Head, Brand and Design Database Section

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Geneve, Schweiz World Intellectual Property Organization Vollzeit

Head, Brand and Design Database Section - 23094-FT

Global Databases Division, Infrastructure and Platforms Sector

Grade - P5

Contract Duration - 2 years *

Duty Station : CH-Geneva

Publication Date : 03-Apr-2023 Application Deadline : 28-Apr-2023, 4:59:00 PM

**1. Organizational Context**
- **Organizational Setting**

The post is located in the Brand and Design Database Section of the Global Databases Division. This Section is responsible for the WIPO Global Brand Database and Global Design Database which include millions of records from the collections of Madrid, Lisbon, Hague and Paris 6ter emblems and from an expanding number of national collections contributed by IP Offices with whom agreements on cooperation have been reached. They offer advanced Trademark and Industrial Designs search functions to the public, are used by thousands of users daily and are essential components of WIPO's Global IP Infrastructure on the internet.
- **Purpose Statement**

The incumbent leads a technical team responsible for the architecture, design, further development, maintenance and daily operations of WIPO’s Global Brand and Global Design Databases with the aim of making WIPO’s systems best in class systems on the internet and attract the largest possible user base by providing premier search services using latest technologies. The incumbent will collaborate and coordinate closely with other parts of the Division, with the Brands and Design Sector and with WIPO’s IT central department. The incumbent also collaborates with IP offices representatives to include their national trademark and design data collections in WIPO’s Global Databases and follow-up data quality issues and data format changes.
- **Reporting Lines**

The incumbent works under the supervision of the Director of the Global Databases Division.

**2. Duties and Responsibilities**

The incumbent will perform the following principal duties:

- Manage the Brand and Design Database Section, in particular with regard to personnel, budget, procurement and strategic planning.
- As project leader, design and ensure the further development of Global Brand Database and Global Design Database and their search engines in the cloud, making use of appropriate technological advances, ensuring control and security mechanisms are established, developing programming standards and monitoring quality control.
- Carry out database analyses, prepare design specifications, direct the preparation of complete systems documentation and user operating procedures, and prepare technical documentation.
- Take the lead in promoting and advancing the global development of Global Brand Database and Global Design Database to ensure they become world premier databases for searching brand identifiers and Industrial Designs.
- Liaise with IP offices and oversee the transmission and transformation of national and regional IP office data to maximize the system global data coverage, promote these activities amongst all IP Offices and provide necessary assistance and advice to stakeholders for their participation in the Section's Global Databases.
- Monitor the operation and daily maintenance of internet systems administered by the Section.
- Provide advice and support to the Director of the Global Databases Division on all relevant technical and managerial issues and prepare Program Performance Reports.
- Participate in training sessions, international conferences and seminars/workshops on IP matters to promote WIPO Databases.
- Identify the needs of users and the need for new or modified databases, conduct feasibility studies especially for new systems that can be integrated with existing systems and technology, and explore new technological solutions to cover them as required, including image similarity search, linguistic tools and other advanced search capabilities.
- Perform other related duties as required.

**3. Requirements**

**Education (Essential)**

Advanced university degree in in information technology, computer science, engineering, technical fields with programming or other related fields. A first-level university degree with additional experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.

**Experience (Essential)**

At least ten years of relevant professional experience, including experience in the management of complex web projects.

Experience in project management.

Experience in managing a team.

Experience managing change.

**Language (Essential)**

Excellent knowledge of English.

**Language (Desirable)**

Ability to work in other official UN languages.

**Job Related Competencies (Essential)**

Extensive knowledge of internet technologies including SOLR, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, JAVA and JSON/XML as well as UI design CSS, HTML and related technologies.

Strong software development skills.

Good knowledge of Amazon Web Services technologies.

Good knowledge of data analysis and modelling, in particular with large database systems includin



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