IDB Invest - Blended Finance Director

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IDB Invest - Blended Finance Director

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Location

Post of duty: Washington, District of Columbia, USA.

We improve lives

IDB Invest is the private sector arm of the IDB Group committed to supporting the sustainable development of Latin America and the Caribbean through the private sector. Our mission is to finance, structure, and mobilize capital for companies and projects that support economic growth, resilience, and long-term development across the region. 

IDB Invest operates in 26 countries, structured across four geographic regions and three industry verticals: Infrastructure and Energy, Financial Institutions, and Corporates.  

As part of its evolving business model, “Originate to Share,” IDB Invest is expanding its capacity to mobilize private capital and scale development impact across Latin America and the Caribbean, supported by a $3.5 billion capitalization from its shareholders. The model strengthens IDB Invest’s ability to originate high-quality assets, structure innovative financial solutions, and connect global capital with opportunities across the region. 

About this position

We are seeking an exceptional Director to help lead the Blended Finance Division at a moment of significant growth, innovation and institutional ambition. Reporting to the Managing Director of Blended Finance, the Director will be the Managing Director’s trusted partner and operational deputy, with shared responsibility for the Division’s performance, culture, risk management, and external reputation. 

The Director will be solutions-oriented for our clients (internal and external), and help nurture a culture of positive accountability. The successful candidate will help teams navigate the Blended Finance work program with optimism, resilience and pragmatism, as well as bring credibility with enterprise leadership within IDB Invest. The role will translate strategic priorities into clear work programs, mobilize multidisciplinary teams, remove execution bottlenecks, and ensure consistent quality across transactions, donor programs, governance, portfolio management, knowledge, and resource mobilization. This is a leadership role for someone who can bring clear understanding of the role/function of blended finance within IDB Invest, and has a desire both shape the future of blended finance and help run the business required to realize it. 

What you’ll do

1. Serve as a Trusted Partner and Strategic Deputy

• Partner closely with the Managing Director to set priorities, translate strategy into action, and drive achievement of the Division's objectives, KPIs, and growth ambitions.
• Provide candid, timely, and solutions-oriented advice; proactively identify risks and opportunities, challenge assumptions constructively, and support sound decision-making.
• Act on behalf of the Managing Director within delegated authority, exercising strong judgment on what can be decided independently and what requires escalation.
• Maintain the highest standards of integrity, discretion, reliability, and accountability in managing sensitive institutional, personnel, donor, and transactional matters. 

2. Lead Performance, Operations, and Execution Excellence

• In partnership with the Managing Director, oversee the Division's integrated work program, ensuring effective delivery across fundraising, blended finance transactions, donor programs, technical cooperation, portfolio management, reporting, governance, knowledge, and fundraising.
• Maintain clear operating rhythms, performance expectations, management information, and accountability mechanisms to ensure delivery against targets and KPIs.
• Align staffing, budget, systems, and resources with strategic priorities, while anticipating future business needs and organizational growth.
• Drive continuous improvement, innovation, quality assurance, and problem-solving across the Division's activities, products, processes, and platforms.

3. Drive Communication, Influence, and Institutional Leadership

• Communicate clearly, proactively, and consistently across teams, management, and stakeholders to create alignment, transparency, and informed decision-making.
• Build strong partnerships across IDB Invest and the IDB Group, effectively navigating organizational processes, policies, governance requirements, and institutional dynamics.
• Bring a strong understanding of Board priorities, senior management expectations, and decision-making processes to help advance Division initiatives effectively.
• Represent the Division with credibility and influence in engagements with senior management, donors, clients, partners, and external stakeholders. 

4. Build a High-Performing Team and Deliver Impact

• Lead, develop, and inspire a diverse multidisciplinary team, fostering accountability, collaboration, inclusion, trust, and professional growth.
• Create a culture of positive accountability, setting ambitious goals while providing the support, coaching, and clarity needed to achieve them.
• Demonstrate solutions-oriented leadership, helping teams navigate complexity, competing priorities, and change with resilience, optimism, and pragmatism.
• Cultivate strategic relationships with donors, development partners, and other stakeholders to strengthen resource mobilization, thought leadership, and the impact of the blended finance platform.

What you'll need

Education

Master's degree (or equivalent advanced degree) in finance, economics, business administration, public policy, international development, engineering, or another fields relevant to the responsibilities of the role.

Experience

• At least 10 years of progressive relevant experience, preferably 12 years of experience, in blended finance, either as a practitioner of structured finance, impact investment, development finance, infrastructure finance, venture equity, or because you have deep understanding of development finance, climate finance, concessional finance, donor relations or related field.
• Demonstrated experience developing teams and mentoring staff, building high-performing teams, allocating resources, and leading cross-organizational change or improvement initiatives. 
• Strong understanding and experience leading teams that structuring innovative transactions, including impact investments and/or blended finance investments for climate-related investments, investments that promote social inclusion and job creation, and investments that leverage private capital for impact.
• Understanding of how Development Finance Institutions' (DFI) blended finance principles and practices, including additionality, market discipline, donor governance, fiduciary requirements, and development impact, specifically translate into investment structures.
• Experience managing quality and material financial, fiduciary, operational, legal, compliance, or reputational risks. Proven ability to advise and negotiate with senior management, clients, donors, regulators, investors, and other external partners. 
• Experience in Latin America and the Caribbean or other emerging markets is highly desirable. Experience in a multilateral development bank, development finance institution, impact investor, or international financial institution is a strong asset. 

Languages

• Languages: Proficiency in English, spoken and written, is required. Proficiency in Spanish is highly desirable. Additional knowledge of Portuguese or French is an asset.

Leadership 

• Trusted partner: earns confidence through integrity, discretion, candor, reliability, sound judgment, and consistency between commitments and actions. Values clear and consistent communication, and models the same with teams, peers and stakeholders.
• Positive Force Multiplier: Brings energy, optimism, and resilience to the team, and recognizes the value in nurturing a positive team culture.  Creates confidence during uncertainty, and helps teams focus on solutions rather than obstacles. Inspires the team to achieve ambitious goals while maintaining a supportive and inclusive team culture.
• Results-driven leader: Establishes ambitious goals, maintains focus on priorities, and consistently delivers against commitments. Creates clarity around objectives, measures performance rigorously, and motivates teams to achieve exceptional results while fostering a positive and supportive culture.
• Enterprise leader: aligns strategy and creates synergies across teams and organizational units, prioritizing institutional outcomes over functional boundaries.
• External expert: is currently or willing to become a recognized leader around Blended Finance, and IDB Invest’s contribution to the sector.  Understands well the MDB Principles for Blended finance, including leading-edge investments, techniques, instruments, and market developments in blended finance, impact investment and adjacent fields.
• Institutional leader: Possesses a strong understanding of IDB Invest and/or IDB Group governance, policies, decision-making processes, and organizational dynamics. Leverages this knowledge to navigate complexity, build alignment, anticipate challenges, and accelerate the effective execution of strategic priorities.
• Adaptable leader: remains composed amid ambiguity, absorbs new mandates, and balances pace, consultation, and risk awareness.

Requirements

• Citizenship: No requirements

• Consanguinity: You have no family members (up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB, IDB Invest, or IDB Lab.

Type of contract and duration

• Staff: International staff contract, 36 months initially, renewable upon mutual agreement.

What we offer

The IDB Group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employee’s life. These benefits include:

• A competitive compensation package, including an annual base salary expressed on a net-of-tax basis. 

• Leaves and vacations: 24 days of paid time off + 8 personal days + sick leave + gender-neutral parental leave. 

• Health Insurance: IDB Group provides employees and eligible dependents with a robust medical benefits program that covers medical, dental, vision, preventive care, and prescription drugs. 

• Pension plan: Defined benefit pension plan that provides financial security and support employees in planning for their future. 

• We offer assistance with relocation and visa applications for you and your family when it applies. 

• On-site position with the occasional flexibility of teleworking. 

• Health and well-being: Access to our Health Services Center that provides preventive care and health education for employees. 

• Development support: We offer tools to boost your professional profile, such as mentoring, 1:1 professional counseling, training and learning opportunities, language classes, mobility options, among others. 

• Other office amenities (as available): Lactation Room, Daycare Center, Gym, Bike Racks, Parking, spouse career support, and others. 

Our culture

At the IDB Group, we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work while finding their purpose. Our people consistently strive for excellence, and we recognize and celebrate the impact of their contributions. 

In our efforts to drive innovation, we intentionally include all voices, cultivate a sense of belonging and champion fairness. We welcome individuals from underrepresented groups to join us and share their unique perspectives. 

We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job interview process. If you require an accommodation to complete this application, please email us at accommodations@iadb.org. 

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