Position title: Manager, Product Owner
Contract type / duration: 5-year renewable staff contract
Location: Geneva
Department: Office of the COO
Team: Digital Technology Strategy and Solutions
Reports To: Senior Manager, Platform & Product Owner
N° of positions supervised (if applicable): 0
Career Step: 3
1. About the Role
As Digital Technology Solutions & Strategy (DTSS) transitions to a more integrated and outcome-driven digital delivery model, we are seeking a Product Owner to take hands-on responsibility for the success of specific enterprise platforms and digital products. Reporting to the Platform & Product Owner, this role focuses on delivering enhancements, user-centric features, integrations, and continuous improvements to platforms central to governance, development operations, and integration workflows—including Atlassian tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence), ServiceNow, Copado, Cloud ALM or other SAP CI/CD tools, and Workato—while maintaining awareness of how these platforms interact with the broader Gavi application landscape (e.g., SAP, Salesforce, Zycus, DarwinBox, Sage, and Power Platform). The Product Owner is embedded within the delivery process and works closely with business stakeholders, analysts, developers, and vendors to prioritize features, manage backlogs, and drive delivery in alignment with strategic priorities.
2. Key Responsibilities
Product Ownership & Backlog ManagementAct as the day-to-day product owner for one or more enterprise platforms or digital products, with a focus on governance, workflow, and integration platforms (e.g., Atlassian, ServiceNow, Copado, Cloud ALM, Workato).
If you wish to apply, please provide a cover letter and resume through our Careers webpage and apply by clicking on ”Manager, Product Owner”. Deadline for applications is 1 February 2026.
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Gavi brings together the public and private sectors to save lives and protect people’s health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines against 18 infectious diseases. You will work in a culturally diverse environment with over 70 nationalities. You will collaborate with partners such as WHO, UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank – and from business, civil society and government. And you will work in the first global health organisation to receive equal gender salary certification. Your unique experience, skills and talents can help us achieve our vision of leaving no one behind without the life-saving power of vaccines.
Gavi brings together the public and private sectors to save lives and protect people’s health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines against 18 infectious diseases. You will work in a culturally diverse environment with over 70 nationalities. You will collaborate with partners such as WHO, UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank – and from business, civil society and government. And you will work in the first global health organisation to receive equal gender salary certification. Your unique experience, skills and talents can help us achieve our vision of leaving no one behind without the life-saving power of vaccines.
