Senior Infrastructure Finance Specialist

Job #: req38002
Organization: World Bank
Sector: Transport, Energy, or Urban
Grade: GG
Term Duration: 4 years 0 months
Recruitment Type: International Recruitment
Location: New Delhi,India
Required Language(s): English
Preferred Language(s):
Closing Date: 9/11/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

This position is a part of the Japanese recruitment mission.

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.

South Asia and India Context

The South Asia Region—comprising Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka—is at a pivotal stage of development. Rapid economic growth, driven by urbanization and demographic change, has contributed to significant poverty reduction, but substantial disparities persist. The region also faces increasing climate risks, environmental pressures, infrastructure and service-delivery gaps, informality, and low female labor-force participation.

Sustained, private sector-led growth—underpinned by investment in infrastructure, energy, logistics, urban development, and connectivity—is critical to strengthening competitiveness and generating the jobs needed for South Asia’s sizeable youth population. At the same time, continued investment in human capital will be essential to ensure that the region’s population is equipped to benefit from the jobs and economic opportunities of the future.

India, the region’s largest economy, is undergoing a profound urban, demographic, and economic transformation. Meeting the country’s growing demand for reliable and affordable energy, sustainable urban infrastructure and services, efficient mobility and logistics systems, and climate-resilient connectivity will be critical to improving access to jobs and services, supporting decarbonization, enhancing competitiveness, and attracting private investment. The World Bank Group’s engagement in India increasingly calls for integrated solutions that combine policy and institutional reforms, well-targeted public investment, innovative financing structures, and private-sector participation.

The South Asia Infrastructure Department (ISADR) supports countries in developing sustainable, resilient, and inclusive infrastructure systems. Its programs span energy, transport and logistics, and urban infrastructure, and adopt an integrated, cross-sectoral approach to advancing economic growth, job creation, regional and domestic connectivity, resilience, and improved service delivery. Across these areas, the Department works with national and subnational governments, public agencies and utilities, state-owned enterprises, private investors and operators, financial institutions, and development partners.

Reflecting the World Bank Group’s focus on Private Capital Mobilization, infrastructure engagements are increasingly developed and implemented in close collaboration with IFC and MIGA. By combining policy reform, institutional strengthening, public financing, private investment, guarantees, risk-mitigation instruments, and other innovative financing solutions,



the World Bank Group seeks to help clients deliver high-quality infrastructure services and maximize development impact.

ISADR seeks to recruit Senior Infrastructure Finance Specialist, based in New Delhi, to provide financial expertise across the Department’s infrastructure program in South Asia. The selected candidate may be assigned to the Transport, Energy, or Urban team, depending on business needs, and will work across practices and institutions to originate, assess, structure, and support the implementation of infrastructure operations and advisory engagements.

The responsibilities of the selected candidate will include:
• Lead complex infrastructure-finance interventions designed to mobilize private and commercial capital for infrastructure investments across South Asia
• Develop and structure financing solutions using instruments and approaches such as project finance, public-private partnerships, blended finance, climate finance, guarantees, credit enhancement, risk-sharing facilities, and domestic capital-market solutions.
• Undertake and review financial analysis, modeling, and due diligence, including assessments of project bankability, cash flows, risk allocation, creditworthiness, affordability, fiscal and contingent liabilities, and financing options.
• Provide transaction-oriented advice on the preparation, structuring, negotiation, and implementation of infrastructure investments, including measures to improve commercial viability and crowd in private capital.
• Lead policy dialogue and advisory work on sector financial sustainability, the financial and operational performance of public utilities and state-owned enterprises, and the enabling environment for commercial and private financing.
• Support the development of One World Bank Group solutions by collaborating with IFC and MIGA on project origination, structuring, risk mitigation, and the effective deployment of the full range of World Bank Group products.
• Lead the preparation and implementation of lending operations, guarantees, and Advisory Services and Analytics (ASA), ensuring strong technical quality and alignment with country and sector priorities.
• Engage with ministries of finance and sector ministries, subnational and city governments, public agencies, private sponsors and operators, investors, lenders, development partners, and other stakeholders on infrastructure-financing and delivery models.
• Contribute to business development, strategic partnerships, analytical work, and knowledge products, and share lessons across sectors, countries, and the wider World Bank Group.
• Independently lead complex assignments and policy dialogue and mentor less-experienced staff.

Desirable sector specializations. Experience in one or more of the following areas would be an advantage: rail infrastructure finance (including project and capital-market financing); urban infrastructure and municipal finance; and financing of midstream and downstream gas infrastructure.

Selection Criteria

• Master’s degree in finance, business, economics or other related field.
• A minimum of eight years of relevant professional experience in infrastructure financing, investment, project development, transaction advisory, or a closely related field.




• Demonstrated experience with infrastructure project finance and financial structuring involving public- and private-sector institutions, preferably in emerging markets or developing economies.
• Strong knowledge of financing instruments, public-private partnership structures, risk allocation and mitigation, credit enhancement, and approaches to private capital mobilization.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex financial, institutional, policy, and regulatory issues and translate analysis into practical, implementable solutions for clients.
• Experience working with governments, public agencies or utilities, financial institutions, investors, project sponsors, and development partners. Experience with multilateral development banks, development finance institutions, IFC, or MIGA would be an advantage.
• Strong client-engagement, policy-dialogue, negotiation, presentation, and technical-writing skills, including the ability to communicate complex financial issues clearly to non-specialist audiences.
• Solid client-engagement, policy-dialogue, negotiation, presentation, and technical-writing skills, including the ability to communicate complex financial issues clearly to non-specialist audiences.
• Excellent written and spoken English. Knowledge of another language relevant to South Asia would be an advantage.
• The World Bank Group’s standard grade-level requirements and core competencies GG-level appointments apply.

Required Competencies:
• Infrastructure finance transaction skills: identifies project risks, proposes appropriate mitigation measures, evaluates financing alternatives, and advises clients on fit-for-purpose financing approaches.
• Development and policy-dialogue skills: converts technical and cross-country knowledge into practical contributions to country and sector strategies and engages credibly with clients at policy and transaction levels.
• Integrative skills: understands the interrelationships among infrastructure sectors, public finance, private investment, climate objectives, and institutional reform.
• Leadership and collaboration: develops solutions with others, delivers results for clients and collaborates across organizational boundaries.
• Lead and Innovate - Develops innovative solutions with others.
• Deliver Results for Clients - Achieves results and identifies mission-driven solutions for the client.
• Collaborate Within Teams and Across Boundaries - Initiates collaboration across boundaries and broadly across WBG, and brings differing ideas into the forefront.
• Create, Apply and Share Knowledge - Creates, applies and shares knowledge from across and outside WBG to strengthen internal and/or external client solutions.
• Make Smart Decisions - Recommends and takes decisive action.

WBG Culture Attributes:

1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact.
3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability.

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