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Director Structuring & Origination
Disrupt.com
Dubai, UAE
Full Time
Director
1 weeks ago
Structured FinanceIslamic FinanceDeal StructuringOriginationCapital MarketsPrivate Credit
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About the Role
Zamanat, a Sharia-aligned RWA tokenisation platform, seeks a Director of Structuring & Origination to lead deal structuring, originate mandates, and build AI-assisted structuring playbooks.
Key Skills for This Role
Structured FinanceIslamic FinanceDeal StructuringOriginationCapital MarketsPrivate Credit
Responsibilities
- Lead end to end structuring on live mandates across receivables financing, private credit, fund tokenisation and asset backed structures
- Originate new mandates alongside the CEO and BD lead, primarily across MENA, GCC, South Asia and Sub Saharan Africa
- Codify Zamanat's structuring playbooks; 12 month KPI is three named playbooks in production use
- Build AI assisted structuring tooling and templates to fast track documentation, term sheet drafting, scenario modelling, Sharia structure checks, and deal pattern recognition
- Own commercial term sheet design, fee structures and economic alignment with sponsors and partners
- Run Sharia structuring decisions in close coordination with appointed Sharia advisors
- Oversee post issuance servicing on SME and receivables programmes including servicing, reporting, performance monitoring and remediation triggers
- Work with regulatory counsel and partner licence holders on jurisdictional execution (ADGM, DIFC, DFSA, FSRA, and selected emerging market regulators)
- Manage the deal team relationship with fund administrators, custodians, tokenisation tech partners and Sharia advisors
- Build and lead the structuring team as pipeline conversion supports it
Requirements
- 10 to 14 years in structured finance, capital markets, Islamic finance, private credit, securitisation, receivables financing or specialist arranging
- Demonstrable Sharia structured execution on live deals (Murabaha, Wakala, Sukuk or Ijara)
- Capital markets experience including debt capital markets, sukuk issuance, structured notes or asset backed transactions
- Receivables financing, factoring, supply chain finance or working capital programme experience
- Strong commercial judgement on term sheets, fee structures and sponsor economics
- Experience working across ADGM, DIFC, DFSA, FSRA or comparable GCC and MENA regulatory environments
- Ability to manage external counsel, fund administrators, custodians and partner licence holders
- Willingness to learn and embed AI tools in day to day structuring work
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About Zamanat
- Zamanat is a Sharia aligned real world asset tokenisation platform.
- Structures and tokenises assets across funds, private credit, real estate and receivables.
- Distributes through institutional, private wealth and on chain channels.
- Applied for a DIFC tokenised credit fund and runs a live structuring pipeline across MENA, GCC and selected emerging markets.
The Role
- Hiring a Director, Structuring & Origination to lead deal structuring across live and forward pipeline.
- Originate new mandates and build the structuring playbook to compress time to launch.
- Hands on role today with clear path to Senior Director or MD as pipeline, AUM and team scale.
- Must hold a term sheet, Sharia structure, regulator conversation, sponsor relationship and documentation pack in the same week.
What You Will Do
- Lead end to end structuring on live mandates across receivables financing, private credit, fund tokenisation and asset backed structures.
- Originate new mandates alongside the CEO and BD lead, primarily across MENA, GCC, South Asia and Sub Saharan Africa.
- Codify Zamanat's structuring playbooks. The 12 month KPI is three named playbooks in production use.
- Build AI assisted structuring tooling and templates: use AI to fast track documentation, term sheet drafting, scenario modelling, Sharia structure checks, and deal pattern recognition across the playbook library.
- Own commercial term sheet design, fee structures and economic alignment with sponsors and partners.
- Run Sharia structuring decisions in close coordination with appointed Sharia advisors. Murabaha, Wakala, Sukuk, Ijara, Musharaka and hybrid structures as relevant.
- Oversee post issuance servicing on SME and receivables programmes including servicing, reporting, performance monitoring and remediation triggers.
- Work with regulatory counsel and partner licence holders on jurisdictional execution (ADGM, DIFC, DFSA, FSRA, and selected emerging market regulators).
- Manage the deal team relationship with fund administrators, custodians, tokenisation tech partners and Sharia advisors.
- Build and lead the structuring team as pipeline conversion supports it.
Candidate Profile
- 10 to 14 years of experience in structured finance, capital markets, Islamic finance, private credit, securitisation, receivables financing or specialist arranging.
- Personally led deals through structuring, documentation and closing.
- Understand both commercial logic and structural mechanics.
- Comfortable with ambiguity, lean teams and shaping a function from scratch.
- Hungry to learn and apply AI tooling to work.
Required Experience
- 10 to 14 years in structured finance, capital markets, sukuk, Islamic finance, private credit, securitisation, receivables financing or specialist arranging.
- Demonstrable Sharia structured execution on live deals. Murabaha, Wakala, Sukuk or Ijara applied in production.
- Capital markets experience including debt capital markets, sukuk issuance, structured notes or asset backed transactions.
- Receivables financing, factoring, supply chain finance or working capital programme experience.
- Strong commercial judgement on term sheets, fee structures and sponsor economics.
- Experience working across ADGM, DIFC, DFSA, FSRA or comparable GCC and MENA regulatory environments.
- Ability to manage external counsel, fund administrators, custodians and partner licence holders.
- Willingness to learn and embed AI tools in day to day structuring work.
Preferred Experience
- Private markets experience including private credit funds, real estate funds, infrastructure or alternatives.
- Tokenisation, digital assets or blockchain based issuance exposure.
- Direct relationships with mid market issuers, sponsors, asset managers and private credit originators across MENA, GCC, South Asia or Sub Saharan Africa.
- Prior experience codifying structuring playbooks, templates or repeat issuance frameworks.
- Existing exposure to AI tools applied to financial work (deal review, documentation drafting, model build, research synthesis).
- Team build and leadership experience.
- Comfort operating without a large platform underneath, in an early stage operating company.
What Success Looks Like
- First 90 days: take ownership of live structuring book, map forward pipeline, lock priority deal sequencing, start first playbook codification, identify first two or three AI tooling levers.
- First 12 months: closed mandates with locked fee economics, first three named structuring playbooks in production, AI tooling embedded in at least two playbooks, working post issuance servicing model, hiring case for next team member.
What We Offer
- Competitive fixed compensation.
- Performance linked bonus tied to closed mandates, structuring fee revenue and playbook delivery.
- Equity or carry participation aligned to long term value creation.
- Clear trajectory to Senior Director or MD as pipeline, AUM and team scale.
- Direct exposure to the CEO, partners, sponsors and Sharia governance.
- Foundational role in building a Sharia aligned tokenisation platform with AI tooling embedded from inception.
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