Senior Investment Placement & Capital Raising📣 Job Ad

About the Role

********* is seeking a Senior Investment Placement & Capital Raising professional for a full-time position based in Riyadh. This role involves independently sourcing, pitching, and closing capital commitments for a Shariah-compliant alternative asset manager with a growing presence in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

Role Overview and Execution

This is a pure execution role focused on direct client engagement and deal closure. The successful candidate will be responsible for building an investor pipeline from the ground up, conducting meetings with family offices and High Net Worth (HNW) individuals, presenting private equity, real estate, and venture capital opportunities, and personally closing capital commitments with minimal oversight.

Key Responsibilities

• Independently work towards a Year 1 target of USD 10 million in closed commitments, with scaling targets in subsequent years.
• Collaborate with internal investment teams to ensure investor proposals are tailored and compelling.
• Maintain full KYC, AML, and FATCA/CRS compliance across all investor onboarding processes, adhering to SAMA and CMA regulatory frameworks.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in investment placement, capital raising, or institutional sales within private equity, real estate, venture capital, or a related alternative investment strategy.
• Clear evidence of personally closing capital commitments, not supporting others who close.
• A verifiable and documented track record of independently sourcing investors, pitching alternative investment products, and closing capital commitments from family offices and HNW individuals in KSA, supported by named transactions or investors personally closed.
• A strong, active, and personally owned investor network within KSA and Kuwait, built independently.
• Deep working knowledge of alternative investment products including private equity, real estate, and venture capital, with direct experience presenting and placing these products with investors in the GCC.
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage a deal pipeline from scratch, including investor profiling, structured follow-up, and converting leads into closed commitments.
• Hands-on experience owning the full investor onboarding compliance process, including KYC, AML, and FATCA/CRS documentation.
• Working knowledge of SAMA and CMA regulatory requirements as they apply to fund distribution and investor-facing activities in KSA.
• A Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, or a related business field.

Work Environment and Location

This is a full-time, on-the-ground role based in Riyadh. The client is a Shariah-compliant alternative asset manager operating within the Saudi Arabian market.