Manager - PPP, Transaction Advisory, Middle East, Turkiye, Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan

The Manager leads IFC's PPP transaction advisory team across the Middle East, Turkiye, Central Asia, Afghanistan and Pakistan regions. The role involves managing a high-performing team, implementing PPP strategies, developing client relationships, and supporting corporate finance services to grow IFC's PPP business in the region.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a specialized transaction team across the regions ensuring high performance and motivation.
• Achieve PPP Private Capital Mobilization targets and other KPIs.
• Develop and implement MCA’s advisory business strategy in partnership with Division Directors and Country Managers.
• Originate, execute, and manage a pipeline of PPP mandates and programs across infrastructure and public services sectors.
• Oversee preparation of transaction reports and project documents including due diligence and transaction structuring.
• Foster strong relationships with World Bank Group counterparts to identify collaboration opportunities.
• Participate actively in MCA Management Team.
• Manage financial and operational risks in the regional PPP portfolio.
• Develop IFC’s brand in the PPP sector and build relationships with key regional stakeholders including governments, sponsors, investors, regulators, donors and NGOs.
• Contribute actively to IFC’s global practice and leverage global experience to maximize value addition to clients and projects.

Requirements

• A master’s degree or equivalent professional qualification in finance, business, law, public policy, consulting, or a related field.
• At least 12 years of relevant professional experience.
• Candidates whose backgrounds combine two or more of these disciplines are preferred.
• Extensive advisory transaction experience in infrastructure and public services.
• Proven record of building client relationships and executing mandates in challenging environments.
• PPP transaction advisory experience in the region is desirable.
• Strong business delivery, investment and advisory expertise.
• Sound business judgment and professional credibility.
• Proven product development and risk management capabilities.
• Record of innovation in developing and structuring products that support investment in emerging markets.
• Excellent people management skills and openness to feedback.
• Ability to lead a large, geographically dispersed team in a dynamic, multicultural environment.
• Ability to make difficult decisions and hold others accountable for results.
• Ability to strengthen organizational capacity through improvements to systems and processes.
• Collaborative team player, effective leader and strategic thinker.
• Ability to develop innovative solutions and challenge the status quo.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across the World Bank Group and other financial institutions.
• Strong influencing, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
• Capacity to build strong client relationships resulting in development-focused partnerships.
• Ability to represent IFC externally and foster relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated capacity to deliver results under demanding timelines and challenging environments.
• Meets the World Bank Group’s managerial selection criteria including courage of conviction, leading teams for impact, influencing across boundaries, fostering openness to new ideas, and building talent for the future.
• Strong commitment to the World Bank Group’s mission.

Skills

• PPP Transaction Advisory
• Infrastructure Advisory
• Public Services Advisory
• Client Relationship Management
• Investment Advisory
• Business Delivery
• Risk Management
• Product Development
• People Management
• Team Leadership
• Strategic Thinking
• Organizational capacity building
• System Improvement
• Cross-Organizational Collaboration
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Communications Skills
• Decision Making
• Facilitation Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Corporate Finance

Languages

English