Join MSF OCG as a Global Program Owner !
We are looking for passionate candidates ready to contribute to our humanitarian mission.
Below, you will find the job details and the qualifications we are looking for.
Do your qualifications and experience not exactly match all requirements of the job?
At MSF OCG, we are committed to an inclusive culture that supports and amplifies the diverse voices of our staff members. We strive to create workplaces where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives, ideas and experiences work together to advance MSF's social mission and create better outcomes for our patients and the communities we work with.
We understand that some people may hesitate to apply for employment if they don't meet all listed job requirements. Research shows that this is especially true for women. If you believe your profile is a good match for this position, we invite you to apply even if you don’t fulfil every listed qualification.
We encourage applications from individuals of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, ethnicities, background, religions, beliefs, ability status, and all other diversity characteristics.
MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment. All selected candidates will undergo reference checks.
Médecins Sans Frontières is an independent, international medical and humanitarian organization that provides care to people in need, people affected by natural or man-made disasters, and victims of armed conflict, without discrimination and without regard to race, religion, creed or political affiliation (MSF Charter).
The MSF movement is built around 5 operational centers supported by 24 sections and offices worldwide. MSF Operational Center Geneva (MSF OCG) is one of these centers.
The position of Global Product Owner reports hierarchically to a selected rolling member of the LIGO Board, either from ICO, OCP or OCG, and is based within the HR or DSI department depending on whether the role is located in Paris or Geneva.
The role supervises the Solution Architect and the Tenant Administrator and is part of the shared tenant governance team, ensuring smooth collaboration and prioritisation between OCG, OCP and ICO.
The job purpose is to ensure that LIGO (Workday HRIS) delivers sustainable value aligned with MSF strategic objectives by providing overall program ownership, governance and strategic direction for the shared Workday tenant, coordinating entities’ needs, preserving system integrity and maximizing return on investment across MSF.
Global Program Owner will play a critical role in:
Strategic Alignment & Roadmap
- Prepare and inform decision-making of the LIGO Operational Body by analysing change requests, process evolutions, new projects, and Workday product developments, assessing impacts, risks, and strategic alignment.
- Define, maintain, and propose a multiyear LIGO roadmap, balancing competing demands from entities, identifying opportunities for enhancements and innovation, factoring interdependencies, and estimating resource and budget requirements.
- Communicate and cascade the LIGO vision set by the LIGO Board to global resources and ensure alignment and understanding across entities through the designated LIGO Focal Points.
Program Governance & Oversight
- Support and operate within the Tripartite Governance framework, ensuring that LIGO program decisions are prepared, documented, and aligned with agreed governance bodies and processes.
- Establish and maintain program management practices to control scope, priorities, dependencies, risks, and resources, ensuring alignment with overall MSF strategic objectives.
- Develop and maintain reporting processes and KPIs to provide the LIGO Operational Body (LOB) and LIGO Board (LB) with clear visibility on program status, risks, benefits, and performance, and actively participate in governance forums.
Stakeholder & Resource Management
- Act as the primary liaison across entities, functional, and technical stakeholders, ensuring stakeholder needs are understood, consolidated, and aligned with MSF strategic objectives.
- Manage globalized LIGO resources, including the Global System Administration and Solution Architect roles, and provide functional leadership to contribute resources such as entities’ Focal Points and reporting teams.
- Oversee vendor and partner management, including coordination with Workday and the TMA provider, and manage the Workday and TMA budgets in line with program priorities.
Benefits Sustainment & Continuous Improvement
- Lead Workday release and evolution governance, ensuring coordinated analysis of new features, impacts, testing strategies, and deployment decisions in collaboration with global and entity stakeholders.
- Oversee continuous adoption and enhancement initiatives to improve system performance, efficiency, and functional value, ensuring benefits are realized and sustained over time.
- Define and oversee testing and tenant management strategies, ensuring that changes are appropriately tested before production deployment and that system integrity is preserved.
- Ensure effective Level 3 support and capability development, promoting internal expertise, reducing dependency on external vendors over time, and increasing MSF’s value generation capacity.
Enhance MSF reporting and analytics capabilities by supporting the development of reporting expertise and communities of practice, and by managing Workday subscription benefits such as the Workday Success Plan.
Education
- Tertiary degree or equivalent professional experience in HR, Information Systems, or related field
Experience
- Proven leadership experience in complex multi-stakeholder environments
- Workday experience or formal training
Languages
- English and French are the working languages necessary for this position.
- Minimum requirements for this specific position are French B2 & English B2
Skills/ Technical competencies
- Strong knowledge of program and portfolio management approaches (predictive, agile, hybrid)
- Proven experience in implementing and/or managing Workday HCM solutions
- Ability to understand MSF’s organizational context and ways of collaborating and align technology opportunities with strategic priorities
- Strong program planning, prioritization, risk management, and monitoring skills
- Ability to set direction across multiple teams and motivate contributors without direct line management
Personal Abilities/Qualities
- Commitment to MSF Principles and Values including MSF Behavioral Commitments
- Excellent ability to work in a multicultural environment successfully and to demonstrate commitment and support for diversity, gender-responsive, inclusive, and non-discriminatory behavior and attitudes.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and negotiation skills
- Strong leadership in change management
- Analytical and critical thinking capabilities
- Ability to foster collaboration and integrate diverse perspectives across entities
As this position is linked to LIGO, it may be hosted either by OC Geneva or OC Paris. The applicable contractual conditions will therefore depend on the section hosting the contract.
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Full-time position: 100%
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Open-ended contract
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Working place: OC Geneva or OC Paris
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Ideal start date: September 1st, 2026
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Compensation and benefits: according to the remuneration policy and contractual conditions of the section hosting the contract
Candidates are invited to submit their application exclusively through our recruitment platform, following these guidelines:
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CV (maximum 2 pages)
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Cover letter (maximum 1 page)
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Documents must be submitted in either English or French.
The application deadline is July 17th, 2026.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier if we receive a sufficient number of quality applications.
All applications will be treated confidentially.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Please note that we do not wish to use the services of recruitment or placement agencies.
