Join a team shaping the future of global development by transforming how institutions deliver impact. In this role, you will lead long-term partnerships with multilateral development banks, bilateral agencies, and major philanthropies, guiding them to strengthen performance systems and embed impact at the core of their operations. Your work will center on diagnosing institutional processes, designing strategic reforms, and ensuring real-world adoption through skilled change management.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead complex, multi-country initiatives from strategy through implementation, working directly with senior leaders in government and international organizations
- Translate nuanced findings into clear, practical strategies that decision-makers can act on, supporting execution every step of the way
- Design and rigorously test new models for impact, including AI-powered tools and innovative financing mechanisms such as pull-based incentives for climate technology
- Prototype emerging solutions, from intelligent reform assistants to adaptive financing frameworks, to accelerate development outcomes
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with high-level stakeholders across sectors and regions
- Manage diverse, globally distributed teams—overseeing workstreams, budgets, timelines, and quality—while mentoring junior colleagues
- Advance thought leadership in performance management, results-based financing, and institutional transformation
- Support a global network of civil service leaders focused on empowering public sector innovation
Qualifications and Attributes
You bring deep experience in strategy, international development, or high-stakes advisory roles, with a proven ability to lead complex engagements. A master’s degree in public policy, economics, business, or a related field is expected. You excel at untangling ambiguity, turning insight into action, and driving adoption in bureaucratic environments. Your communication style inspires confidence with ministers, donors, and foundation executives.
Change doesn’t happen through ideas alone—you’ve demonstrated the ability to turn concepts into pilots, manage resistance, and build ownership across institutions. You lead with humility, thrive in fast-evolving contexts, and bring a builder’s mindset to every challenge. Fluency in English is essential; French or Spanish language skills are an asset. Familiarity with results-based financing, impact measurement, or performance management strengthens your profile.
Environment and Growth
This role operates at the intersection of policy, innovation, and execution, with exposure to cutting-edge applications of AI in research, analysis, and program delivery. You’ll work across time zones in a culture that values intellectual rigor, initiative, and collaboration without ego. Professional growth is built in—through mentorship, leadership opportunities, and direct influence on global development practice.
Compensation reflects the seniority and global scope of the position. The role supports flexible, distributed collaboration, enabling engagement across regions and institutions worldwide.
