Investment Officer, Digital Access and Affordability

Investment Officer, Digital Access and Affordability

Job #:	req38146
Organization:	IFC
Sector:	Investment
Grade:	GG
Term Duration:	3 years 0 months
Recruitment Type:	International Recruitment
Location:	Washington, DC,United States
Required Language(s):	English
Preferred Language(s):
Closing Date:	9/3/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

Build a career with impact. Working at the World Bank Group (WBG) provides a unique opportunity to help countries solve their greatest development challenges. As one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries, the WBG is a unique partnership of five global institutions dedicated to ending poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, the WBG works with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges.

The WBG’s Digital and AI Vice Presidency, which houses the Digital & AI industry expertise across the WBG, works to connect operational teams across the WBG and clients with effective public‑ and private‑sector solutions to address barriers to expand internet access and usage in emerging markets. Its mandate is to deliver knowledge and solutions that enable the WBG to advance its mission. Within this structure, the Digital Access Solutions & Impact Department (WKDAX) focuses on building the foundations of digital economies by advancing quality, affordable, and safe digital infrastructure access and data & AI solutions, with the aim of delivering scalable development impact and creating more and better jobs.

The WKDAX group is looking to recruit a Washington, DC-based Investment Officer (IO) with extensive sector and investment experience to help deepen the scope, reach and impact of WBG interventions under the digital access and affordability objectives. The role encompasses product structuring, global client relationship management, business development, sector strategy design, knowledge creation, and leading global transaction processing. The Investment Officer will work closely with external clients and partners, as well as WBG teams across regions and disciplines.

Duties and Accountabilities: 

The responsibilities of the Investment Officer will include but are not limited to:
•  Supporting the delivery of WKDAX's Access and Affordability workplan, taking a leading role, to develop and implement solutions as laid out under the WBG Digital Strategy Implementation Plan, with guidance from senior members of the team.
•  Serve as an investment lead supporting WBG management and teams globally on transaction structuring, business development, and execution.
•  Identify and design innovative, replicable, and scalable investment solutions (spanning new partners, business models, and financing structures), deploying the WBG product suite to address digital access and affordability gaps in emerging markets, in partnership with other WBG teams and external partners.
•  Review WBG and IFC projects and provide guidance to project teams on structuring, market insights, and risk assessment and mitigation.
•  Support the design of WBG-led events with sectoral focus or external industry event participations to strengthen the WBG’s sectoral network and discussions with stakeholders around critical issues to deliver on the WBG Digital Strategy.
•  Lead and support client relationship management, working with global client relationship managers to drive engagement and business development across the digital sector.
•  Lead WBG’s work in sub-sectors and/or cross-cutting initiatives, including being the primary contact point with regional and functional departments.
•  Contribute to knowledge development efforts and knowledge sharing across WBG's regional sector groups, with a focus on supporting business development, market creation, and solution delivery.
•  Support junior staff recruitment, and mentor and coach less-experienced staff to build talent and grow the team's skill base.

Selection Criteria

•  MBA or Master's degree in finance, economics, or a related field; CFA designation is a plus.
•  At least 8+ years of relevant experience, preferably including several years at a development finance institution.
•  Extensive experience in the digital access and affordability sector, with a strong track record across origination, structuring, and transaction execution in developing countries.
•  Experience with a broad range of IFC investment products, including debt, equity, trade and supply chain finance, and blended finance structures.
•  Demonstrated ability to assess sector challenges from both public and private sector perspectives, and to translate that judgment into scalable, replicable investment solutions.
•  Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with proven leadership capabilities to initiate and drive project implementation independently and deliver results under competing priorities.
•  Ability to work effectively in multicultural teams across organizational and geographic boundaries, and to provide guidance, supervision, and quality control to junior team members.
•  Ability to engage directly and independently with senior management of clients, partners, and government officials.
•  Genuine interest in the WBG and IFC's mission, strategy, and values; committed to the highest ethical standards.
•  Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, with the ability to convey complex ideas clearly and present with confidence.

Note: This internal requisition is open to WBG and IMF staff only. External candidates are requested not to apply. In case an external candidate applies, their application will not be considered.
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