Principal Investment Officer

**Principal Investment Officer**

**Job #**:

- req33634

**Organization**:

- IFC

**Sector**:

- Investment

**Grade**:

- GH

**Term Duration**:

- 3 years 0 months

**Recruitment Type**:

- International Recruitment

**Location**:

- Singapore,Singapore; Mumbai,India; New Delhi,India

**Required Language(s)**:

- English

**Preferred Language(s)**:
**Closing Date**:

- 7/21/2025 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

**Description**

IFC — a member of the World Bank Group (WBG) — 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. Our mission is to leverage the power of the private sector to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet.

The Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Services (MAS) Industry Group plays an important role in supporting IFC’s strategic priorities, covering investments in the Global Manufacturing, Agribusiness, and Services sectors. MAS’ sectors play a critical role in providing goods and services to consumers, addressing core needs, creating jobs, contributing to government revenues and stimulating growth. In IFC’s client countries, these sectors can account for as much as 80% of overall economic activity and can account for up to 90% of employment activity, particularly in the poorest countries.

IFC’s 3.0 strategy aims to stimulate more investment activities across emerging markets, especially in Lower Income States (LICs), and fragile and conflict affected States (FCS). This strategy aims to create new investment opportunities for private investments in riskier markets and sectors by proactively working “upstream” to create, deepen, and expand markets and design and develop potential investment projects. Achieving these growth and impact ambitions at scale requires an approach to business development, deal sourcing, and client support that relies on (i) a broader product offering to engage earlier in project cycle and secure opportunities, (ii) a greater focus on preparing clients in nascent markets and sector development, (iii) a greater focus on value addition and risk management of portfolio investment clients to enhance their performance, and (iv) a longer time horizon and a more patient, longer term perspective.

MAS Upstream and Advisory, Asia and Pacific, team is looking for two Principal Investment Officers to lead MAS efforts to enable investment opportunities, enhance investment outcomes, and improve investment conditions in (i) Manufacturing sectors (both industrials and light manufacturing), and (ii) Services sectors (both Tourism, Retail and Properties, and Health and Education), including successfully designing, managing and reporting on projects and programs that deliver strong investment potential and development impact. The mix of these varied activities should be calibrated to meet the development needs of Asia Pacific emerging and developing markets and contribute to IFC growth and impact objectives.

The Manufacturing and Services Sector Leads will be based in India or Singapore and are expected to frequently visit other offices where the team and clients are based. The positions will report to the MAS Upstream Advisory Manager for Asia Pacific currently based in Singapore. The Sector Leads will work in partnership with the relevant regional Investment teams, Country Anchors, Climate Anchor, Gender Anchor and Global MAS team on the key priorities and resource allocation to achieve IFC’s sector strategic and business objectives.

**Roles and Responsibilities**

**Strategy, Knowledge and Thought Leadership**
- Remain up to date on global and regional sector market trends, technologies and business models that can increase development impact and present opportunities for high-value proprietary engagements.
- Formulate the sector strategy across the region in coordination with the regional investment teams, global sector teams and regional anchors drawing on and contributing to strategy and diagnostic products (e.g. Country Private Sector Diagnostics, Sector Deep Dives, Country Climate Diagnostic Reports, Country Strategies) as relevant.
- Lead the Sector strategic priorities through the design and implementation of upstream and advisory programs, as well as through engagement with the WB, to achieve KPIs / targets.
- Position IFC as a thought leader in agreed topics via preparation and external dissemination of written documents, participation as moderator and panelist in external fora, hosting webinar or similar event or publication of editorial or similar items referencing IFC’s position.
- Disseminate and absorb knowledge and experience across the regional industry department and global teams to support adoption of new approaches and best practices that have been developed in the relevant sector.

**Origination and Business development**
- Leverage sector trends to identify thematic opportun