HEAD OF INVESTMENTS | Chief Investment Officer, DUBAI
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About the Role
A Singapore-incorporated multi-asset investment platform is seeking a Head of Investments (functionally equivalent to CIO) to lead investment strategy, capital allocation, portfolio construction, risk governance, and team leadership.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Define and continuously refine the overall investment framework across all strategy sleeves
- Allocate capital across strategies, manage risk budgets, and set position level parameters
- Chair or co chair the investment committee and establish rigorous governance protocols
- Oversee the full lifecycle of quant strategy development from research through live deployment and monitoring
- Lead or co lead special situations sourcing, underwriting, and IC approval
- Set the framework for private market capital allocation
- Evaluate digital asset strategies with rigour
- Serve as a senior face of the firm with LPs, family offices, and institutional counterparties
- Build, lead, and retain a high performance investment team
Requirements
- 12+ years of relevant experience across asset management, hedge funds, proprietary trading, or institutional investment platforms
- Proven portfolio leadership responsibility
- Strong demonstrable exposure to quantitative strategies and arbitrage frameworks
- Track record in global equities and multi asset investing across different market regimes
- Experience evaluating or executing special situations and structured transactions
- Meaningful involvement in private market investments, particularly in innovation led sectors
- Operating history in institutional environments with real risk controls, investment committees, and governance structures
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The Opportunity
- We are retained by a Singapore incorporated Variable Capital Company operating a global multi asset investment platform across quantitative trading, cross asset arbitrage, public equities, special situations, and selective private market investments.
- The firm is active across Asia, Europe, and North America, deploying proprietary AI and ML driven research infrastructure with 24/7 execution capability.
- This is a firm building mandate, not a portfolio management assignment. The Head of Investments will serve as the senior investment authority across every sleeve of the portfolio.
The Investment Platform
- The portfolio spans five integrated strategy sleeves: Quantitative Trading and Cross Asset Arbitrage (core, ~75% of AUM), Global Public Equities and Tactical Allocation, Special Situations and Structured Opportunities, Private Market Investments (AI, Defense Tech, Edtech, Healthcare), and Digital As
What the Role Requires
- Defining and continuously refining the overall investment framework across all strategy sleeves.
- Allocating capital across strategies, managing risk budgets, and setting position level parameters.
- Chairing or co chairing the investment committee and establishing rigorous governance protocols.
- Overseeing the full lifecycle of quant strategy development, from research through to live deployment and ongoing monitoring.
- Leading or co leading special situations sourcing, underwriting, and IC approval.
- Setting the framework for private market capital allocation, including stage preference and co investment criteria.
- Evaluating digital asset strategies with the same rigour applied to traditional markets.
- Serving as a senior face of the firm with LPs, family offices, and institutional counterparties.
- Building, leading, and retaining a high performance investment team as the platform scales.
The Candidate
- 12 or more years of relevant experience across asset management, hedge funds, proprietary trading, or institutional investment platforms.
- Proven portfolio leadership responsibility, not just analytical contribution.
- Strong and demonstrable exposure to quantitative strategies and arbitrage frameworks.
- Track record in global equities and multi asset investing across different market regimes.
- Experience evaluating or executing special situations and structured transactions.
- Meaningful involvement in private market investments, particularly in innovation led sectors.
- Operating history in institutional environments with real risk controls, investment committees, and governance structures.
Location & Compensation
- Dubai. This is a full time, on the ground role. Relocation support is available.
- Competitive and commensurate with the calibre of mandate.
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