technical eco systems with applications like PeopleSoft, Oracle eBS, MS Dynamics or others and a minimum of three years working experience in designing and implementing secure ERP architectures, in particular in the context of Cloud / hybrid environments, in close collaboration with Information Security.

Experience among the following: technical solution-design, architecture design, software development, release management in cloud environments (DevOps / CICD).

Experience participating to digital transformation initiatives, including developing highly secure hybrid integrations.

Experience (Desirable)

Experience implementing integration tools like Talend, Mulesoft or others.

Familiarity with Identity Management and Security technologies including custom SAML 2.0 providers.

Language (Essential)

Excellent knowledge of written and spoken English.

Job Related Competencies (Essential)

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to maintain effective partnerships and working relations in a multicultural environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.

Ability to understand the organization’s IT infrastructure, services provided and customers/users.

Ability to bring together and work with a team of people with varied backgrounds – business analysts, technical experts, process owners – to articulate and remedy service level issues.

Excellent analytical and data processing abilities.

1.    Communicating effectively.

2.    Showing team spirit.

3.    Demonstrating integrity.

4.    Valuing diversity.

5.    Producing results.

6.    Showing service orientation.

7.    Seeing the big picture.

8.    Seeking change and innovation.

9.    Developing yourself and others.

Mobility:  WIPO staff members are international civil servants subject to the authority of the Director General and may be assigned to any activities, office or duty station of the Organization.  Accordingly, the selected candidate may be required to move from time to time to new functions and/or to another duty station.

Annual salary:

Total annual salary consists of a net annual salary (net of taxes and before medical insurance and pension fund deductions) in US dollars and a post adjustment.  Please note that this estimate is for information only.  The post adjustment multiplier (cost of living allowance) is variable and subject to change (increase or decrease) without notice.  The figures quoted below are based on the July 2023 rate of 89.2%

Please refer to WIPO’s Staff Regulation and Rules for detailed information concerning salaries, benefits and allowances.

Additional Information

* Initial period of two years, renewable, subject to satisfactory performance.  No fixed-term appointment or any extension hereof shall carry with it any expectancy of, nor imply any right to, (further) extensions or conversion to a permanent appointment.

This vacancy announcement may be used to fill other posts at the same grade with similar functions in accordance with Staff Rule 4.9.5.

Applications from qualified women as well as from qualified nationals of unrepresented Member States of WIPO and underrepresented geographical regions are encouraged. Please click on the following links for the list of unrepresented Member States and the list of underrepresented regions and the WIPO Member States in these regions.

The Organization reserves the right to make an appointment at a grade lower than that advertised.

By completing an application, candidates understand that any willful misrepresentation made on this web site, or on any other documents submitted to WIPO during the application, may result in disqualification from the recruitment process, or termination of employment with WIPO at a later date, if that employment resulted from such willful misrepresentations.

In the event that your candidature is shortlisted, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of an identification and of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WIPO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and these will be reviewed individually.

Additional testing/interviewing may be used as a form of screening.  Initial appointment is subject to satisfactory professional references.

Additional background checks may be required.