Overview
The World Bank Group is seeking a Manager, Farming and Agribusiness Solutions and Impact to lead efforts in transforming food systems and delivering scalable solutions for poverty elimination and a livable planet.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensures quality of WBG lending pipeline and portfolio
- Replicates/ scales high-impact projects & innovations across all WBG products relevant for Farming and Agribusiness
- Leads roll out of scalable solutions in the regions
- Shares best practices via WBG Communities of Practice
- Provides operational support to WBG Regions for accelerating the transformation of the food system
- Curates knowledge generated through WBG operations in the regions
- Manages relationships with IFC global corporate clients
- Leads, drives and inspires technical excellence within the team and the Department
- Supports WBG country teams to apply global knowledge and adapt them to local contexts
- Promotes innovative and cross-cutting research
- Leads efforts to collect, curate, validate and disseminate agriculture and food data
- Helps clients scale proven solutions, and design, implement and deliver training, learning and capacity building programs
Required Experience
- At least 12 years of relevant experience in the sector.
- Proven operational and development experience, including investment lending, with a strong record of delivering complex operations and policy dialogue across multiple regions and institutional settings.
- Demonstrated leadership and people management skills, including experience managing multi-location and virtual teams, and operating effectively with both formal and matrixed authority.
- Extensive experience collaborating across boundaries, working across practices, disciplines, and sectors, and in building partnerships with governments, the private sector, civil society, donors, and research institutions to achieve development results.
- Work in at least two world regions or a combination of regional and corporate assignments is required.
- Field experience is preferred.
- Knowledge and experience in one or more relevant thematic areas is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced degree (PhD or Master’s degree) in a relevant field including agriculture sciences, agriculture economics, agribusiness or related field.
