Principal Operations Coordination Specialist

The Principal Operations Coordination Specialist will lead strategic plans including operations strategy and project planning, ensuring quality and readiness of projects. The role involves supporting management in strengthening strategic positioning and enabling environment for operations, contributing to sector and state-level strategic approaches, and coordinating knowledge work within the India Resident Mission.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic plans including operations strategy and project planning and pipeline building activities, ensuring quality and high readiness of ensuing projects.
• Support INRM management in strengthening the strategic positioning and enabling environment for sovereign and non-sovereign operations through analytical inputs and insights from engagement with federal and state governments and agencies.
• Contribute to shaping sector and state-level strategic approaches following the country partnership strategy and ADB policies, working with sector divisions and CMTs, and supporting Programming to ensure alignment with CPS implementation.
• Support sector groups in upstream operationally relevant analytical work to inform strategic direction-setting and create conditions for a strong and sustainable pipeline.
• Support collaboration with the regional cooperation and integration division to identify strategic entry points for regional engagement based on analytical work and stakeholder consultations.
• Support sector groups and INRM management in strengthening the capacity of executing and implementing agencies, focusing on improving project readiness and implementation conditions.
• Support policy dialogues with federal and state governments by undertaking background analysis and strategic inputs, ensuring alignment with agreed internal roles and protocols.
• Provide practical insights on government processes, institutional dynamics, and fiscal considerations to support INRM teams in calibrating ADB's strategic approach and engagement positioning.
• Coordinate and monitor INRM's knowledge work in collaboration with sector, thematic and RCI teams, and provide advice on translating knowledge outputs into operationally relevant inputs for project development.

Requirements

• Master's Degree, or equivalent, in engineering, sciences, social sciences, finance, or other related fields. University Degree in engineering, social sciences, finance, or other related fields and at least 5 years specialized experience relevant to the position can be considered.
• At least 12 years of relevant professional work experience related to development and management of large project portfolio of multilateral funding agencies.
• International experience working in several countries.
• Familiarity with a multilateral institution's policies and procedures.
• Analytical, with strong negotiation, interpersonal, communication, and multidisciplinary skills.
• Effectively write technical papers and studies.

Skills

• Project Portfolio Management
• Multilateral Funding Agencies
• Operations Strategy
• Project Planning
• Strategic Planning
• Policy Familiarity
• Technical Writing
• Negotiation
• Interpersonal Skills
• Communication
• Multi-disciplinary Coordination

Languages

English