WBG Knowledge Bank Manager, Competition Policy

WBG Knowledge Bank Manager, Competition Policy

Job #: req37610 Organization: World Bank Sector: Other Grade: GH Term Duration: 4 years 0 months Recruitment Type: International Recruitment Location: Washington, DC,United States Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 8/4/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC

Description

Note: “The location for this position is Washington, DC. An alternative location may be possible, subject to business needs and management approval”.

The World Bank Group is a unique global partnership of five institutions driven by a bold vision to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. As one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries, we help solve the world’s greatest development challenges. When you join the World Bank Group, you become part of a dynamic, diverse organization with 189 member countries and 182 offices worldwide. We work with public and private sector partners, invest in groundbreaking projects, and use data, research, and technology to bring tangible and transformative change around the globe. For more information, visit www.worldbank.org

Prosperity Vice Presidency

The WBG Prosperity Vice Presidency is responsible for getting the right public and private sector solutions to our operational teams and to our clients, and to produce scalable impact. It leads the WBG’s key global engagements in support of: growth and jobs (including supporting teams across the WBG on the jobs agenda); debt sustainability and debt management; improved domestic resource mobilization and expenditure efficiency; a resilient and inclusive financial sector; business-enabling policies and regulations; trade policy and facilitation; and transparent, effective, and accountable government institutions world-wide. The Vice Presidency also houses the group that examines the distributional/poverty impacts of all policies.

Its mandate is to deliver knowledge for impact to enable and support the WBG to achieve its goals in support of our mission and specifically: providing guidance on creating more and better jobs; supporting foundational infrastructure and human capital, a business-enabling policy environment, and private sector mobilization; focusing on agribusiness, healthcare, infrastructure, manufacturing, and tourism; and support and accelerate corporate targets and commitments. The VPU’s objectives in driving outcomes include replicating and scaling effective solutions, enhancing thought leadership and innovation, and delivering timely knowledge to client teams in the areas of its mandate.

Competition Policy

The Trade, Competition and Business (TCB) Department in the Prosperity Vice Presidency is comprised of five units: Trade Policy and Facilitation; Competition Policy; SME and Enterprise Development – Policies & Regulations; SME and Enterprise Development – Solutions & Impact; and Manufacturing & Services.

The department is seeking an outstanding WBG Manager to lead its Competition Policy unit. The unit brings together colleagues delivering thought leadership on policies & regulations and replicable/scalable solutions for impact in the areas of competition, value chains, innovation, and technology adoption.

The Manager for Competition Policy will report to the WBG Director, TCB, who is accountable to the WBG Vice President for Prosperity. 

Key responsibilities

Policy and regulations

•Delivers global thought leadership, cutting-edge analytics, and leads innovations and frontier approaches to supporting efficient and contestable markets, resilient value chains, and stronger innovation ecosystems.

•Defines model policies, laws & regulations, and institutional approaches in the unit’s core topic areas above.

Solutions and impact

•Works closely with regional teams across the WBG to provide in-depth technical inputs and quality reviews in support of analytics, advisory, and lending operations.

•Collaborates across technical, geographic, and institutional boundaries to define and implement scalable solutions in the unit’s core topic areas, as well as monitor and assess the impact of these solutions.