Job Specifications
Vacancy Notice 1029
INTERPOL is the world’s largest international police organization, with 196 Member Countries. Created in 1923, it facilitates cross-border police co-operation, and supports and assists all organizations, authorities, and services whose mission is to prevent or combat international crime.
INTERPOL strives to achieve a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. To achieve our Diversity goals, we encourage applications from women and nationals of under/unrepresented member countries who are passionate about our mission. INTERPOL’s recruitment process is merit-based hence all hiring decisions are made considering the applicant’s qualifications and the needs of the Organization.
Job Title: Senior Information and Business Product Manager
Reporting To: Coordinator Information Management
Location: Lyon, France
Type of contract: Fixed-term Contract
Duration (in months): 36 months
Grade: 4
Number of post: 1
Level of Security screening: Basic
Deadline for application: 29 April 2025
For Short-term vacancies only: For internal candidates holding fixed-term appointments, selection for this position will be treated as a Temporary Assignment.
Conditions applying for all candidates
Only professional experience for which candidates can provide official proof of employment will be considered. Candidates could be requested to provide copies of such official documents prior to interviews/test.
Subsequent extension to this post will be subject to the terms of the Organization’s Staff Manual, to satisfactory performance and to availability of funds.
This position is financed by a third-party, external to the Organization with funding provided by the donor. Although there is a commitment from the donor, the appointment may be terminated prior to indicate official end date of project, should the external funding for this position no longer be available. This position also carries, in principle, no expectation of renewal. Any potential subsequent extension will be subject to the terms of the Organization’s Staff Manual, to satisfactory performance and to availability of funds.
Tests/interviews in connection to this selection procedure will take place approximately 4 weeks after the deadline for applications. Applicants are kindly requested to plan their availability during this period accordingly, in case they are short-listed.
Selected candidates will be expected to report for duty approximately two to three months after receiving an offer of employment at the latest.
This selection exercise may be used to generate a reserve list of suitable candidates that may be used to address Organization's similar staffing needs in the future.
Summary Of The Assigned Duties,
INCLUDING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE POST
The Global Digital Police Identity (GDPI) includes defining changes, testing and implementation.
INTERPOL seeks to establish digital identity management for police officers worldwide. These certified identities will allow INTERPOL and our member countries to design new transnational services available for police officers on the ground, primarily through mobile applications. The Global Digital Police Identity will be based on I-Trust which is a decentralized and autonomous identity management tool as foundation. The Global Digital Police Identity will enable law enforcement officers to connect to an “INTERPOL Ready” service catalog composed of services offered by INTERPOL Information System, National law enforcement services shared with worldwide law enforcement, Third party services (GAFA, BTX) supplied for law enforcement.
Under the supervision of the Assistant Director and the Coordinator Information Management, the incumbent will oversee the business management of the life cycle of some databases and database-related applications. This includes defining guidelines and strategies for their continuous improvement and reviewing business impact analysis assessments related to new strategic or operational projects and change requests.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND ACTIVITIES
DUTY 1
Supervise day-to-day management of the databases and related applications, defining strategies, roadmaps and requirements for the execution of requests for assistance from member countries and/or internal users in consultation with the Coordinator Information Management.
Supervising the implementation of the planning established by the Coordinator Information Management and the delivery of requested outcomes, including in relation to outreach activities required for the business product`s promotion and expansion of their usage.
Supervise the business product management of police data applications, ensuring their coherence with INTERPOL`s processes and rules, developing new business product ideas and processes to track product use and impact on end users.
Externally support Programme Managers or Project Managers in the ad-hoc implementation of projects with data management needs, according to workplans previously agreed with the Coordinator Information Management and in line with INTERPOL`s processes and rules.
Web Services: Supervise the business liaison between the respective departments in IS Directorate and member countries wishing to implement business products (such as I-Link, Wisdm, …) and/or web services for data management (insertion, deletion, update) or to retrieve information from the databases (FIND and other webservice-based consultation tools), intervening on the discussions held by other staff members of the Unit when appropriate.
Business products: Contribute to guidelines for the management and update of the reference tables which contain all values used in various policing capabilities (I-link forms, e-ASF Graphical User Interface and SLTD or SMV databases etc.).
Contribute to guidelines for the supervision, by Information and Business Product Managers or equivalent, of the procedures for the use of the police databases (direct or indirect access, interconnection, uploading or downloading).
Define guidelines for the regular checks performed by the Information and Business Product Managers or equivalent, on the access authorizations or restrictions related to the databases and applications managed by the Unit; and assess the results, providing recommendations to the Coordinator Information Management on potential issues identified.
DUTY 2
Under the direction of the Coordinator Information Management, define guidelines for the management, including improvements, of the functional and quality aspects of the databases and the related applications, in cooperation with the IS Directorate.
Supervise the assessment, by the Information and Business Product Managers or equivalent, of users` needs at the National Central Bureaus (NCBs) and at the INTERPOL General Secretariat, reviewing proposals of suitable capabilities to ensure better management of the information in INTERPOL’s ...
About the Company
The world's largest police organization, INTERPOL's mission is to assist law enforcement agencies in each of its 196 member countries to combat all forms of transnational crime.
Guided by four core functions, INTERPOL provides a high-tech infrastructure of technical and operational support to enable police forces around the world to meet the growing challenges of crime in the 21st century.
The General Secretariat in Lyon, France, is operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week, providing a central contact point for the Na...
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