Position Summary:

The Rainforest Alliance is looking for a performance-oriented, data-driven, and collaborative Senior Product Owner responsible for the implementation and continuous optimization of the organizational capability for our GIS Platform. The Senior Product owner will be part of our Technology Department

Responsibilities: 

• The Rainforest Alliance’s Core Values are Impact, Change, Collaboration, Openness and Trust and as such they form the basis of the behaviours we demonstrate;

• Ensure digitally enabled business services of the Rainforest Alliance are relevant, user-friendly and deliver value to our customers, members and staff;

• Responsible for setting, prioritising, and evaluating the work generated by the Business Analysts and Product owners who are responsible for managing the software Scrum Partnership teams to ensure a portfolio of product features and functionality is being delivered;

• Own the product roadmap providing for a set of products, indicating when new product features are planned for delivery;

• Work with the portfolio & and planning manager on defining the product roadmap and share results  with  the stakeholders;

• Develop with the Product owners an engagement plan;

• Manage expectations of and maintain good relationships with all the stakeholders involved in creating and delivering the services (technology, external service providers), as well as organisational architectural experts (e.g. process, solutions and data architects);

• Work with the release manager and stakeholders around the product implementation schedule and set priorities within the different product streams;

• Assess the impact of the dashboard and communicate progress with senior stakeholders;

• Promote design thinking, lean and agile ways of working; and

• Together with the Senior GIS Manager responsible for the management of the budget for GIS-related IT developments.

Delivery: 

• Analyse business processes to optimize their efficiency/value delivery in close partnership with the Data owners, enterprise architects and business process modelers as appropriate; Set priorities in the development of products with the product owners;

• Gather business requirements and prioritise;

• Coordinate development activities with the manager Data Platform;

• Explore the market for potential new technology around Data Services;

• Assessment of Quality and fit for purpose  of EPICS and User stories, as defined by POs;

• Create the more complex prototype mock-ups, or guide the design team in their creation;

• Translate complex IT solutions into digestible concepts for business stakeholders and complex business processes into functional IT designs;

• Discuss technical challenges of IT solutions with the Development Team;

• Coordinate the prioritisation of delivery steps, and develop detailed planning in partnership with project managers, business owners and delivery partners;

• Regular alignment with the reporting business analysts on their needs and wishes for improvements;

• Write, or guide the creation of acceptance criteria and acceptance tests as part of user stories;  

• Manage the ongoing backlog of updates; and

• Approve work packages for execution by our Technology Development Partners.

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree in an earth science-related field, such as forestry, geography, agronomy, land and water management, or environmental management.

• At least 5+ years’ work experience and 2+ years experience as Product Owner

• Knowledge of MS Office and proficient in Excel;

• Deep understanding of Lean principles, thinking and methods; Scrum way of working, Design Thinking;

• Experience with GIS or Remote Sensing Technology solutions and services

• Experience working in a global, culturally diverse team is essential;

• Affinity with geodata life cycle is a pre.

• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact culturally, linguistically, and diplomatically with diverse internal and external individuals; 

• Results-driven, accurate, structured and good analytical and communication skills; 

• Team & Relationship Building: Building and maintaining (internal and external) useful contacts. Builds trust, rapport and cooperation with persons inside and outside RA; Works in partnership with other colleagues, responds to requests for assistance respectfully and helpfully, contributes to a team environment and supportive workplace;

• Fluency in English, both verbal and written.

Job Level: 3B

Salary: Commensurate with experience.

Deadline:  May 10, 2024

Notes: Only candidates authorized to work in European countries where we are registered will be considered.

The Rainforest Alliance is creating a more sustainable world by using social and market forces to protect nature and improve the lives of farmers and forest communities. To achieve our mission, we partner with diverse allies around the world to drive positive change across global supply chains and in many of our most critically important natural landscapes.

Our alliance spans 70 countries and includes farmers and forest communities, companies, governments, civil society, and millions of individuals. Together we work to protect forests   and biodiversity, take action on climate, and promote the rights and improve the livelihoods of rural people.

As an international nonprofit organization with more than 30 years of experience in sustainability transformation, we understand that the social and economic well-being of rural communities is tightly connected to ecosystem health. This knowledge has shaped our rigorous programs to advance sustainable land-use and commodity production.

At the Rainforest Alliance we combat climate change, protect forests and biodiversity, promote human rights, and improve livelihoods. The enormity of the social and environmental challenges we are facing requires working together in a broad alliance. This is why we bring farmers, forest communities, companies, and consumers together to change the way the world produces, sources, and consumes.

Why

To protect nature and improve lives it’s becoming increasingly urgent that we approach the way we use our land and produce food and other products in more sustainable ways. For this to succeed we need to fundamentally change the way that businesses operate and source, and the choices we all make as consumers.

How

Our growing global alliance aims to transform our relationship with our natural resources and each other, to create a better future for people and nature together.

 The Rainforest Alliance encourages diversity and inclusion across the global organization. With this commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, ages, disability and any other protected group.