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Senior Investment Officer - Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Services (MAS) Europe, Upstream & Advisory
Posted on Jul 22, 2026
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. The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. We work in more than 100 countries, using our capital, expertise, and influence to create markets and opportunities in developing countries. In fiscal year 2025, IFC committed a record $71.7 billion to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries, leveraging private sector solutions, and mobilizing private capital to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. For more information, visit www.ifc.org. Working at the WBG provides a unique opportunity to help countries solve their greatest development challenges. Through its five global institutions — IBRD, IDA, IFC, MIGA and ICSID the WBG works with public and private sector partners to address the world's most urgent challenges. At the core of this effort is a shared mission: creating jobs that lift people out of poverty and contribute to a world free of poverty on a livable planet. With the private sector accounting for approximately 90% of jobs in developing countries, IFC’s work is central to the World Bank Group’s jobs agenda. Through Upstream and Advisory IFC leverages WBG expertise, tools and solutions to address market barriers, support reforms, and develop impactful and investable opportunities in order to mobilize private capital and create jobs across sectors with significant growth and employment potential, such as foundational infrastructure, manufacturing, agribusiness, healthcare and tourism. MAS EUR Upstream Advisory is seeking a Senior Investment Officer (SIO), to drive strategic origination and impactful Upstream Advisory engagements across the MAS sectors in the Europe region. The Senior Investment Officer will lead proactive business development, support design and delivery One WBG initiatives that contextualize scalable WBG solutions to deliver on Country Partnership Framework objectives and convert early-stage engagements into a strong pipeline of bankable investments. Duties and Accountabilities: • Deliver at least five (5) bankable mandates annually for high-impact investments with >5x private capital mobilization potential, contributing to the achievement of the WBG Scorecard outcome indicators in MAS sectors in the Europe region. • Build and manage relationships across clients, private sector partners, financial institutions, multilaterals, and governments to originate and advance investment opportunities. • Drive strategic business development by proactively engaging clients, demonstrating IFC’s value-add, and building a strong pipeline aligned with the priorities of Country Partnership Frameworks in IFC countries of operation in the Europe region. • Design and lead the delivery of Upstream engagements focused on originating bankable investment opportunities that convert WBG-supported reforms into private sector investments and structure innovative financing solutions to crowd private capital into the new markets and sectors opened by these reforms. • Design and lead the delivery of pre-investment Advisory engagements designed specifically to identify and mitigate risks, structure viable business models, and prepare clients to receive private capital. • Design and lead the delivery of high-impact Advisory engagements that amplify the job-creation impact of IFC investments with anchor firms by integrating and strengthening MSMEs within these anchors' value chains. • Leverage market intelligence and sector insights to shape strategic priorities, identify emerging investment opportunities, and enhance the origination and structuring of high-impact transactions. • Collaborate across teams and regions to develop sector/country strategies, deliver integrated solutions, and maximize the developmental outcomes of the WBG operations. • Mentor, coach, and develop junior team members, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, learning, accountability and excellence.