Senior Digital Specialist

Overview

The Senior Digital Specialist will provide analytical and technical support for the World Bank Group-Korea Global Digital Knowledge Center (DKC) in Seoul, contributing to its objectives as a global platform for digital knowledge exchange, operational excellence, and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical input supporting delivery of the DKC’s work program, ensuring alignment with Vertical and regional strategies.
• Contribute to the preparation and delivery of the DKC’s annual workplan, results framework, and reporting.
• Participate in policy dialogues, partnership meetings, including with the private sector, and international forums on digital transformation and AI.
• Connect the mission of the WBG Digital and AI Strategy with the efforts of other verticals and sectors of the WBG, including with IFC and MIGA, with a focus on opportunities to crowd in private sector expertise, investment, and solutions.
• Ensure quality assurance and consistency of all knowledge products, capacity-building programs, and grant activities.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of flagship knowledge and operational programs under the DKC’s three pillars.
• Support the development of private sector ecosystems for digital and AI adoption in client countries.
• Help identify and adapt relevant Korean and multinational technology solutions, business models, and partnership approaches for WBG client countries.
• Provide technical inputs and contributions to WBG country teams and client governments on the four pillars of the Digital and AI Strategy.
• Prepare and contribute to analytical and advisory products.
• Collaborate with Korean public and private sector partners.
• Support global AI programs that strengthen private sector ecosystems in client countries.
• Contribute to the integration of Korean expertise private sector partnerships, and technology solutions into WBG lending and Advisory Services and Analytics (ASA) operations across multiple regions.
• Assist in developing operational engagements and pilots supported through the DKC’s Innovation Grants Program.
• Prepare and contribute to technical deliverables, policy notes, concept notes, mission outputs, and provide hands-on guidance to task team leaders and client-facing teams.
• Liaise with operational teams to provide operational support, including via innovation grants, and to harvest lessons from operational innovation at the country level.
• Liaise with global expert teams in the Knowledge Bank to ensure alignment with the World Bank Group’s Global Digital Strategy.
• Facilitate collaboration between Korean agencies, WBG, and client countries to ensure the effective transfer of digital knowledge and innovation.
• Build and maintain relationships with private sector actors relevant to the DKC work program.
• Support and contribute to outreach and communication initiatives to raise the visibility of the DKC’s contributions to global digital transformation.
• Help organize knowledge exchanges, workshops, business-to-government dialogues, and other activities that connect client countries with Korean and global technology ecosystems.
• Ensure effective monitoring, evaluation, and reporting against the DKC’s Results Framework and workplan indicators.
• Prepare and contribute to periodic progress reports, budgets, and support governance meetings.
• Promote learning, transparency, and knowledge sharing through publications, workshops, and digital platforms.

Required Experience

• Minimum 8 years of relevant professional experience in digital transformation, digital policy and regulation, technology innovation, private sector development, investment, partnerships, or technology operations.
• Demonstrated experience working in a Korean or multinational technology company, preferably in a partnerships, business development, investment, strategy, product, or operations role.
• Contributing to the delivery of development programs including experience with complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives.
• Experience engaging private sector actors, including technology companies, startups, investors, industry associations, accelerators, or other innovation ecosystem partners.
• Demonstrated experience supporting the design, delivery, or scaling of digital or AI programs that strengthen private sector ecosystems in developing or emerging markets.
• Experience in digital and AI technologies in the public and/or private sector.
• Proven record of delivering analytical and operational work related to digital transformation in public and/or private sectors including pilot implementation, private sector engagement, or investment mobilization in developing countries, including advisory services, capacity-building, or pilot implementations.
• Experience contributing to the design, development and supervision of large-scale programs, investments or lending operations, with a strong understanding of WBG’s operational policies and project financing frameworks, is desirable.
• Experience collaborating with or within leading Korean institutions—such as MSIT, NIA, KISDI, or KAIST—or and with private-sector companies is a strong asset.

Qualifications

Master’s degree or equivalent in information technology, computer science, engineering, finance, economics, public policy, law, or related field.

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