Senior Strategy Advisor (Digital Infrastructure)

Summary As the sector policy lead, you'll be responsible for setting strategy, monitoring U.S. government policy priorities & positions, generating & shaping the sector pipeline, & supporting transactions across your specific sector. You'll also undertake special projects at the request of the Managing Director and Vice President, Office of Foreign Policy; and assist with formulation & implementation of major DFC policies, activities, & objectives, drawing on U.S. foreign policy objectives & priorities. Duties As the Senior Strategy Advisor (Digital Infrastructure), you will: Drive sector strategy building on U.S. government foreign policy objectives that defines priority markets and subsectors across connectivity and compute infrastructure; identifies where deployment of trusted digital infrastructure has the greatest strategic and commercial impact; and maintains a current view of technology trends, vendor ecosystems, and infrastructure models. In close coordination with DFC's origination and investment teams, convert strategy into highly strategic deals that engage telecom operators, hyperscalers, and infrastructure developers; originate opportunities across networks, fiber, and data centers; build pipeline of investable digital infrastructure projects in coordination with the Office of Global Business Development and DFC's Overseas Offices. Support transactions with sector expertise as part of the deal investment teams: evaluate fit to U.S. foreign policy objectives and DFC strategy; support assessment of sponsors, structures, and project economics; help shape and ensure inclusion of policy terms and conditions, technical design, and partnerships in the project structure to align with U.S. foreign policy objectives; assess risks to execution and long-term viability to identify policy mitigants; and contribute to timeliness of deal execution in accordance with DFC's Investment Program Policy. Draft and clear policy papers, briefing memos, press guidance, correspondence, and other documents for use by Office of the Chief Executive, Office of the Chief Policy Officer, or other Principal-level staff in meetings, public events, Congressional briefings, etc. Coordinate, participate in, and/or accompany Principal in meetings as subject matter expert. Monitor and analyze important sectoral, political, and economic events relevant to DFC's work in the digital infrastructure sector, keeping senior leadership and regional working group informed of significant trends affecting U.S. national interests and DFC equities. Advance and coordinate interagency national security and foreign policy initiatives and strategic goals, in line with U.S. legislation, foreign policy, and security policy to ensure alignment in approach. Please Note: This is not a Bargaining unit position. Qualifications In order to qualify for this position, the ideal applicant will have: Experience preparing thorough, written documents for principal briefings and communicating and interacting with high-level officials; Experience monitoring and analyzing important sectoral, political, and/or economic events related to the Digital Infrastructure sector; Experience conducting international business development and determining whether complex projects/investments Digital Infrastructure sector are financeable, executable, and durable; and Experience supporting projects/investments in one or more digital infrastructure business segments. NOTE: Please provide specific details in your resume as to how your work experience meets the qualifications for this position. This announcement may be used to fill similar positions, if additional vacancies occur. Education This job does not have an education qualification requirement.