Digital Offres d'emploi - Montpellier (34)

Description

Reports to : CGIAR Chief Scientist

Location : The duty station for this position will be in a CGIAR hub located in the Global South with significant CGIAR operations. While Montpellier is listed as a default system setting it is not the confirmed location. Potential duty stations include Abidjan Lima Cairo Nairobi Addis Ababa Mexico City and Colombo.

Grade : SO8 / CG13

Date Published : 23 September 2025

Closing Date for Applications : 15 October 2025 at 16 : 00 CEST.

About CGIAR

CGIAR has an ambitious agenda to deliver science and innovation and advance the transformation of food land and water systems to deliver diverse healthy safe sufficient and affordable diets and ensure improved livelihoods and greater social equality. CGIAR operates as a matrix with each Center having its own governance and leadership structure operating alongside the integrated governance and leadership arrangements of CGIAR as a whole.

This organizational unit operates within the Science and Innovation portfolio encompassing eight Science Programs a Scaling for Impact Program and four accelerators. The portfolio is designed to harness CGIARs collective capabilities to address the worlds most pressing global challenges. It aims to foster deeper and broader programmatic integration across centers and disciplines enabling science and innovation at a greater scale with enhanced reach and impact.

About the position

The Digital Transformation Accelerator Director will provide strategic leadership to foster collaboration align digital innovation with CGIARs impact areas and scale transformative solutions advancing digital innovation and transformation across CGIAR. The Digital Transformation Accelerator will drive CGIARs mission by leveraging advanced digital technologies such as AI machine learning and big data to address challenges in food land and water systems. It aims to enhance decision-making strengthen resilience and promote sustainability through inclusive scalable and ethical digital solutions. The role will also lead on developing and implementing CGIARs digital strategy ensuring digital transformation delivers value across the whole organization.

Duties and Responsibilities

Purpose

• Provide disciplinary and strategic leadership for the Accelerator ensuring continuous review and adaptive management of the programs vision outcome theory of change and structure to ensure delivery against defined goals optimize impact and ensure relevance and efficiency in support of science delivery.
• Lead CGIARs science and organizational digital transformation mission shape policy and integrate advanced digital technologies into CGIAR programs systems and processes in close collaboration with CGIAR Centers / Alliance CGIAR business functions and other relevant stakeholders.
• Bridge research and practical applications to advance innovation across food land and water systems ensuring inclusivity and alignment with organizational goals.
• Lead data-driven prioritization exercises with science programs accelerators and centers to identify the highest opportunity digital investments.
• Create strategies for sourcing a funding pipeline to sustain digital transformation across the CGIAR and individual Centers.
• Lead the strategic direction of the CGIAR System Organization (SO) Digital Transformation ensuring alignment with the organizations vision mission and strategic priorities.

Engagement

Delivery

Requirements

Education and Experience

Key Competences

Languages

Benefits

The selected staff member will be offered terms and conditions commensurate with the grade of the position qualifications and experience.

Submitting Your Application

If you face challenges in submitting your application please email with the position title in the subject line.

Required Experience :

Director

Key Skills

Business,Clerical,Abinitio,Arabic Speaking,General Management,Crystal Report

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1