The Opportunity
Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the Global CMS Product Owner in Centre -London, UK or any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office worldwide
Role Purpose:
Save the Children is evolving its organisational structure in order to stay true to its mission, vision and values, whilst being able to withstand external pressures – be those geo-political demands; increasing stakeholder expectations; challenging funding environments; reduced access to funding; or declining trust in large INGOs. This is driven through our ambitious transformation agenda. In Save the Children we currently have a range of different Content Management Systems (CMS) being used across the movement. With this project we are looking to implement Drupal as our Global CMS Platform that is centralised and is supported through a shared service. Through doing this we aim to revolutionise Save the Children’s ability to rapidly deploy global online campaign’s utilising a centralised pool of technical resources to maintain and deploy functionality across the movement. It is a complex project, with a high level of visibility and will require senior level engagement with stakeholders across the movement
The Global Drupal Product Owner will help create and own the vision and roadmap for the Core Drupal CMS Product. You will have a comprehensive understanding of Member user requirements; The role holder manages and aligns both users and stakeholders on this vision; ensures the system design aligns with accounting policies; prioritises developments and works with the Project Team and IT to deliver the features to achieve this vision.
This role will be the ultimate owner of the Drupal CMS Product and any other enabling technology. The role holder will be responsible for the adoption and compliance of Global CMS across the movement ensuring the system is fit for purpose and that it will achieve the strategic goals.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
- Strong experience in Drupal CMS
- Experience of Drupal CMS implementation projects throughout the full lifecycle including experience in the deployment of CMS globally and remotely
- Experience within complex, global, multicultural organisations – whether in the public, private or charity sector.
- Commercially astute with the gravitas, communication, confidence and interpersonal skills to be able to work closely with senior internal and international stakeholders
- Track record of managing senior stakeholders, differing priorities, and successfully driving alignment on joint objectives
- Excellent understanding of Drupal CMS principles and systems knowledge
- Excellent CMS knowledge for a global organisation including multiple legal entities
- Experience in managing user experience
- Change Management experience; Emotional Intelligence
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal; Confident delivering presentations and demonstrations
- Experience of working with globally distributed teams
- Collaborative and proactive personal style. Ability to influence others, on all levels of seniority
- Excellent Strategic and Creative Thinking, Analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Strong results orientation, with ability to deliver on time and in full, to find solutions and implement improvements
- Strong attention to detail.
Desirables:
- Product Management with experience in minimum viable product (MVP) definition.
- Product owner (Agile) experience
We can offer circa £57,000 per annum (If based in UK) with an option of flexible working hours. If the role is based outside of the UK, National T&C (including pay) will apply.
This role can be based in London or any existing Save the Children International Regional or Country office location on approval, provided the successful candidate has proof of eligibility to work from the preferred location.
Where we Work -Where We Work | Save the Children International
The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Application Information:
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your salary expectations.
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.
Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.