Manager – Platform Engineering - req34888

Manager – Platform Engineering

Join to apply for the Manager – Platform Engineering role at The World Bank . Closing Date : 11 / 27 / 2025 (11 : 59pm UTC).

Organization : World Bank

Sector : Information Technology

Grade : GH

Term Duration : 3 years 0 months

Recruitment Type : Local Recruitment

Location : Washington, DC, United States

Required Language(s) : English

The World Bank Group is one of the largest sources of funding and knowledge for developing countries; a unique global partnership of five institutions dedicated to ending extreme poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development. With 189 member countries and more than 120 offices worldwide, we work with public and private sector partners, investing in groundbreaking projects and using data, research, and technology to develop solutions to the most urgent global challenges.

The World Bank Group values diversity and encourages all qualified candidates who are nationals of World Bank Group member countries to apply, regardless of gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability. Sub‑Saharan African nationals, Caribbean nationals, and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Key Responsibilities

• Guide the strategic direction for WBG’s enterprise platform ecosystem through the development of a roadmap that unifies, modernizes, and optimizes shared platform capabilities to enhance agility, resilience, and efficiency.
• Champion the adoption of Agile, DevOps, and SAFe practices to improve predictability, flow efficiency, and value delivery across platform and product teams.
• Partner with Lines of Business, product, and technology leaders to strengthen alignment, generate shared ownership, and co‑create platform investment priorities grounded in Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) principles.
• Lead the modernization and automation of core platform services, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and self‑service enablement with an ambitious goal of Low / No Ops.
• Drive adoption of Infrastructure‑as‑Code (IaC), DevOps, and SRE capabilities that increase delivery velocity and operational reliability.
• Strengthen the developer’s experience ecosystem, ensuring consistent access to pipelines, and golden paths that reduce onboarding friction.
• Embed intelligence and AI‑assisted engineering into platform management, monitoring, and incident response to improve speed, accuracy, and resilience.
• Develop and execute the annual roadmap for platform engineering, ensuring alignment with the organization’s strategic objectives.
• Build, onboard, and develop a high‑performing engineering team, fostering a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive work environment.
• Partner with business and technical stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions, lead change management initiatives, and drive adoption of platform services.
• Oversee performance monitoring, resource allocation, and budget management, ensuring timely completion of documentation and compliance reporting.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to advance automation, self‑service capabilities, and platform security.
• Enforce governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance across all platform engineering activities.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to non‑technical audiences and support organizational change and technology adoption efforts.
• Build, mentor, and empower a diverse, high‑performing team to deliver program objectives, ensuring clarity of roles, skills development, and alignment with strategic priorities.

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Selection Criteria

The ideal candidate is a proven technology leader with a strong track record of delivering results in complex, fast‑paced enterprise environments. They possess deep expertise in platform engineering, including the design, development, and management of cloud infrastructure, automation pipelines, and integration frameworks. The candidate demonstrates a strategic vision for technology’s role in advancing organizational objectives and can influence and collaborate effectively at the executive level. In addition to a strong work ethic and unquestionable integrity, the selected leader will establish immediate credibility with managers, peers, and a complex group of stakeholders. In this highly technical role, the candidate will possess outstanding intellect, leadership, and analytical abilities as well as excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills.

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