Idb Invest

City: Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Lima, Mexico City, Montevideo, Panamá, Santiago, Sao Paulo
- Company: IDB Invest
- Posting End Date: 10-9-2025

**Location**:
This position can be based in one of these cities: Buenos Aires (Argentina), São Paulo (Brazil), Santiago de Chile (Chile), Montevideo (Uruguay), Bogota (Colombia), Lima (Peru), Mexico City (Mexico) or Panama City (Panama).

**We improve lives**:
IDB Invest is the private sector arm of the IDB Group and an international financial institution committed to addressing the development needs of Latin America and the Caribbean. Our mission is to support sustainable enterprises and projects that deliver financial results while maximizing social and environmental impact in the region.

IDB Invest operates in 26 countries, structured across four geographic regions and three vertical industries: Infrastructure and Energy, Financial Institutions, and Corporates.

In support of a new transformative business model “Originate to Share” our shareholders recently approved a $3.5 billion capitalization. This will allow IDB Invest to significantly scale up its investments, nearly doubling annual financing from approximately $8 billion to $19 billion, and unlocking greater private sector participation to drive development and climate impact across the region.

The Industries and Cross-Cutting Themes Department manages business and client engagement from an industry perspective. It is composed of six divisions: three focused on core industries (Infrastructure and Energy (IEN), Financial Institutions (FLI), and Corporates (SMC)); two focused on cross-cutting themes (Climate and Environment (CLE) and Gender and Social Inclusion (GSI)); and one dedicated to Portfolio Management (PTM). Together, these divisions support the implementation of IDB Invest’s mandate by providing sectoral expertise, thematic leadership, and strategic portfolio oversight across the institution.

**About this position**:
We are looking for a strategic, innovative, and impact-driven Digital Transformation Consultant with expertise in one or more of the following sectors: Manufacturing, Retail, Banking, Insurance, and Telecommunications. This role will report directly to the Head of Digital Transformation.

**What you’ll do**:
As Digital Transformation Consultant for one or more of the sectors specified, you will design and implement advisory services that help clients deploy digital solutions, strengthen supply chain resilience and unlock financing opportunities.

Main functions and responsibilities include:
Drive continuous digital innovation within Digital Transformation Advisory Team:

- Source, prioritize, and structure high-impact use cases relevant to each sector, such as: (i) Manufacturing: Smart factory solutions, predictive maintenance, digital twin technology, RPA, industrial IoT sensors, quality control through computer vision; (ii) Retail: Omnichannel integration, real-time inventory analytics, customer experience optimization via AI personalization, automated checkout solutions, digital supply chain visibility; (iii) Banking: AI-driven credit scoring, chatbot and virtual assistant deployments, blockchain-enabled transaction management, RPA for back-office tasks, fraud detection with AI; and (iv) Telecom: 5G-enabled services, customer experience personalization, network optimization with predictive analytics, automated customer support via virtual assistants, IoT integration services.
- Build convincing business cases highlighting efficiency gains, cost reductions, climate benefits, and financing potential; craft buy-in narratives for C-suite decision-makers.

Execution of IDB Invest’s Technical Assistances and market studies, supported by third party providers:

- Lead end-to-end TA project management: scoping, budgeting, vendor TORs, procurement, contract oversight, risk mitigation, milestone validation, and knowledge capture.
- Design and execute sector-specific market studies (digital readiness assessments, technology adoption baselines, benchmark analyses) to inform strategic positioning and identify pipeline opportunities for IDB Invest and clients.
- Develop and deploy scalable digital training courses (MOOCs), covering transversal digital skills (data literacy) and sector-specific capabilities (Manufacturing: Industry 4.0 technologies, advanced manufacturing analytics; Retail: e-commerce optimization, digital marketing analytics; Banking: fintech integration, digital compliance, security; and Telecom: 5G network deployment, IoT service management, data center management); monitor learning analytics and completion metrics.Catalyze partnerships with start-ups, accelerators, and research institutions to embed innovation and mitigate risks.

Business development alignment:
Maintain a pipeline of
- 10 sector-specific clients annually exhibiting strong Digital Transformation appetite and potential for IDB Invest’s long-term financing (loans or blended finance instruments).
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