Digital Program Specialist; Digital Strategy and Governance); Beijing

Position: Digital Program Specialist (Digital Strategy and Governance) (Base in Beijing)
Digital Program Specialist (Digital Strategy and Governance) The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank whose mission is financing Infrastructure for Tomorrow - infrastructure with sustainability at its core. We began operations in Beijing in January 2016 and have since grown to 103 approved members worldwide. We are capitalized up to USD
100 billion and Triple-A-rated by the major international credit rating agencies. Working with partners, AIIB meets clients' needs by unlocking new capital and investing in infrastructure that is green, technology-enabled, and promotes regional connectivity.
The Information Technology Department (ITD) serves as AIIB's enterprise authority and service provider for digital technology. It develops and implements the Bank's digital strategy; delivers and operates digital solutions, AI capabilities, enterprise platforms, infrastructure, and workplace services; safeguards digital assets through cybersecurity, technology risk management, and resilience; and partners with business units to enable institutional priorities through secure, innovative, and client-centric digital capabilities.
The Digital Program Specialist will support the leadership team in strengthening ITD's strategic planning, governance, business engagement, and organizational effectiveness. The role combines strategic analysis, program management, governance coordination, and organizational improvement responsibilities to support the planning, execution, and continuous enhancement of the Bank's digital capabilities.
Working across ITD, business units, and external partners, the incumbent will conduct strategic analysis, support departmental planning, facilitate cross-functional initiatives, coordinate capability improvement programs, and promote the adoption of practices that strengthen ITD's ability to deliver business value. The incumbent will primarily be a strategic program manager and facilitator, working across ITD and business units to coordinate initiatives, enable organizational improvements, promote collaboration, and drive continuous enhancement of ITD's capabilities and ways of working.

Responsibilities:

• Represent ITD in Bank-wide initiatives, cross-functional working groups, and institutional programs as delegated.
• Coordinate ITD's participation in Bank-wide initiatives, ensuring alignment across IT teams and facilitating implementation of agreed actions and outcomes.
• Participate in and, where appropriate, lead ITD's engagement with multilateral development banks (MDBs), international financial institutions (IFIs), industry forums, and professional communities to promote knowledge exchange, benchmarking, and collaboration.
• Lead or support strategic initiatives assigned by the IT leadership team.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities across ITD to facilitate successful implementation of strategic priorities.
• Coordinate with IT teams to assess, adapt, and promote relevant leading practices, methodologies, and innovations that strengthen ITD's capabilities and support the Bank's priorities.
• Prepare briefing materials, benchmarking reports, and recommendations summarizing key observations, lessons learned, and opportunities arising from external engagements and institutional initiatives.
• Monitor the implementation of agreed actions, identify issues requiring management attention, and recommend practical solutions.
• Support continuous improvement by identifying lessons learned, good practices, and opportunities to strengthen ITD's organizational effectiveness.
• Support engagements with business departments to understand their priorities, operating models, and strategic directions.
• Develop sufficient understanding of business domains to support executive discussions, strategic papers, benchmarking activities, and cross-functional initiatives.
• Gather business feedback on delivered digital capabilities, and identify common themes, opportunities, and improvement areas.
• Work closely with IT delivery teams to promote alignment between business priorities and digital capabilities.
• Develop and maintain executive dashboards that provide strategic visibility of the Bank's IT portfolio.
• Analyze portfolio performance, business outcomes, delivery trends, and organizational impact to support executive decision-making.
• Collect and consolidate feedback from business stakeholders regarding the effectiveness, adoption, and business value of digital solutions.
• Complement project delivery reporting with business-focused insights and recommendations to improve value realization across the portfolio.
• Support continuous improvement of portfolio reporting, performance indicators, and business value measurement.
• Support the development and continuous improvement of IT governance practices, planning processes, methodologies, and departmental standards.
• Maintain and coordinate subject matter experts to create and update templates, playbooks, guidance materials, and governance artifacts that promote consistency…