Associate Product Owner

World Bank Group•Washington, DC

About The Position

The Associate Product Owner will support the execution of product goals, roadmaps, and backlogs for AI-enabled enterprise corporate solutions. The role helps ensure solutions 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 Associate Product Owner translates business requirements into clear product specifications and user stories, engages stakeholders across business and technical teams, facilitates sprint ceremonies, and contributes to continuous improvement of AI-enabled workflows. The role also maintains product documentation, monitors performance insights, and ensures deliverables meet quality standards and organizational safeguards. The Associate Product Owner reports to the Product Manager. The position is part of Corporate Business Solutions within the World Bank Group's Corporate Solutions Department in the Information and Technology Solutions Vice Presidential Unit. The department focuses on digitally transforming essential corporate services, and the unit supports functions such as human resources, payroll, pension, budget and planning, procurement, ICSID arbitration, legal, accountability and oversight, and other institutional corporate services.

Requirements

Master's degree with 5 years of relevant experience, Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination.
Advanced proficiency in stakeholder engagement, with demonstrated ability to work across legal, finance, executive, and IT client groups.
Advanced proficiency in business analysis and product backlog management, including prioritization and grooming aligned with business objectives.
Advanced proficiency in product roadmap development and proven delivery in a large enterprise organization across the full product development lifecycle.
Advanced proficiency in product requirement analysis and data-driven decision-making.
Skilled in Scrum, Kanban, sprint planning, and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).
Skilled in market research, value proposition development, and translating insights into product enhancements.
Skilled in strategic communication and influencing stakeholders at multiple levels across diverse business functions.
Demonstrated sense of urgency, thoughtful risk-taking, and accountability in a fast-paced product delivery environment.
Ability to prioritize effectively, act decisively, maintain momentum under pressure, proactively resolve bottlenecks, and deliver without sacrificing quality.
Ability to champion new ways of working, constructively challenge the status quo, build support for change, and help teams navigate transitions.
Ability to connect day-to-day decisions to strategic goals and engage stakeholders credibly, applying sound judgment in light of organizational priorities and the broader operating environment.
Ability to collaborate effectively across teams, disciplines, cultures, and institutional boundaries.
Ability to responsibly leverage digital and AI-enabled tools to enhance productivity, learning, and decision-making.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with Agile methodologies and artificial intelligence tools in an enterprise setting.
SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager certification or equivalent.
Experience working in fragile, conflict-affected, and violent (FCV) contexts.

Responsibilities

Engage with business stakeholders to understand their needs and challenges, translating complex use cases into clear product features and prioritized backlogs with Product Managers, architects, and delivery teams.
Engage with cross-functional teams across ICSID, Legal, Executive, ITS, and IFC to clarify product interdependencies and align portfolios.
Evaluate market trends and user insights to guide enhancements to corporate business solutions.
Execute product goals, vision, and roadmap in alignment with business objectives and client needs.
Develop measurable and actionable product-specific KPIs aligned with business value and 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, including ADOs and the institutional document repository.
Participate in sprint planning, related ceremonies, and reviews to support timely product delivery.
Work with development teams to define technical requirements aligned 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 product improvement and efficiency opportunities.
Provide stakeholders with regular updates on product progress.
Contribute to the development and execution of test plans to ensure quality deliverables.
Analyze product performance and usage insights across corporate solutions to support data-driven decision-making.