Senior Private Sector Development Officer

The Senior Private Sector Development Officer will serve as the Türkiye Resident Mission's focal point for private sector development, advancing ADB's efforts to promote private investment, capital mobilization, and private sector participation through policy dialogue, project development, and collaboration with stakeholders. The role involves identifying and implementing private sector development initiatives, supporting sovereign and nonsovereign operations, and leading knowledge sharing activities.

Responsibilities

• Identify, develop, process, implement, and evaluate nonsovereign operations, sovereign-nonsovereign collaboration opportunities, projects and other interventions to promote innovative financing solutions, private investment, private capital mobilization, and private sector participation in Türkiye.
• Identify and grow early-stage private sector development opportunities including policy, institutional, market-building, project development, and business origination activities.
• Collaborate with relevant ADB departments, resident missions, sovereign and nonsovereign operations teams, government agencies, development partners, financial institutions, and private sector stakeholders to identify, develop, and advance private sector development opportunities and innovative financing solutions.
• Work with the Country Director and TURM leadership in policy dialogue with government agencies, development partners, financial institutions, and private sector stakeholders to promote private sector development, private investment, public-private partnerships, and enabling environment reforms.
• Contribute to private sector development strategies, operational diagnostics, sector and market assessments, and cross-sector linkages to identify opportunities for private investment, market development, and capital mobilization and nonsovereign operations.
• Contribute to the preparation and implementation of technical assistance projects, knowledge products, and regional initiatives supporting private sector development, market creation, and private capital mobilization.
• Contribute to the development of country private sector development priorities including inputs to country partnership strategies, sector and market assessments, private sector diagnostics, and related analytical work.
• Lead knowledge sharing activities including workshops, seminars, conferences, training programs, and preparation of knowledge products in collaboration with relevant ADB departments.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with government agencies, private sector clients, financial institutions, business associations, development partners, consultants, and other stakeholders to help identify and advance new opportunities including opportunities for nonsovereign operations and sovereign and nonsovereign operations collaboration.
• Lead the selection and management of individual consultants and consulting firms including preparation of terms of reference and oversight of consulting assignments related to private sector development, public-private partnerships, and innovative financing solutions.
• Provide leadership and support to reporting staff including work planning, performance monitoring, coaching, and staff development.
• Perform other tasks as assigned and reflected in workplan.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business or finance related field, preferably with master's degree or equivalent.
• At least 8 years of relevant professional experience in private sector development, infrastructure and project finance, financial institutions, investment banking, transaction advisory, public-private partnerships, management consulting, or related areas.
• Experience working with governments, private sector clients, development partners, or international organizations including identifying, structuring, or supporting implementation of nonsovereign or private sector operations.
• At least 4 years of supervisory experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in private sector development, private investment and capital mobilization, market and institutional development, infrastructure and financial sector operations, innovative financing solutions, or related areas.
• Familiarity with multilateral bank operations, financing products, technical assistance, public-private partnerships, private capital mobilization, country programming and sovereign and nonsovereign operations.
• Written and verbal proficiency in English and Turkish.
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage strategic relationships with government agencies, financial institutions, private sector clients, and development partners.
• Two years of relevant experience outside ADB within the past five years is required; years as an ADB-engaged consultant or contractor are considered experience outside of ADB.

Skills

• Private Sector Development
• Project Financing
• Financial Institutions Sector
• Investment Banking
• Transaction Advisory
• Public Private Partnerships
• Management Consulting
• Nonsovereign Operations
• Private Investment
• Capital Mobilization
• Market Development
• Institutional Development
• Infrastructure Operations
• Financial Sector Operations
• Innovative Financing
• Multilateral Bank Operations
• Financing Products
• Technical Assistance
• Country Programming
• Non-Sovereign Operations
• Strategic Relationship Management

Languages

English, Turkish