Senior Manager, Supply Chain Digitalization Benchmarking and Pilots

## Senior Manager, Supply Chain Digitalization Benchmarking and Pilots Apply:
Fully Remote:
Berlin, Germany:
London, UK:
Nairobi, IHUB, Kenya:
Full time:
Posted Today:
JRThe International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities.

A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.
** Background/IRC Summary
** IRC is a co-lead of the Digitalization Thematic Working Group (TWG) of the Humanitarian Leadership Group on Supply Chain (HLGSC), alongside Help Logistics, data.org, World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). The TWG brings together 18 member organizations - UN agencies, INGOs, and local partners - to build a shared supply chain data governance framework, common data standards, and practical interoperability mechanisms across the humanitarian sector.
** Job Overview/Summary
** The TWG's work is organized around four results: a multi-stakeholder governance framework (Result
1), a common data standards and shared taxonomy (Result
2), a data-sharing and interoperability blueprint (Result
3), and a mapping of complementary initiatives already underway across the sector (Result
4). In the second half of the project, Results 1, 2, and 3 each move from design into live testing through a dedicated pilot: a governance pilot, a data standards pilot, and an interoperability pilot.

The Program Officer will lead the benchmarking work that underpins the data standards pilot and will support the design and delivery of all three pilots - governance, data standards, and interoperability
-helping translate research and sector mapping into practical input for how each is built. This is a hands-on, delivery-focused role spanning three of the TWG's four work streams, for someone who wants to help a sector-wide coalition move from agreement in principle to evidence in practice.

The position is funded through the HLGSC Digitalization TWG action (DG ECHO-funded), through project close in December 2027. The Program Officer, Supply Chain Digitalization Benchmarking and Pilots works closely with data.org, the TWG's facilitation partner, and reports to the Deputy Director for Business Development and Program Delivery within IRC's Global Supply Chain team.
** Major Responsibilities
**** Benchmarking (Result
2)
*** Lead benchmarking with the 3 TWG member organizations assessing their data systems against the TWG's agreed minimum viable data standards.
* Consolidate benchmarking results into a clear, decision-ready evidence base that directly informs the Result 2 data standards pilot.
** Pilot design, delivery & documentation (Results 1–3)
*** Support the design and launch of three pilots: a governance pilot (testing the endorsed governance framework, including rotating co-chair and decision procedures), a data standards pilot (testing the agreed taxonomy across benchmarked organizations), and an interoperability pilot (testing data-sharing and anonymization protocols across organizations at varying levels of digital maturity).
* Document each pilot as it unfolds, capturing lessons learned to support real-time, adaptive management.
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