Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Innovative Transactions and Products:
Identify and support the development of innovative gender and inclusion transactions and products, integrating cutting-edge gender and inclusion approaches into project design and advisory services.
Design and implement scalable solutions and platforms like “Banking on Women” that can be replicated across markets, increasing the impact of IFC investments and advisory services toward the WBG Gender and Inclusion Strategy KPIs and Corporate Scorecard.
Experiment with and test new investment structures, including using blended finance, aimed at promoting gender and economic inclusion in partnership with industry teams.
Develop and implement pilot projects to assess the feasibility and impact of innovative investment and advisory delivery models.
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to refine and scale gender and inclusion investment advisory structures.
Crowdsourcing and Co-Creation:
Inform and lead select crowdsourcing and co-creation processes to identify and enable gender and inclusion-focused investment and advisory opportunities.
Spot game-changing trends, technologies, and business models that can help bring gender and inclusion solutions to emerging markets.
Conduct sector-specific data analysis and stress-testing of various operating models to help generate ideas for new projects, new products, and platform businesses, in collaboration with Thought Leadership Unit, Corporate Strategy, and industry departments.
Enable investment transactions that intentionally seek to address social inequalities (including gender gaps) across debt and equity in emerging markets.
Contribute to due diligence, financial analysis, risk assessments, project/facility structuring, and client/partner negotiations for potential investments, as relevant to innovation GEI solutions.
Innovation Process and Solution Lifecycle Management:
Oversee the development and management of innovation processes and create an agile environment that encourages entrepreneurial thinking and seeks creative programming.
Foster collaboration across departments, especially industries, and ensure the efficient deployment of staffing and resources, with a rigorous selection of solutions to pursue.
Oversee the lifecycle of Inclusive Capital projects from ideation to scaling, ensuring rigorous evaluation and refinement.
Ensure successful implementation of flagship programs by managing project teams and maintaining high standards of quality.
Incubate high-impact projects and initiatives that require upstream development before investment.
Strategic Development of Innovation Center:
Work closely with the Principal Innovation Officer to develop and execute strategic initiatives that drive Innovation Center goals and metrics in line with WBG/IFC Gender KPIs and overall IFC business KPIs.
Contribute to the development of policies and frameworks that support inclusive investment practices.
Collaborate closely with thought leadership unit, especially the Data/Impact team to define pathways from research to solutions.
Collaborate closely with regional operations teams to identify pathways/destinations for innovation solutions.
Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration:
Foster a culture of collaboration with internal and external partners, ensuring diverse participation in inclusive capital innovation initiatives.
Monitor and support standard-setting activities, including gender-lens investing criteria and disclosure approaches, to ensure alignment with market best practices and new investment mechanisms.
Collaborate with cross-industry teams to support gender and inclusion-related project execution and upskilling initiatives.
Engage with regional and industry teams to incorporate their insights and ensure alignment with needs.
Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, including clients, partners, and donors.
Knowledge Sharing and Upskilling:
Facilitate knowledge flow across GEID, IFC and the World Bank Group, and promote the adoption of new approaches and best practices.
Help build external recognition of IFC’s distinctive capabilities in innovation and gender and inclusion to catalyze a greater flow of investment and advisory opportunities in gender and inclusion.
Mentor and support junior team members working on Innovation activities, providing guidance and expertise in investment transactions and innovative structures.
Contribute to bespoke gender and inclusion-related training sessions and external events.
Facilitate the development of gender and inclusion-related case studies, tools, and publications to enhance institutional capacity on inclusive capital topics and best practices.
Resource Mobilization:
Contribute to fundraising efforts to secure financial support for innovation projects and the innovation center operations, including concessional seed funding to stimulate market-moving solutions.
Allocate resources effectively, prioritizing initiatives with the highest potential impact on gender equality.
Monitoring and Evaluating Performance:
Contribute to the development of Innovation Center performance metrics, value proposition and strategic communications to establish the unit under the guidance of Principal Innovation Officer.
Establish robust monitoring and evaluation frameworks to assess the impact of inclusive capital innovation initiatives.
Use data and evidence to inform decision-making and improve program outcomes.
Report on progress and impact on GEID Leadership Team, internal and external stakeholders.
The selected candidate should be seasoned with in-depth investment and consulting experience working with the private sector and across institutional structures to deliver inclusive investment solutions. They routinely lead staff, initiatives, programs, projects, and integrate the work of others (often multi-disciplinary). They confidently deliver quality output and can work and inspire others with a sense of urgency. They can proficiently interact with companies’ senior management (and/or Boards of Directors), development partners and communicate with senior government counterparts and other organizations with confidence on the topic at hand.
Selection Criteria
Master’s degree in economics, finance, business, or other relevant discipline required.
At least eight years of professional experience in private sector development in emerging markets with decision-making responsibility, ideally with a focus on gender and inclusion.
At least 8 years of experience in investment structuring with strong financial analysis skills. Understanding of different asset classes and investment strategies. Strong experience with equity or equity-like instruments would be a plus.
Experience designing advisory projects, including results frameworks to capture gender/inclusion outcomes and impacts.
Broad experience across gender and economic inclusion topics with the demonstrated ability to engage with credibility and confidence.
Proven track record in developing, successfully implementing, and scaling high-impact initiatives.
Strong experience in emerging markets in at least one region; additional experience or exposure to emerging markets in other region(s) would be a plus.
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worldbankgroup.csod.com
