WBG Director, Data and AI

Overview

The World Bank Group is a unique global partnership of five institutions driven by a bold vision to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. As one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries, we help solve the world’s greatest development challenges. When you join the World Bank Group, you become part of a dynamic, diverse organization with 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide. We work with public and private sector partners, invest in groundbreaking projects, and use data, research, and technology to bring tangible and transformative change around the globe.

VPU Context

The WBG Digital and AI Vertical Vice Presidency is responsible for getting the right public and private sector solutions to our operational teams and to our clients, and to produce scalable impact. Its mandate is to deliver knowledge for impact and business to enable and support the WBG to achieve its goals in support of our mission and specifically : providing guidance on creating more and better jobs; supporting foundational infrastructure and human capital, policy environment, and private sector mobilization; focusing on agribusiness, healthcare, infrastructure, manufacturing, and tourism; and digital and AI interventions play a critical part in the achievement of specific targets including for digital connectivity and verifiable credentials. The VPU’s objectives in driving outcomes include replicating and scaling effective solutions, enhancing thought leadership and innovation, and delivering timely knowledge to client teams.

Position Title

WBG Director, Data and AI – Solutions and Impact

Department & Reporting

The Data and AI – Solutions and Impact Department is comprised of 30+ staff. This director position reports to the WBG Vice President, Digital and AI Vertical, who is accountable to the IBRD / IDA, IFC, and MIGA Managing Directors.

Duties and Accountabilities

The WBG Director will lead a diverse and multidisciplinary team of staff with skills from across IBRD / IDA, IFC, and MIGA institutions and business contexts. The WBG Global Director will be accountable for modeling WBG leadership values and managerial behavior and ensure that the unit delivers on its commitments.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Lead the new WBG approach Solutions and Impact in Data and AI, and drive the organizational change needed to build a new Department that will bring together teams from different parts of WBG.
• Lead and coordinate the implementation of sector / thematic / industry strategies and global targets with the Manager for Policy and Regulations.
• Provide vision and direction for the team to deliver scaling and replication solutions and impact for public and private sector clients that help unlock private sector financing and drive impactful changes. Mobilize and lead Solutions and Impact teams and ensure alignment between policy and regulations and solutions and impact.
• Guide scaling and replication of small AI and cybersecurity solutions including through testing and adaptation and the development of platforms. Collaborate with WBG Directors of other sectors, verticals, and horizontals, Regions, and with DEC to capture, scale, replicate and monitor innovative and multi‑sectoral solutions.
• Represent the VPU on WBG corporate strategic issues.

Operational Delivery

Relationship Management

Global Engagement

Internal Engagement and Capacity Building

Knowledge Management and Communications

People / Talent Management

Resource Management

Selection Criteria

The ideal candidate for the role of WBG Director for Data and AI – Solutions and Impact Department will be a seasoned executive with a deep understanding of strategy, technology and financing of data, small AI and cyber, strategic leadership roles in complex public organizations and / or private companies that have successfully rolled out AI applications that are trusted and secure, and the credibility to operate independently while influencing at the highest levels of both government and the private sector.

Required Qualifications and Experience

WBG Culture Attributes

Benefits and Equal Opportunity

The World Bank Group offers comprehensive benefits, including a retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; and paid leave, including parental leave, as well as reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We are proud to be an equal‑opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability. Learn more about working at World Bank and IFC, including our values and inspiring stories.

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