Associate Product Owner

The Associate Product Owner will help drive delivery of AI-enabled enterprise corporate solutions for the World Bank Group. Working onsite in Washington, DC, you will partner with the Product Manager and key stakeholders to translate business requirements into product specifications and user stories, support agile execution, and deliver measurable value through clear roadmaps and well-managed backlogs.

In this role, you’ll contribute to corporate digital transformation through the Information and Technology Solutions (ITS) Vice Presidential Unit, which enables the World Bank Group to advance its mission by delivering transformative information and technologies to staff across 150+ locations. Within ITS, the WBG Corporate Solutions Department (ITSCO) focuses on making essential corporate services seamless, resilient, and future ready, and Corporate Business Solutions (ITSCB) supports core functions including ICSID arbitration and legal, accountability and oversight, and other institutional corporate services.

What you’ll do

• Engage business stakeholders to understand needs and challenges, translating complex use cases into clear product features and prioritized backlogs in collaboration with Product Managers, architects, and delivery teams.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams across ICSID, Legal, Executive, ITS, and IFC to clarify product interdependencies and maintain alignment across portfolios.
• Evaluate market trends and user insights to inform enhancements to corporate business solutions.
• Execute product goals, vision, and roadmap in alignment with business objectives and client needs.
• Define product-specific KPIs that are measurable, actionable, and tied to business value.
• Prioritize the product backlog to align with business objectives and customer needs across multiple client groups.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation for enterprise corporate solutions, including product features and user stories (e.g., ADOs and an institutional document repository).
• Participate in sprint planning and related ceremonies, including reviews to support timely delivery.
• Support the definition of technical requirements with development teams to ensure alignment with business objectives and organizational standards.
• Manage vendor engagements to support product delivery and compliance.
• Facilitate regular stakeholder communication across ICSID, Legal, Executive, ITS, and IFC to identify product improvement and efficiency opportunities.
• Contribute to test plans and support data-driven decision-making by analyzing product performance and usage insights.

What you’ll bring

• Master’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience, or Bachelor’s degree with 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 to 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 and translating insights into product enhancements, plus strategic communication and influence across business functions.
• A strong sense of urgency, thoughtful risk-taking, and accountability in a fast-paced delivery environment.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and Artificial Intelligence tools in an enterprise setting is a plus.
• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager certification (or equivalent) is preferred.

World Bank Group culture and benefits

• Sense of urgency: anticipate and respond quickly to internal and external stakeholder needs.
• Thoughtful risk-taking: challenge the status quo to increase impact.
• Empowerment and accountability: act, empower others, and hold teams accountable for results.

The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan, medical, life and disability insurance, and paid leave (including parental leave), as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

The World Bank Group also values candidates who can collaborate across teams, disciplines, cultures, and institutional boundaries, responsibly leverage digital and AI-enabled tools to improve productivity and decision-making, and who have experience working in fragile, conflict-affected, and violent (FCV) contexts (encouraged to highlight where applicable).