Digital Identity Lead - Frontier Technologies Foundations

Technical & Sector Expertise

• National-Scale Track Record (must-have): 5+ years of experience with a proven history of playing a hands-on, leading role in the design, engineering, or nationwide roll-out of a foundational digital identity system.
• Institutional Frameworks (must-have): Deep structural familiarity with World Bank ID4D (Identification for Development) criteria, ID4Africa integration models, and the open-source MOSIP architecture.
• DID Ecosystem Literacy (must-have): Thorough understanding of W3C DID standards, Decentralised Identifiers, cryptographic trust frameworks, and public/private key infrastructure.
• Data Interoperability Fluency (contributory): Working knowledge of national data exchange design, data governance architecture, and how digital ID underpins whole-of-government data ecosystems — broadly aligned to the World Bank's Digital Core / Digital Use framing of digital government.
• Cybersecurity Fluency (contributory): Working knowledge of PKI, e-signature infrastructure, Zero Trust principles, and alignment to standards such as ISO 27001/27701 and NIST CSF, sufficient to partner credibly with dedicated cybersecurity specialists.