• Key hire within a growing Investment Technology function
• Ownership of business critical applications supporting private markets investing

About Our Client

A leading investment organisation based in Abu Dhabi, undergoing significant growth across its private markets platform and technology capabilities.

Job Description

• Own and manage the lifecycle of core investment platforms, including enhancements, integrations, and roadmap development
• Partner with stakeholders across Investments, Finance, Fund Operations, and Investor Relations to gather and translate business requirements
• Act as the SME for investment applications, ensuring systems effectively support the investment lifecycle
• Lead delivery of system changes and improvements, coordinating with vendors and internal teams
• Provide hands-on support, troubleshooting issues and ensuring operational continuity
• Manage external vendors, ensuring delivery against SLAs and overseeing change, release, and deployment processes
• Drive continuous improvement across applications, enhancing efficiency and reducing manual processes
• Support the evaluation, selection, and onboarding of new applications where required
• Ensure systems meet governance, regulatory, and data control requirements

The Successful Applicant

• Strong experience managing or supporting enterprise applications within asset management, private equity, or investment environments
• Solid understanding of fund operations and fund accounting, including investment lifecycle processes
• Experience working with investment platforms such as eFront, Investran, SimCorp, or similar
• Background combining application ownership, business analysis, and delivery/project execution
• Hands on mindset, comfortable operating in lean teams and taking ownership across multiple areas
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work closely with business users and senior stakeholders
• Experience managing vendors and working in outsourced delivery environments
• Technically competent with a good understanding of system architecture, integrations, and data flows
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, evolving environment with multiple priorities

What's on Offer

• Ownership of a critical enterprise application portfolio within an FS organisation
• High exposure to business stakeholders and senior technology leadership

Contact
Ruwise Sheriff

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