Senior Private Sector Specialist

World Bank Group•Washington, DC

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The World Bank Group (WBG) is seeking a Senior Private Sector Specialist to join the WBG Planet Vice Presidency, which leads the WBG's efforts to make the planet livable for job creation and poverty elimination. This role will focus on providing public and private sector solutions to operational teams and clients to achieve scalable impact. The position is within the World Bank Group’s Water Department, specifically supporting the 2030 Water Resources Group (WRG), a global multi-donor trust fund hosted by the WBG. WRG works with governments, corporations, and civil society to address water risks affecting food, cities, and ecosystems through strategic insights, collaboration, and financing to scale solutions. The WRG's work is structured around three themes: Water for Planet, Water for Cities, and Water for Food. The approved 2026-2030 Strategic Plan aims to increase WRG's impact and align more closely with the WBG's Water Strategy Implementation Plan.

Requirements

An advanced degree (master’s or PhD) in water, economics, finance or other qualifications relevant to the position and at least 8 years of relevant experience in mobilizing private capital and supporting private sector participation.
Track record of driving innovations for private sector development and financing in the water sector across different instrument types.
Demonstrated experience in developing high-quality analytical products, supporting enabling environment improvements, and designing public-private partnership models, fund structures, and capital markets instruments to crowd in the private sector.
Strong analytical skills and expertise in the technical, financial, and economic aspects of the water sector.
Experience in leading partnerships with an established network of partners across public sector, private sector, and international organizations, among others.
Demonstrated ability to lead teams.
Excellent writing and presentational skills, and ability to synthesize large amounts of material into crisp briefing memos and Power Point presentations.
Strong written and spoken English language communications skills are required.

Nice To Haves

Any additional language skills will be an advantage.

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership on private sector development and private capital mobilization in 2030 WRG’s global and country programs and activities, including the design of investment funds, PPPs, capital markets instruments etc.
Support Bank operations as agreed with the Program Manager with respect to enabling private capital mobilization.
Lead high-quality global analytical products on private capital mobilization and private sector development.
Coordinate engagements with key partners at senior-most levels on private sector participation in the water sector, including public sector, private sector, multilateral development banks, bilateral agencies, and civil society.
Innovate on private sector financing solutions across water sub-sectors with IFC, MIGA, and other parts of the WB.
Support the engagement with various private sector companies (e.g., agribusiness companies, technology companies, industrial/ manufacturing companies, operators, financiers etc.) as potential 2030 WRG/ WBG partners at the global, regional, and national levels.
Support strategy development, business planning, financial management and monitoring of the global WRG program.
Lead the coordination of the 2030 WRG global governance structure and the development of the annual operational plan.