Manager, Farming and Agribusiness Solutions and Impact

Manager, Farming and Agribusiness Solutions and Impact World Bank Group Washington D.C. International GH - Senior Professional & Technical level Speaks English Application deadline: April 02, 2026 Closed Apply Summary by Impactpool The World Bank Group is seeking a Manager for Farming and Agribusiness Solutions and Impact to lead initiatives aimed at transforming food systems and enhancing agribusiness. This role involves managing a team of 30-40 staff, ensuring the quality of the lending pipeline, and replicating high-impact projects across regions. The Manager will also be responsible for knowledge management, operational support, and building partnerships with various stakeholders. The position requires strong leadership, strategic orientation, and excellent communication skills. Candidate Requirements: Advanced degree in agriculture sciences, economics, or related field At least 12 years of relevant experience Proven operational and development experience Demonstrated leadership and people management skills Strong strategic orientation Extensive experience collaborating across sectors Excellent communication and representational skills Manager, Farming and Agribusiness Solutions and Impact Job #: req36064 Organization: World Bank Group Sector: Agribusiness Grade: GH Term Duration: 4 years 0 months Recruitment Type: International Recruitment Location: Washington, DC,United States Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 4/2/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC Description The World Bank Group is a unique global partnership of five institutions driven by a bold vision to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. As one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries, we help solve the world’s greatest development challenges. When you join the World Bank Group, you become part of a dynamic, diverse organization with 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide. We work with public and private sector partners, invest in groundbreaking projects, and use data, research, and technology to bring tangible and transformative change around the globe. For more information, visit www.worldbankgroup.com VPU Context: The WBG Planet Vice Presidency is leading WBG’s efforts to make the planet livable, as a necessary condition for job creation and poverty elimination. It is responsible for getting the right public and private sector solutions to our operational teams and to our clients, and to produce scalable impact.Its mandate is to deliver knowledge for impact and business to enable and support the WBG to achieve its goals in support of our mission and specifically: providing guidance on creating more and better jobs, focusing on agribusiness, tourism (nature-based tourism), infrastructure (water) and health (sanitation, nutrition); supporting foundational infrastructure and human capital, policy environment, and private sector mobilization; and supporting and accelerating specific targets and commitments such as Mission AgriConnect, Mission Water, Climate Change Action Plan. The VPU’s objectives in driving outcomes include replicating and scaling effective solutions, enhancing thought leadership and innovation, and delivering timely knowledge to client teams. Farming and Agribusiness Department The Planet’s Farming and Agribusiness Department works with regions to accelerate the transformation of the food systems through thought leadership and scalable solutions geared toward national and sub-national governments, private sector operators, investors, and financial institutions. This includes strengthening food and nutrition security to reverse rising hunger and malnutrition (healthy people), scaling up development solutions and policies for climate-smart and sustainable food systems (healthy planet), and shaping the food system to deliver better jobs, leveraging innovation and agribusiness investments (healthy economy). Unit Context: WBG Manager Farming and Agribusiness: The WBG Manager, Solutions and Impact, Farming and Agribusiness, will report to the WBG Director, Farming and Agribusiness, who is accountable to the WBG Vice President, Planet.The Manager will be accountable for about 30-40 staff. The Department comprises around 85 staff. Duties and accountabilities: Solutions and Impact: •Ensures quality of WBG lending pipeline and portfolio •Replicates/ scales high-impact projects & innovations across all WBG products relevant for Farming and Agribusiness; •Leads roll out of scalable solutions in the regions; •Shares best practices via WBG Communities of Practice; •Provides operational support to WBG Regions for accelerating the transformation of the food system, including in the rollout of corporate initiatives such as AgriConnect; •Curates knowledge generated through WBG operations in the regions to feed into the development of global knowledge products; •Manages relationships with IFC global corporate clients. People/Talent Management: •Models exemplary WBG leadership values and managerial behaviors and reinforces these qualities in own team and staff; •Leads, drives and inspires technical excellence within the team and the Department by creating an environment of learning and innovation that attracts and develops the best talent reflective of the diversity of our clients; •Closely supports and advises staff on their performance, skills development and career planning. Strategy and Knowledge Management: •Working closely with the Knowledge Bank Manager, Farming and Agribusiness for Policies and Institutions, mobilizes and leads Solutions and Impact teams and ensures alignment between the two functions of the department: (1) produce, curate, validate, and share knowledge with operational teams, clients, and partners, and (2) capture, scale, and replicate innovations. Monitors the impact of solutions. •Supports WBG country teams to apply global knowledge and adapt them to local contexts, incorporating complexities of local pol