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Digital & AI Specialist
Software Engineering, Data Science
Posted on Aug 6, 2026
Working at the World Bank Group provides a unique opportunity for you to help our clients solve their greatest development challenges. The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work 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. For more information, www.worldbank.org Unit(s) Context The South Asia Region The South Asia Region comprises six countries (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) that range in size from India (with a population of over 1 billion) to Maldives (with 0.3 million people). The region has experienced a long period of robust economic growth, averaging 6% a year over the past 20 years. This strong growth has translated into reducing extreme poverty and strong improvements in human development. At the same time, the region remains home to one-third of the world’s poorest, and persistent structural challenges threaten to undermine sustained growth, hindering the region’s ability to create jobs and respond to climate shocks. The South Asia Region: https://www.worldbank.org/en/region/sar Digital AI Vice Presidency Digital technologies offer a unique opportunity to transform development through digital solutions. The Digital AI Vice Presidency and its global and regional teams will support client countries in building the foundational and cross-cutting elements of digital transformation through: • Building broadband connectivity infrastructure, last mile access and data platforms (including last mile connectivity and data infrastructure) • Strengthening digital public infrastructure (DPI), including digital ID, data sharing, verifiable credentials and digitalizing government services that improve accountability and transparency • Protecting institutions, businesses, and citizens through cybersecurity and data protection privacy • Developing ICT sectors and supporting digital entrepreneurship, skills, and jobs • Enabling AI-ready economies by supporting governments in building the policy, regulatory, data, and infrastructure foundations needed to harness AI responsibly and at scale • Supporting the Vice presidencies of People, Prosperity, Planet, and Infrastructure in the digitalization efforts of their clients, and in leveraging digital solutions, including building client sectoral digital capacity, defining and implementing sectoral specific AI strategies, and designing AI-powered solutions For more information: https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/digital The roles and responsibilities include but are not limited to: The Opportunity The World Bank Group’s (WBG) engagement on digital development is rapidly growing in the South Asia region (SAR) in response to increased client demand for knowledge, technical assistance, and financing. The overall SAR Digital agenda aims to enhance the speed, scale, and impact of the WBG’s support to enable countries to make the most of digital opportunities and address emerging challenges in an effective and agile manner. SAR Digital Unit is looking for a Digital AI Specialist to be based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The position will report to the South Asia Regional Practice Manager for Digital AI and work as a team with a Senior Digital AI Specialist (also based in Dhaka), as well as with other team members based globally. More specifically, the roles and responsibilities are to: The Digital AI Specialist, together with the Sr. Digital AI Specialist based in Dhaka, and the broader team will be responsible for the following: • Support client engagements in Bangladesh in their digital transformation ambition and supervise activities in the sector as a technical expert; support policy dialogue with senior government officials, coordinating across relevant government agencies, development partners and other World Bank Global Departments and Verticals. • Contribute to the design, preparation and supervision of World Bank Group financed investment and policy reform programs on digital and AI, with a particular emphasis on strengthening underpinning infrastructure for an AI ready economy, including digital public infrastructure, digital skills, and strengthening digital connectivity infrastructure through leveraging private sector investments. • Advise clients on strategies, best practices and design of programs to develop the foundations of their digital economies. This may include participating in technical assistance activities and providing just-in-time technical and strategic expertise on the design of the overall policy, legal, regulatory and institutional framework for the digital and AI agenda. • Support policy dialogue and provide technical advisory services to support client countries in developing AI-ready economies, including designing national AI strategies, AI governance and regulatory frameworks, data governance regimes, and AI ethics and responsible AI policies that are contextually appropriate for developing country contexts. • Liaise and provide guidance to colleagues working in other sectors (including agriculture, health, education, energy, financial services, transport, etc.) on how to leverage digital technologies and AI to improve public service delivery and efficiency in the respective sectors and to stimulate digital innovation, entrepreneurship and investment in those sectors by private sector actors. • Contribute to policy dialogue with senior officials of client countries, regional institutions and development partner agencies.