Project Finance Specialist (Relationship Manager)

About Us: U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is America’s development finance institution. DFC partners with the private sector to finance solutions to the most critical challenges facing the developing world today. We invest across sectors including energy, healthcare, critical infrastructure, and technology. DFC also provides financing for small businesses and women entrepreneurs in order to create jobs in emerging markets. DFC investments adhere to high standards and respect the environment, human rights, and worker rights.

Why DFC? As part of our team, you’ll apply your talents to projects with global reach, helping to move markets and improve lives. We are on the lookout for individuals with the brightest minds, ready to bring innovative ideas and bold approaches to support our mission. By joining DFC, you’ll contribute to advancing global development and U.S. foreign policy while working on collaborative projects that enhance private-sector investment in areas like climate action, healthcare, gender equity, and digital connectivity.

Our Culture: DFC is committed to keeping our mission at the heart of what we do. Our team comprises some of the brightest minds in government, and we pride ourselves on being a place where diverse talent can thrive. We value different perspectives and abilities and are dedicated to tackling big challenges with resourcefulness and an inclusive entrepreneurial spirit.

About the role:

This position is part of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), Office of Small Business & Financial Services. As a Project Finance Specialist (Relationship Manager) you will be responsible for coordinating with financial intermediaries/institutions and stakeholders to implement and monitor financial relationships and recommend partnerships and products to maximize utilization and development impact and complement existing portfolio.

What you’ll do:

• Engages and communicates with financial partners, missions, technical assistance providers, and other stakeholders to improve financial product implementation monitoring and improve financial product utilization and impact.

• Conducts in-person visits to the field to manage current and develop new relationships, perform in-person stakeholder meetings, hold DFC training sessions, on-board new partners, deliver advisory and technical assistance services, and support DFC’s knowledge management platforms and communication service.

• Develops relationships and partnerships with investors, lenders, and small business on behalf of DFC, who may or may not have had previous interactions or relationships with the U.S. government.

• Performs economic and financial analyses of private enterprises, financial sector instruments, financial institutions, macro financial conditions, banking sector development, regulatory/legal environment, and macroeconomic projections in developing countries and transition countries’ economies.

• Develops feasible risk mitigating solutions that address major types of risks, including but not limited to credit, operational, reputational, liquidity, market, technical, environmental and economic risks, particularly in developing countries and transition economies.

• Originates, structures, and assesses financial product transactions (credit guarantees, equity, debt, political risk insurance) in collaboration with U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) missions and other operating units.

Experience we’re looking for:

One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service that includes:

1) Develop and maintain key relationships and communications with financial intermediary clients and agencies/organizations to maximize the utilization of financial products within an emerging markets portfolio and support all stakeholders across the implementation process;

2) Coordinate with and monitor financial intermediaries to improve the use of financial products (loans and loan guarantees) and track performance in emerging markets and mitigate risks or problem solve issues (such as assessing regional and portfolio credit risk and viability of financial products, structuring finance tools and/or developing/revising legal documentation in the form of contracts or term agreements); AND

3) Develop and deliver training and/or other interventions to meet partner needs (such as on-boarding, financial intermediary credit analysis, market research, technical assistance, marketing new products, etc.).