Senior Infrastructure Finance Specialist

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.