(Senior) Investment Officer, Infrastructure Europe

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.