Chief Investment Officer

Overview

Responsibilities And Duties

• Own the capital allocation framework, including the prioritization, sizing, and sequencing of all material investment decisions.
• Lead the investment committee process, with the analytical standards, the business case discipline, and the post-investment review rigor expected of a major Saudi institution.
• Set the return thresholds, the hurdle rates, and the capital discipline that govern every major spend.
• Build and run the corporate development pipeline, including acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships, and selective divestments.
• Lead the full transaction lifecycle, from target identification and valuation through due diligence, structuring, negotiation, integration planning, and value tracking.
• Develop the institutional view on adjacencies and growth opportunities.
• Own the analytical framework for the existing portfolio, including performance reviews, rebalancing, and capital reallocation.
• Partner with the senior leadership on long-term portfolio shape and growth priorities.
• Own the long-range plan and the multi-year financial model that underpins it, in partnership with the Chief Financial Officer.
• Drive a structured value creation agenda, with clear initiatives, owners, milestones, and tracked impact.
• Build the analytical infrastructure, scenario planning, market intelligence, and competitor benchmarking that informs the executive committee and the board.
• Support the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer in board and investor engagements on matters of strategy, capital allocation, and corporate development.
• Develop the materials, the analysis, and the positioning that present the institution's investment case to relevant stakeholders.
• Build the relationships, with banks, advisors, family offices, and strategic counterparties, that give the institution access to the right deal flow.

Requirements And Qualifications

• Fifteen years or more in corporate development, private equity, investment banking, or strategy, with significant operating exposure.
• Direct experience leading transactions end to end, from origination through integration, at a meaningful size and complexity.
• A track record of capital allocation decision-making at a level where decisions reach the board.
• Deep technical strength in valuation, modeling, deal structuring, and capital markets, paired with the commercial maturity to know when the analysis ends and the judgment begins.
• Strong understanding of the Saudi regulatory environment, including the Capital Market Authority and the Companies Law as they relate to material transactions and disclosures.
• Ability to operate with the Chief Executive Officer, the board, and external counterparties at an institutional standard.
• Discipline to say no to value-destroying ideas, however senior the sponsor, and to defend that position with evidence.
• Analytical, structured, and intellectually independent. Operates as an institutional voice, not as a personal opinion.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, engineering, or a related discipline. Master's degree, MBA, CFA, or equivalent strongly preferred.
• Arabic language is an advantage. English is required.