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The Digital Identity Lead is a high-visibility, dual-engine role sitting at the intersection of technical architecture and commercial origination. The role's anchor specialism is Digital Identity (DID): you will bring deep, hands-on experience of building or implementing national-scale digital identity architectures, and you will ultimately own FT's DID service line. Because identity is a load-bearing foundation beneath the rest of FT's foundations stack — every national data ecosystem depends on a trusted unique identifier, and every identity system depends on a cryptographic trust and security layer — this role is deliberately broader than a pure DID mandate. You will carry contributory technical responsibility into Data at Societal Scale (national data exchange, interoperability, data governance) and Cybersecurity (PKI, cryptographic trust frameworks, Zero Trust design), acting as FT's connective thread across these three foundations. You will not be expected to lead these adjacent domains, but to ensure DID engagements are architected coherently with them, and to lend specialist input when FT's Data and Cyber leads need identity-layer expertise. You will also act as a core business builder for the practice, using your global network within the World Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the broader DPI ecosystem to originate new projects, secure funding, and scale Genesis's pipeline across all three foundations. 1 | Key Responsibilities 1.1   Business Origination & Strategic Networks  (35%) Pipeline Generation: Leverage existing, high-level relationships within the World Bank, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), Co-Develop, and key regional development banks to position Genesis as the premier global choice for DPI implementation — opening doors for Data at Societal Scale and Cybersecurity mandates as a natural extension of DID relationships. Deal Structuring & Capture: Proactively identify, shape, and capture business opportunities across the DID and foundational ID ecosystem; lead high-value proposal development and pitches for donor-funded tenders, and contribute technical input to Data and Cybersecurity pursuits where identity is a component. Ecosystem Integration: Act as a primary interface between Genesis and the global identity, data, and digital government communities, aligning firm capabilities with emerging donor strategies, funding cycles, and country-level roadmaps. 1.2   Digital Identity — Technical Leadership & Implementation  (35%) National-Scale Delivery: Serve as the chief subject-matter expert on the architectural design, governance, and roll-out strategies of foundational or functional national digital ID systems. Framework Champion: Embed international standards and best practice — specifically World Bank ID4D principles, ID4Africa frameworks, and open-source stacks such as MOSIP — into localised government roadmaps. Next-Gen Identity Architecture: Advise clients on the transition toward Decentralised Identity (DID) ecosystems, Verifiable Credentials (VCs), and self-sovereign identity (SSI) frameworks. Cross-Functional Integration: Ensure identity frameworks interoperate seamlessly with the other DPI pillars — payments, data exchange, and (in time) national cybersecurity architecture. 1.3  Contributory Technical Leadership: Data & Cybersecurity Foundations  (20%) Data at Societal Scale: Advise on how unique identifiers and civil registries underpin national data exchange and interoperability architecture; contribute an identity lens to national data strategy and data governance engagements led by FT's Data practice. Cybersecurity: Bring your natural DID-adjacent expertise in cryptographic trust frameworks, PKI, and public/private key infrastructure to inform Zero Trust architecture, authentication and authorisation design, and identity-linked security posture assessments — supporting the build-out of FT's cybersecurity s