Program Manager – Partnership for Market Implementation Facility (PMIF)

Program Manager – Partnership for Market Implementation Facility (PMIF)

Job #

req37397

Organization

World Bank

Sector

Climate Change

Grade

GG

Term Duration: 3 years 0 months

Recruitment Type

International Recruitment

Location

Washington, DC,United States

Required Language(s)

Preferred Language(s)

Closing Date

7/20/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

The World Bank Group (WBG) supports countries in achieving resilient and low-carbon development pathways that advance growth, jobs, competitiveness, and poverty reduction. Climate action has become central to development outcomes and requires stronger integration of policy, finance, knowledge, innovation, and implementation.

The WBG Climate Department (“One Climate”) serves as the World Bank Group’s integrated platform to accelerate climate-smart development by bringing together expertise across IBRD, IDA, IFC, MIGA, and DEC and translating knowledge into operational solutions and investment. The Department enables clients and operational teams to move from diagnostics to implementation by combining analytics, policy support, capacity building, standards, financing solutions, and implementation support into an integrated climate offering. Through this model, the Climate Department helps countries strengthen enabling environments, mobilize public and private climate finance, and scale practical climate solutions that deliver development impact and jobs. The Department also serves as a central pillar of the WBG Knowledge Bank by connecting thought leadership, operational support, and implementation across sectors, regions, and institutions.

The “One Climate” department is composed of six units—Partnerships for Smart Development & Cross‑Sector Expertise (KTCPP), Analytics and Policy for Adaptation and Mitigation Finance (KTCPA), Sustainable Finance and Transaction Solutions (KTCSS), Strategy, Learning and Operations (KTCSL), Carbon Finance Solutions (KTCSC), and Market Building with Toolkits and Products (KTCSM)—organized across the two core functions of policies & regulations and solutions & impact.

Within the Climate Department, KTCPA

• Analytics & Policy for Adaptation & Mitigation Finance supports countries in designing and implementing adaptation and mitigation policies and regulatory frameworks that align with development objectives and mobilize finance at scale. KTCPA combines analytics, country engagement, technical assistance, knowledge, innovation, and partnerships to help bridge the implementation gap and support country transitions. On the mitigation side, KTCPA focuses on helping countries establish enabling environments and implementation pathways for carbon pricing, carbon markets, climate-smart regulation, market infrastructure, and financing solutions that mobilize investment and strengthen country systems. KTCPA supports practical implementation through country engagement, operational knowledge, innovation platforms, and strategic partnerships.

KTCPA complements the Climate Department’s broader work by helping connect the full carbon market creation value chain—from policy and regulatory design to institutional capacity, market infrastructure, transaction readiness, finance mobilization, and implementation learning—thereby supporting stronger coordination across teams, instruments, and country engagements.

The Partnership for Market Implementation Facility (PMIF) is one of KTCPA’s flagship multi-donor delivery platforms and brings together the Partnership for Market Implementation (PMI) and Compact with Africa – Green Business Fund (CwA) under a common management framework. PMIF supports countries in translating climate policy ambition into implementation through country programs, operational support, innovation, knowledge generation, and partnerships. The Facility contributes to advancing carbon pricing, carbon markets, climate finance mobilization, and implementation of broader climate-smart policy and financing solutions.

The Program Manager will lead the strategic management and delivery of PMIF and contribute to advancing KTCPA’s broader mitigation agenda through portfolio leadership, partnerships, operational delivery, and integration across the Climate Department, ensuring a coherent approach to the Department’s work work across the carbon market creation value chain and donor engagement, and the WBG.

Role Summary - The Program Manager is responsible for providing strategic leadership, coordination, and oversight for the delivery and evolution of PMIF as a flagship Climate Department platform. The role combines program management, portfolio oversight, partnerships, operational delivery, and knowledge leadership to support countries in translating climate ambition into implementation and mobilizing climate finance at scale. The Program Manager leads the PMIF Program Management Unit (PMU), ensuring effective coordination across the Facility’s delivery pillars and translating strategic priorities into integrated work planning, delivery, governance, and results.

• Program Leadership and Delivery
• Lead implementation of PMIF strategic priorities and annual work programs.
• Provide overall leadership and management of the PMIF Program Management Unit (PMU).
• Coordinate delivery across PMIF workstreams and designated leads, including country engagement, global knowledge and learning, innovation, partnerships, communications, and operations.
• Translate strategic direction into integrated work planning, portfolio decisions, and resource allocation.
• Provide overall technical direction for PMIF, ensuring that program delivery is grounded in robust, implementation-oriented technical frameworks and responds to evolving global carbon pricing and market developments.
• Support evolution of PMIF delivery models to respond to changing country demand and institutional priorities.
• Ensure alignment of PMIF activities with KTCPA and Climate Department objectives.
• Ensure alignment and active coordination with other Climate Department trust funds and programs (including CSF, SCALE, and related facilities) to support a coherent approach across the carbon creation value chain.
• Program Strategy and Delivery
• Lead implementation of PMIF strategic priorities and annual work programs.
• Translate strategic direction into operational delivery plans, portfolio decisions, and resource allocation.
• Support evolution of PMIF delivery models to respond to changing country demand and institutional priorities.
• Ensure alignment and harmonization of PMIF activities with KTCPA, Climate Department objectives and the objectives of the other units in the Department.
• Portfolio and Performance Management
• Oversee PMIF portfolio delivery across country engagement, knowledge, innovation, partnerships, and program management.
• Strengthen portfolio monitoring, performance management, and implementation support.
• Support resolution of implementation bottlenecks and promote adaptive portfolio management approaches.
• Advance delivery innovation and strengthen regional and country implementation mechanisms.
• Technical Coordination and Knowledge Delivery
• Coordinate implementation of PMIF’s technical work program across mitigation policy areas including carbon pricing, carbon markets, and climate finance.
• Promote stronger integration across country delivery, analytics, innovation, and operational learning.
• Support development and dissemination of implementation-oriented knowledge products and practical solutions.
• Contribute to strengthening KTCPA’s mitigation offering and operational relevance.
• Coordinate with relevant TF managers and technical leads across CSF, SCALE, and other initiatives to ensure consistency of approaches, avoid duplication, and promote complementarity along the carbon market value chain (policy, infrastructure, market design, and transactions).
• Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement
• Manage strategic relationships with donors and support governance and reporting processes.
• Coordinate engagement with governments, development partners, private sector stakeholders, and internal delivery teams.
• Support positioning and resource mobilization efforts for PMIF and related initiatives.
• Represent PMIF in relevant internal and external forums.
• Contribute to a coordinated Climate Department approach to donor engagement, including alignment of messaging, pipeline development, and engagement strategies across trust funds.
• Support the structuring of trust funds and financing instruments in coordination with other climate funding sources across the Knowledge Bank and WBG, ensuring complementarity and effective use of resources.
• Results, Learning and Communications
• Strengthen monitoring, evaluation, learning, and evidence generation across PMIF.
• Support operationalization of results frameworks and portfolio reporting.
• Promote communications, visibility, and dissemination of country results and implementation lessons.
• Team Leadership and Collaboration
• Lead and coordinate a multidisciplinary PMU team and foster a collaborative and delivery-oriented culture.
• Provide guidance and support to PMIF workstream leads and facilitate effective cross-team coordination.
• Strengthen coordination across KTCPA, Climate Department units, Global Practices, and regional teams.
• Support effective work planning, capability development, and team performance.
• Foster structured collaboration with peer program managers (e.g., CSF, SCALE, and other TFs) to ensure regular information sharing, joint planning where relevant, and alignment of delivery approaches.

Selection Criteria

• Education : Master’s degree in economics, climate change, public policy, finance, environmental management, engineering, development, business administration, or a related field (or master’s degree with equivalent professional experience).
• Experience : Minimum of 8 years of relevant professional experience in program management, climate policy, climate finance, operational delivery, partnerships, international development, or related fields, with progressively increasing responsibilities. Experience managing complex programs, operations, analytical work, partnerships, and/or cross-sector initiatives is desirable.
• Technical Skills :Strong understanding of climate policy implementation, climate finance, and country delivery models. Familiarity with mitigation policy instruments, including carbon pricing and carbon markets, and broader approaches to mobilizing climate finance and enabling climate-smart investment. Ability to connect analytical work, operational delivery, and knowledge generation into practical implementation support.
• Operational Skills :Demonstrated operational experience within the World Bank Group or a comparable international institution, including support to country engagement and implementation. Strong program and portfolio management skills, including planning, delivery oversight, monitoring, stakeholder coordination, and translating strategy into operational results. Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver through influence in matrix environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence, build trust, and mobilize diverse stakeholders around a shared agenda. Strong persuasive communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to articulate a compelling vision, secure buy-in across teams and partners, and guide complex discussions toward practical decisions and results.
• Behavioral Competencies :Strong leadership, collaboration, and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders. Results-oriented with strong judgment and problem-solving skills. Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to build consensus across institutional boundaries.
• Language :Fluency in English required. Additional languages are an asset.

WBG Culture Attributes

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

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