Overview
Provide strategic, technical, and operational leadership for the transport and logistics program in India and across South Asia. The role requires a recognized transport leader with strong experience in urban mobility, transport connectivity and logistics, infrastructure financing, and policy reform.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership for the development, preparation, and implementation of complex transport, mobility, logistics, and infrastructure operations.
- Lead the development of transformational flagship operations aligned with the India CPF.
- Serve as Task Team Leader (TTL) or co-TTL for major lending and non-lending operations.
- Design and support innovative financing approaches, including PPPs, blended finance, guarantees, and instruments.
- Actively drive One WBG collaboration, working seamlessly with IFC and MIGA.
- Engage with ministries of finance, railways, urban development authorities, multilateral and bilateral partners, institutional investors, and private operators.
- Lead high-level policy dialogue with national, state, and city governments.
- Lead or contribute to flagship analytical work, policy notes, investment frameworks, and strategic advisory services.
- Advance innovation in areas such as sustainable mobility, digital transformation, logistics, infrastructure resilience, clean transport technologies, and service delivery.
- Contribute to global knowledge initiatives and cross-regional learning.
- Support PM in providing portfolio oversight and quality assurance.
- Lead, mentor, and develop multidisciplinary teams.
Required Experience
- Minimum 12–15 years of progressively responsible professional experience in two or more of the following areas: transport infrastructure, urban mobility including urban rail, infrastructure financing, and logistics.
- Proven track record in leading large-scale, complex transport operations financed by the World Bank, other MDBs, or other financiers, including experience as TTL or equivalent senior role.
- Strong understanding of mobility systems, logistics, infrastructure planning, governance, institutional development, and service delivery.
- Demonstrated expertise in infrastructure finance, PPPs, guarantees, and private capital mobilization, including engagement with IFC, MIGA, and domestic financial markets.
- Ability to engage effectively with highly sophisticated clients at senior policy and decision-making levels.
- Proven team leadership and people management skills, including mentoring, performance management, and leading diverse, multi-disciplinary teams.
- Strong strategic thinking, judgment, and ability to operate across technical, financial, and political dimensions.
Qualifications
Advanced degree (master’s or PhD) in transport planning, engineering, urban planning, economics, finance, public policy, business administration, or a closely related field.
