Location
London, United Kingdom or Belgrade, Serbia or Warsaw, Poland. The Director may be based in any of these locations and will be expected to travel widely and regularly within the region, including to Kyiv.

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
The Director will have overall responsibility for the Bank’s activities in the energy sector across Central Europe, the Baltic States, South-eastern Europe including the Balkans, Ukraine, Czechia, and Greece. This includes oversight of all financing products and policy dialogue with relevant stakeholders. Leading a team, the Director will manage the origination, structuring, execution, implementation, and monitoring of all sector transactions, while delivering an ambitious policy agenda in coordination with the Banking regional team, VP3, and other colleagues. Reporting to the Managing Director of the Sustainable Infrastructure Group, the role demands a strong commitment to the Bank’s mandate and institutional goals, fostering an environment of operational delivery and technical excellence, and providing strategic thought leadership. Key responsibilities include managing the team’s delivery against annual objectives, supervising budgets and resources, proposing strategic direction, advising on sector matters, overseeing project quality and compliance, conducting policy dialogue, managing client and stakeholder relationships, representing the Bank at conferences, and actively managing the existing portfolio to protect and enhance value. The Director will also participate in senior leadership activities within the Sustainable Infrastructure Group, ensuring team compliance with integrity procedures and championing the Bank’s behavioural competencies and corporate behaviours.

Experience
- Significant financial industry experience at a major merchant/investment, commercial or development bank, private equity firm, asset management firm, or auditing/financial consulting firm operating to international standards.
- Extensive experience leading complex transactions through the full project life cycle.
- Proven capacity to conceptualise, articulate, and oversee substantive policy reforms.
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in challenging environments.
- Experience and judgement on integrity matters.
- Demonstrated ability to manage a business and lead a team.
- Extensive experience in the energy sector with a track record of origination and execution is desirable.
- Knowledge of the business and regulatory environment in Europe is desirable.

About you
- Strong leadership and business-driving skills.
- High level commercial and technical expertise.
- Excellent organisational and management abilities.
- Resilient attitude with the ability to manage multiple complex tasks and conflicting priorities.
- People-centred approach to motivate team performance.
- Skilled in coaching, mentoring, and leadership.
- Diplomatic communication and negotiation skills suitable for high-level interactions.
- Sensitivity to cultural differences, transition success factors, and political complexities in the region.
- Collegial and committed to broader management collaboration within the Sustainable Infrastructure Group.
- Ability to build effective working relationships in a multicultural environment.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
- Knowledge of an additional language relevant to the Europe region is desirable.

Qualifications
- Proven leadership and management capabilities.
- Strong commercial acumen and technical knowledge relevant to the energy sector.
- Commitment to the Bank’s values of inclusiveness, innovation, trust, and responsibility.
- Ability to uphold the highest standards of integrity and ethical conduct.