Application Manager

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Become a part of the worldwide movement Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières)!

The humanitarian and medical organisation, Doctors without borders, opened a Shared IT Service (SITS) centre in Prague in 2019. This centre provides IT support to all interested parties around the world – people sent to missions, operating centres, sections and branch offices.

As a member of the Application team, the Application Manager will oversee the development, deployment, and maintenance of software applications for MSF. This position involves collaborating with the Technology team to manage the technical challenges of MSF SITS.

This position reports to the Application Management Team Lead.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee Application Lifecycle: Manage the development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of software applications
• Ensure Functionality and Security: Ensure all applications are functional, secure, and up to date with the latest security patches
• Develop Applications: Design architecture of new applications, develop them or help to improve the existing ones
• Collaborate with Teams: Work closely with various IT teams which include Cloud & Infrastructure, Data Management, Data Protection, Service Desk, and Security among others to ensure applications deliver value to all stakeholders
• Strategic Planning: Align application management with the strategic goals of the organization
• User Support and Training: Provide ongoing technical support and training to users
• Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with various stakeholders to gather requirements, provide updates, and ensure alignment with organizational needs

Together and under the direct supervision of the Application Manager Team Lead, the Application Manager will perform various activities in order to optimize and improve processes and applications used inside MSF SITS and the rest of the organization.

Requirements:

• Software Architecture: Understanding of software design, structure (MVC, OOP, etc.) and security and data protection aspects

• Software Development: Ability to code and decode, understand, and replicate code to maintain and enhance software applications, troubleshoot issues, and ensure code quality. Skills especially in Javascript family (React.js, Next.js), Python, PHP, Power platform or PowerShell are a plus, but not exclusive
• Database Management: Experience with relational databases and data warehouses management
• Cloud Computing: Proficiency in Microsoft Azure, including deploying and managing applications in the cloud, understanding Azure services, security aspects and data protecting measures and ensuring scalability and reliability
• DevOps Practices: Familiarity with CI/CD, version control (GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps etc), and automated testing
• Project Management: Experience with Agile methodology/Scrum is a plus
• ITIL Experience: Knowledge of ITIL practices is a plus
• Artificial Intelligence (AI): Familiarity with AI and Generative AI technologies, including their practical application in software development, automation, and business processes, while ensuring security, privacy, and responsible use
• Interpersonal Skills: Ability to build and maintain positive relationships, show empathy, and connect with others on a personal level

• Leadership: Ability to inspire and motivate teams, being proactive and taking initiative, delegate tasks, provide guidance and support, and demonstrate emotional intelligence

• Adaptability: Independent thinking, being flexible and open to change, quickly learning new skills, and adapting to new situations
• Education: Preferably Master’s degree in Computer Sciences or relevant experience

Adherence to MSF principles
Adherance to MSF Behavioural Commitments

What we can offer you

• Interesting professional and personal challenge
• Rewarding and meaningful work in a young, dynamic, and rapidly growing truly international organization
• Full flexibility and ownership/accountability
• 25 days of holiday per year; 6 sick days per year
• Flexible working hours, working from home
• Possibility to receive the 13th salary (after probation period)
• Meal vouchers
• Cafeteria / Pension scheme
• MultiSport card
• Language courses
• Transportation allowance: 10 CZK/calendar day (after probation period)
• Relocation package for former MSF field employees who change their regular domicile location in order to work in MSF SITS Prague office
• Possibility to go for a "sabbatical leave“ / mission, once per 3 years
• Free refreshment at the workplace
• Dog/baby friendly office, etc.
• Team buildings / family days

Who we are

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) / Doctors Without Borders is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters, and healthcare exclusion. MSF offers assistance to people in need and irrespective of race, religion, gender, or political affiliation. MSF’s actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of impartiality, independence, and neutrality. Over 90% of the organization’s funding comes from individual private donors giving small amounts.

The organisation was founded in 1971 in France by a group of doctors and journalists in the wake of war and famine in Biafra, Nigeria. Their aim was to establish an independent organization that focuses on delivering emergency medicine aid quickly, effectively and impartially. Three hundred volunteers made up the organization when it was founded: doctors, nurses and other staff, including the 13 founding doctors and journalists.

Today, MSF is a worldwide movement of more than 65,000 people working in 21 sections, 12 branch offices, 5 Operational Centres and three supply centres worldwide. There are as many IT departments as sections, and together they support more than 32,000 system users spread over MSF offices and missions across the globe. To gain in efficiency and improve end-user experience, MSF has built its own Shared IT Services (SITS) Centre in Prague.