Build a career with impact. Working at the World Bank Group (WBG) provides a unique opportunity to help countries solve their greatest development challenges. As one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries, the WBG is a unique partnership of five global institutions dedicated to ending poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, the WBG works with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges.

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is a member of the World Bank Group (WBG) with a mission to promote foreign direct investment into developing countries to help end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet. MIGA houses the WBG guarantee platform which brings together products and experts from the World Bank (WB), International Finance Corporation (IFC), and MIGA for simplicity, efficiency, and speed. MIGA serves as a one-stop shop for all WBG guarantee business. For more information, visit www.miga.org.

MIGA has a regional presence within Latin America and the Caribbean in Brazil, Panama, and Argentina. The presence of staff in the region helps MIGA to work more effectively with LAC based clients and the wider WBG entities and allows it to actively participate in regional markets and to benefit from the strength of outbound and inbound investments. It also offers a chance to build on the growing interest of investors looking for opportunities in emerging markets.

MIGA’s LAC Regional Operations unit (MIGLA) is now seeking a Senior Business Development Officer on extended term consultant contract with extensive financial structuring, new business origination, working knowledge of WBG guarantees and client management experience to identify new business opportunities, achieve business targets, and grow the WBG Guarantee Platform business. The position will be based in Miami and supervised by the Regional Head of LAC.

Duties and accountabilities

New business origination and client relationship management

• Identify new business opportunities to mobilize private financing/investment for private and public sector projects through the instruments of the WBG Guarantee Platform in LAC.

• Develop project leads from identification through guarantee application, ensuring high-level client relationship management throughout the process; this will include performing eligibility assessments, developing pricing strategies and pricing models, executing benchmark analyses in collaboration with banking partners, designing uses of proceeds in coordination with other MIGA departments (including with climate, environmental & social, legal and economics teams) to ensure alignment with internal requirements and strategic priorities, structuring initial deals, and assisting clients through the application process, amongst others.

• Develop and implement strategies, in collaboration with the Regional Head of LAC, for priority sectors, and sub-sectors, as well as for priority areas such as job creation, climate mitigation and adaptation, energy transition, and others.

• Develop, maintain and manage relationships with public and private sector clients at senior levels, including national and subnational governments, state-owned enterprises, national and regional public development banks, international commercial banks, institutional investors, and project sponsors.

• Develop and maintain partnerships with donors and other Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) and reginal Development Finance Institutions (DFIs).

• Promote the WBG Guarantee Platform, including marketing the guarantee product offerings of the WB, IFC and MIGA and understanding how these can complement each other to provide maximum value to the client.

Deal structuring

• Work with clients, Sector Managers and Underwriters to structure guarantee projects to address client needs in line with MIGA business goals, strategic priorities, and policy directives.

• Work with other MIGA departments, including with climate, environmental & social, legal and economics teams, as well as with WBG colleagues to ensure alignment of projects with internal requirements and WBG strategic priorities.

• Prepare and make presentations to management and other MIGA Teams about potential and ongoing guarantee projects.

Underwriting support

• Work with the Regional Head of LAC, Sector Managers, Underwriters and project and portfolio teams to facilitate project analysis, provide underwriting expertise and quality control, as well as high level client management oversight.

• Support project due diligence, including evaluating financing structures of projects as well as reviewing legal documents and financial models.

• Ensure consistency of MIGA’s guarantees with WBG Country Partnership Framework (CPF) and assess project’s risks in view of MIGA’s standards.

WBG Collaboration

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with WB Country Management Units and Global Practices, as well as IFC country and sector teams, leverage relationships with government clients and investors, generate new business opportunities, maximize the benefits of a WBG collaboration, and ensure alignment with WBG strategic priorities.

• Collaborate with relevant MIGA, WB and IFC colleagues on country partnership engagements and WBG strategy initiatives.

• Innovation and Knowledge:

• Leverage knowledge of client needs and market trends to develop new products or product applications, including developing the concept, socializing it with clients and management, obtaining management and Board approvals, and implementing pilot projects.

• Mentor/supervise junior underwriters, analysts and other staff to develop their professional and technical expertise.

• Share knowledge and expertise at MIGA and other WBG learning events.

• Develop MIGA’s marketing materials in collaboration with the Communications team.

• Events and public speaking: Represent MIGA and proactively seek out speaking engagements at high-level conferences or other events where it is desired to market its services and products; oversee sponsorship at such events where needed.