Senior Outcomes Specialist

Leads delivery reviews, advanced analysis and senior-level problem solving for the World Bank's outcomes agenda. The specialist turns portfolio, financial and operational evidence into management choices and follow-through, manages the High-Level Council on Jobs, and advances responsible AI-enabled tools that strengthen decision-making and development results.

• Design and manage sector-focused stocktakes that assess strategies, portfolios and implementation pathways
• Set analytical architectures covering outcome questions, indicators, targets, baselines, scenarios and evidence standards
• Integrate operational, financial and evaluative data to identify performance trends, delivery gaps and opportunities
• Convert evidence into management choices, accountable actions, milestones and follow-up routines
• Lead the High-Level Council on Jobs work program, member engagement and analytical deliverables
• Support the product cycle for AI-enabled outcomes tools from user research through evaluation and adoption
• Develop executive briefs, dashboards and guidance that connect stocktake findings to institutional learning

• Advanced degree, preferably a Master's or PhD, in an explicitly stated economics, policy, development, data, statistics or related field
• At least 8 years of relevant experience in development economics, delivery-unit practice, portfolio analytics, outcomes or multilateral advisory work
• Advanced quantitative analysis, including statistical or econometric analysis, forecasting, benchmarking and data validation
• Experience with senior-level stocktakes, delivery or portfolio reviews and translating findings into actions
• Fluency in English

• Proficiency in Python, R, Stata or SQL is highly desirable
• Additional languages are desirable
• Experience applying behavioural insights, experimentation or user-centred research is highly desirable

• Delivery Management
• Portfolio Analytics
• Economic Analysis
• Econometric Analysis
• Performance Management
• Outcome Measurement
• Strategic Planning
• Stakeholder Management
• Responsible AI
• Product Development
• Behavioural Science
• Facilitation

• Python
• R
• Stata
• SQL
• Large Language Models

• Closing time: 11:59pm UTC