UN Women Project Manager, Homebased, IPSA-11

UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security.

UN Women continues to advance its digital transformation agenda through the implementation, enhancement and integration of enterprise platforms and digital solutions that support organizational effectiveness, business process simplification, data-driven decision-making, and improved user experience. These initiatives require coordinated project management across business stakeholders, as well as effective governance, planning, risk management, quality assurance, change management, and stakeholder engagement.

PRISM, UN Women’s new corporate platform to support strategic planning, results management, and monitoring and reporting of Strategic Plan, Strategic Notes, workplans and projects, has been successfully deployed during 2025-2026 across the organization, with ensuring its integration with Quantum, UN Women’s ERP system. The priority in 2027 will be to support system stabilization and sustained adoption, deliver prioritized enhancements, optimize existing functionalities and business processes, and strengthen integrations and reporting capabilities.

The Project Manager will be responsible for leading these corporate technology and digital transformation projects in accordance with organizational priorities. The role is therefore not limited to PRISM and is expected to develop strategies, manage project planning, and implement change management initiatives to transform business processes and improve efficiency in the scope of the projects assigned. This role involves managing resources and risks, and ensuring a cohesive, cross-functional approach.
Under the overall guidance of the Digital Governance Board and direct supervision by Chief Information Systems and Telecommunications (IST), the Project Manager will primarily be responsible for the effective management of assigned projects. This includes ensuring that project objectives, scope, timelines, resources, budgets, risks, dependencies, and governance arrangements are effectively managed and that decisions and escalations are brought to the appropriate governance bodies in a timely manner.

The Project Manager will work in close consultation and collaboration with a wide range of clients and stakeholders across the UN Women, such as key Business Process Owners (including Strategic Planning Unit and Programme Support Management Unit in SPRED), Information Technology teams, key end-users in the country, regional and corporate levels, as well as external partners, as applicable. The goal is to promote critical thinking and innovation to design simplified and streamlined processes that will support the delivery of practical, sustainable, and user-centered solutions and will enhance organizational performance and efficiency.

• Integrity;
• Professionalism;
• Respect for Diversity.

• Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues;
• Accountability;
• Creative Problem Solving;
• Effective Communication;
• Inclusive Collaboration;
• Stakeholder Engagement;
• Leading by Example.

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• Demonstrated technical leadership and project management skills in international and multi-cultural settings at the global level.
• Excellent project formulation, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, cross-functional technology and digital transformation initiatives involving business, technical and external stakeholders.
• Knowledge of Results-Based Management principles and approaches.
• Demonstrated capacity for strategic thinking, prioritization, problem solving, and strategy development.
• Ability to translate complex business and technical matters into clear recommendations and executive level communications.
• Ability to develop a clear operational plan for business transformation, process improvement, and system implementation strategy.
• Ability to stay focused under pressure, manage ambiguity and competing priorities, and drive timely decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships with strategic partners, with highly developed communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Knowledge of organizational change management, user adoption, training, and knowledge-management approaches.
• Ability to create a knowledge-sharing environment.
• Ability to ensure effective teamwork, with excellent managerial and technical leadership skills and the ability to delegate appropriate responsibility, accountability, and decision-making authority.
• Expert understanding of enterprise technology environments, including ERP systems, system integration, data and reporting, cloud services, and related digital solutions.
• Ability to support project portfolio and PMO functions, consolidate information across multiple initiatives, and translate portfolio data into clear management-level reporting and decision support

• A Master’s degree in business administration, management, project management, Information Technology, or other related fields is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• The following qualifications are desirable:
  o Project Management Certification (Prince2; PMI)
  o Agile/ SCRUM Certification

• A minimum of 7 years of experience that combines strategic and managerial leadership in complex IT, digital transformation projects, including planning, design development, and implementation, in large and/or international organizations is required.
• Experience in successfully running software development and product implementation projects is required.
• Experience in organizational change management, risk mitigation, and conflict management is required.
• Experience in roles as a Programme Manager, Project Manager, and/or Business Analyst is required.
• Experience in the development and management of project budgeting, and tracking is required.
• Experience leading a cross-functional team is required.
• Experience working within the United Nations or at a global/corporate level is highly desirable.
• Experience with quality assurance and testing is desirable.
• Experience in data integration across different technical platforms is required.
• Experience with enterprise services like Microsoft 365, Oracle Cloud ERP (or any ERP platform), SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS models is required.
• Experience in the use of standard office software packages (MS Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.), spreadsheet and database packages is required.
   

• Fluency in English is required, including excellent drafting and editing skills.
• Knowledge of another official UN language is desirable (French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish).

In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment.

At UN Women, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment of mutual respect. UN Women recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, ability, national origin, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, competence, integrity and organizational need.

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UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)

Note: Applicants must ensure that all sections of the application form, including the sections on education and employment history, are completed. If all sections are not completed the application may be disqualified from the recruitment and selection process.