Chief Information Officer and Director, BMS / Information Management and Technology

Background 
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  UNDP does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment, and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

With 17,000 people connected across field offices in 170 countries and territories, UNDP works within a rapidly changing environment, helping countries to develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience in order to sustain development results. UNDP’s Strategic Plan 2022-2025 sets out how UNDP will develop our six signature solutions –enabled by digitalization, innovation and development financing –to scale-up development impact for country partners and within UNDP’s own systems.

To realize the #NextGenUNDP digital transformation, the organization will continue to develop its capability to leverage existing, emerging and future digital technologies and the opportunities they offer to improve both its own operations and the way UNDP creates and delivers value for those it serves. A significant portion of this transformational agenda is supported by investment in technology that enables the organization to move to the next level in information technology capabilities as envisioned in the Information Technology (IT) Strategy 2020-2024.

The IT Strategy lays out the path for a complete overhaul of UNDP’s information technology infrastructure and ensures that IT investments are appropriately linked and aligned to realize the corporate vision. It provides the framework for UNDP’s digital transformation, and the operational components to deliver measurable tangible results. The four-year roadmap charts how a digitalized environment and infrastructure, performing optimized business processes, making data available in a secure and reliable manner will underpin the organization’s business transformation and will position UNDP as a leader in the UN system.

The CIO leads the Information & Technology Management team helping drive UNDP's digital transformation efforts, enabling and leveraging technology to address complex global challenges and meet long-term global sustainable development goals across seven key pillars:
 

• Increased collaboration and engagement
• Digital workspaces and tools available to all
• An enhanced cybersecure environment
• A Nextgen global workforce
• Strengthened data driven decision making
• Best in class global infrastructure and applications
• Data-enabled smart facilities 
   

The CIO supervises the architecture and engineering of UNDP’s digital corporate platforms as well as the associated enabling customer services. S/he provides strategic guidance to the office of BMS/ITM and oversees Cyber Security, Data Management, and Project Implementation (Quantum, UNALL) and ERP Support. S/he leads the implementation and optimization of the seven key pillars outlined in the IT strategy, focusing on cybersecurity, internal controls and risk management.

Duties and Responsibilities   The incumbent will be covering the following functions, under the direct supervision of the BMS Director, the CIO::  

1). Leadership and Management of BMS/ITM 

• Is a member of the BMS Senior Management Team, supporting BMS work planning, results reporting and exercising management leadership over BMS/ITM.
• Sets the strategic vision and steers the implementation of the IT Strategy.
• Supports the digitalization of UNDP’s environment and infrastructure with the aim of optimizing business processes.
• Leads and provides oversight for the effective implementation of Information Technology projects such as UNALL and Quantum.
• Leads the formulation of corporate IT strategies, policies, and standards.
• Supports the Director of BMS in advocacy for – and representation of -- BMS/ITM within corporate management processes and with external partners.
• Provides strategic and technical leadership in the procurement, development, management, enhancement, technical support and delivery of information and commun