Salary: HG 16T - €76,033 - €114,049
Job Type: Initial contract period of 12 months followed by an indefinite contract
Location: The Hague, Netherlands
Hybrid working: 2 days in office
About the IB
The International Baccalaureate provides world-class educational services to over 6,000 schools across 160 countries. A career with the IB is not just a job; it’s an opportunity to work with an innovative world leader in education services where we empower our employees to thrive and make a difference.
About the job
The IB is undertaking a major digital transformation, re-shaping the digital landscape of our ecosystem to enable our learning community to flourish in the AI age. The Manager of Digital Transformation is a key change driver, leading priority transformation initiatives across the 200-person Digital & Data Office.
The Digital Transformation Manager’s will own and drive priority transformation initiatives with colleagues across the DDO and the IB, working closely with DDO senior leadership team.
Support the planning and execution of digital transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with defined priorities and timelines
Contribute to change management activities, supporting adoption across teams and stakeholders
Work with teams to address delivery challenges, manage dependencies, and maintain momentum of initiatives
Support DDO leaders in the development of a culture of innovation within the by enabling experimentation, supporting new ideas, and facilitating the adoption of emerging technologies and practices that advance the organization’s digital transformation goals.
Manage assigned transformation initiatives or workstreams from planning through to delivery
Track progress against milestones, identify risks, and escalate issues where required
Support the delivery of capability-building activities (e.g. internal events, learning initiatives) within the DDO
Digital Transformation: experience in digital transformation initiatives, leveraging emerging technologies to optimize processes and deliver measurable business impact
Education: Deep interest in understanding the K-12 education sector globally and the role and market for curriculum’s like the IB, inc. Knowledge of trends, technologies, and emerging innovations in educational technology.
Software Development: Good understanding of software development processes, methodologies, and technologies.
Agile Methodologies: Proficiency in Agile project management practices, with focus on Scrum to facilitate product development cycles.
Problem Solving: Strong conceptual and analytical problem solving skills
Cross-functional Collaboration: Experience collaborating with diverse teams, including Product managers, software developers, instructional designers, educators, and administrators.
Project management: Experience in the delivery of complex strategic initiatives to time, quality and budget
Communication: Able to organise and influence people, and align multiple viewpoints and timelines to achieve challenging goals
Promote Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing: Contribute to a collaborative and inclusive team culture, promoting cross-functional collaboration and knowledge sharing
Internationally-minded: Global outlook and the ability to work effectively across diverse cultures and geographies.
Culture: Role-model and champion a Departmental culture that is dependable, empathetic, courageous and impactful.
Benefits
Relocation support and work permit sponsorship available
Flexible benefits allowance equivalent to 1.5% of Annual Salary to spend on benefits or as addition to salary
Flexible working (core hours are 10am-3.30pm), 40 hours per week
25 Days Annual Leave plus public holidays. The opportunity to purchase up to 5 days of leave each year.
Bicycle scheme
IB Pension
Life insurance 2x annual salary
Travel and work from home allowance
Health insurance allowance
Disability insurance
Excellent continuous professional development
Opportunity & Belonging
We are committed to building a working environment that values respect, diversity, and compassion. The international Baccalaureate is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all qualified applicants. As a global employer, we adhere to all relevant employment legislation in the countries in which we operate, ad we are happy to provide any reasonable support or adjustments as needed to ensure applicants cn fully participate in our recruitment process.
Skills Required
- Experience in digital transformation initiatives, leveraging emerging technologies to optimize processes and deliver measurable business impact
- Deep interest in the K-12 education sector and knowledge of trends in educational technology
- Good understanding of software development processes and methodologies
- Proficiency in Agile project management practices, particularly Scrum
- Strong conceptual and analytical problem-solving skills
- Experience collaborating with diverse teams including Product managers and software developers
- Experience in delivering complex strategic initiatives within budget and on time
- Ability to organize and influence people towards challenging goals
- Ability to promote cross-functional collaboration and knowledge sharing
- Global outlook and ability to work across diverse cultures
What We Do
The International Baccalaureate® (IB) is a non-profit educational foundation, motivated by its mission, focused on the student. Our four programmes for students aged 3 to 19 help develop the intellectual, personal, emotional and social skills to live, learn and work in a rapidly globalizing world. Founded in 1968, we currently work with over 5400 schools in 158 countries to develop and offer four challenging programmes to over a million students aged 3 to 19. Office Locations: Geneva | Washington, DC | The Hague | Singapore | Cardiff IB Foundation Office Rue du Pré-de-la-Bichette 1 1202 Genève Switzerland IB Global Centre, Washington DC 3950 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 USA IB Africa/Europe/Middle East Global Centre Churchillplein 6 Den Haag, South Holland 2517 JW Netherlands IB Asia-Pacific Global Centre 600 North Bridge Road #21-01 Parkview Square Singapore, 188778 Singapore IB Global Centre Cardiff Peterson House Malthouse Avenue Cardiff, Wales CF23 8GL United Kingdom
