(Senior) Investment Officer, Infrastructure Europe

(Senior) Investment Officer, Infrastructure Europe

Job #:

req39273

Organization:

IFC

Sector:

Investment

Grade:

GG

Term Duration: Open-Ended Staff (OPEN-OP)

Recruitment Type:

International Recruitment

Location:

Paris,France

Required Language(s):

English

Preferred Language(s):

A language used in the EUR region

Closing Date:

11/17/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

At the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. In fiscal year 2026, IFC committed a record $105.6 billion to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries. For more information, visit www.ifc.org.

The Europe Infrastructure unit is an open and dynamic team, which develops, advises, structures and invests in infrastructure projects across a number of sectors including power, transportation, telecom/digital technologies, urban infrastructure and utilities. Our geographic focus includes Ukraine, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Albania, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia.

We are seeking a (Senior) Investment Officer to be based in Paris, France to grow our regional footprint and further expand our business across the region. The selected candidate will work across the full IFC business cycle (origination, execution and portfolio management), with a particular focus on origination/business development – including with Western European sponsors - and transaction execution. The position will report into the Regional Industry Manager responsible for Ukraine, Poland, Moldova and the South Caucasus.

Duties and accountabilities:

The role and responsibilities of the position will include but not be limited to:

• Develop a strong pipeline of good quality investment opportunities in target markets/areas by anticipating market trends and employing sector/country knowledge.

• Develop and identify ways to use pre-investment initiatives to catalyze impactful transactions.

• Develop innovative and appropriate financial structures for complex transactions.

• Lead investment teams; use strong negotiation skills to develop solutions and overcome impasses, including in complex transactions and for portfolio projects.

• Coordinate closely with social, environmental, and technical assistance colleagues to add value to our clients' businesses, find pragmatic solutions to the specific sector challenges, and achieve sustainable development impact.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, global and regional private businesses, banking and multilateral partners and government officials to further develop the business and to develop specific investment opportunities.

• Coordinate with Knowledge Bank and World Bank colleagues and help create opportunities for investments for the private sector through policy reforms and public investment.

• Supervise and mentor more junior team members.

• As a senior member of the team, help shape business priorities across the region, provide strategic inputs to team management, and serve as a senior resource across business and team topics.

• Represent IFC externally and build recognition of IFC/WBG’s distinctive capabilities.

Selection Criteria

• At least 8 years of relevant experience in infrastructure project investment and financing activities.

• Master's degree or equivalent professional qualification in Business, Finance, Economics, or other relevant field.

• Strong business development and client relationship skills demonstrated by track record and ability to focus on clients’ needs effectively. Sound business judgment in identifying potential business partners and investment opportunities. Capacity to innovate and challenge the status quo.

• Strong technical and operational skills demonstrated by a track-record of structuring and closing investments in infrastructure sectors.

• Strong understanding of infrastructure sectors, including power, transportation, utilities, natural resources, telecoms. Equity investment, project finance and renewable energy finance experience. Prior experience in and knowledge of debt capital markets transactions is a plus.

• Excellent people skills, openness to feedback, new ideas, and ability to guide, and motivate others.

• Strong inter-personal skills, ability to interact effectively with clients and colleagues from various cultural backgrounds.

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills in English required. Must be able to deliver technical information in a clear, easily understandable and effective manner. Other relevant languages used in the team’s countries of operations is a strong plus.

• Willingness and ability to travel.

• Ability to use commercially available LLM tools like Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot for research, analysis, and drafting in investment, validate outputs against primary sources, and remain accountable for recommendations.

• Genuine commitment to sustainable development and to the World Bank Group’s mission.

As the World Bank Group continues to evolve, we value candidates who: • Demonstrate the ability to collaborate effectively across teams, disciplines, cultures, and institutional boundaries. • Responsibly leverage digital and AI-enabled tools to enhance productivity, learning, and decision-making. • Bring experience working in fragile, conflict-affected, and violent (FCV) contexts and are encouraged to highlight relevant experience in their application materials, where applicable.

WBG Culture Attributes:

1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders. 2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact. 3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results.

World Bank Group Core Competencies

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.

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