Deputy Director, Digital Transformation and AI Policy & Advocacy

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

We are looking for a dynamic and well-connected leader to shape the future of digital public infrastructure, inclusive financial systems, and AI policy.

As Deputy Director, PAC, Digital Transformation and AI Policy & Advocacy, you will work at the intersection of government, technology, and global development to accelerate the adoption of safe and inclusive DPI and AI—two of the most consequential levers for public service delivery, financial access, and inclusive digital economies.

Develop and execute the foundation’s DPI, IFS, and AI policy and advocacy strategies, while elevating DPI as a global priority for inclusive digital development.

Serve as a trusted advisor to governments including central banks, ICT ministries, and ID authorities on the design, implementation, and governance of DPI and AI-enabled systems.

Represent the foundation with global, regional, and country forums and agencies (e.g., G20, G7, UN, World Bank, IMF, ITU, AU) influencing the global policy agenda and positioning DPI as the default model for digital development.

Serve as strategy advisor and help to coordinate GPA’s AI policy and financing work across divisions, connecting fragmented efforts in DPI, IFS, and other sectors to help build the external financing architecture and policy infrastructure needed for responsible AI adoption at scale in LMICs.

The mission of the Global Policy and Advocacy (GPA) division is to understand and shape the public policy debates affecting the foundation's work, build support for its major program and policy objectives, and develop partnerships and alliances that can advance the foundation’s objectives nationally and globally. GPA works in close partnership with our colleagues in the Global Health, Global Development, Global Growth & Opportunity, and Gender Equality Divisions to build the environment in which all people have the opportunity to lead healthy and productive lives. Within GPA, the Program Advocacy & Communications (PAC) team partners directly with program strategy teams—such as Digital Public Infrastructure and Inclusive Financial Systems—to define and advance their policy and finance goals.

The Deputy Director, PAC. Digital Transformation and AI Policy & Advocacy, will advance the policy and advocacy goals of two teams as well as support cross-cutting work on AI policy and advocacy:

• The Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) team supports country efforts to design, scale, and govern safe and inclusive digital public infrastructure, including digital ID, data-sharing, and verifiable credentials. The team also ensures that AI-enabled services are built on trusted DPI foundations, and that people in underserved communities can access these services in local languages and contexts. To advance these goals, the DPI team invests in open-source digital public goods which countries can adapt and deploy to build DPI; technical assistance to help countries implement DPI and AI-enabled services underpinned by strong regulation and safeguards; research and measurement to inform policies and practical implementation strategies; and experimentation to demonstrate how DPI and AI can advance use cases in health, education, agriculture, social protection, and other sectors.

• The Inclusive Financial Systems (IFS) team works to accelerate the buildout of inclusive financial systems by 1) helping governments and central banks craft policies and regulations which support the expansion of inclusive financial systems while also protecting users; 2) supporting the design, implementation, and regulation of inclusive instant payments systems (IIPS); 3) driving scale and economic sustainability by promoting pro-poor use cases, including government-to-person payments, wage payments, digital merchant payments, and productive credit; and 4) closing the gender gap in the usage of formal financial products.

In addition, the position holder will provide strategic advice and support efforts across the Global Policy and Advocacy division with regard to AI. This includes contributing to GPA’s AI work across financing, policy, and technical assistance—focused on connecting fragmented efforts, clearing regulatory bottlenecks, and building government capacity to evaluate, test, implement, and govern AI at scale.

Application Deadline: Friday, August 7, 2026