Ecosystem Investments Manager

Overview

Ecosystem Investments Manager

Target Identification & Assessment

• Identify and screen established international gaming companies as potential strategic investments or acquisition targets aligned with the corporate strategy and objectives
• Build and maintain a pipeline of opportunities across different models, including anchor companies, mid-sized studios, and specialist portfolios
• Assess strategic fit, relocation potential, and value creation opportunities
• Conduct commercial, financial, IP, and talent-retention due diligence on shortlisted targets

Co-Investment With Swfs & Private Equity

• Support the structuring of potential deal structures (joint investments) alone or with sovereign wealth funds and private equity investors to optimize risk and capital deployment
• Build and manage relationships with co-investors and align on investment approach and governance
• Assess ownership and deal structures, including majority acquisitions with relocation and minority investments combined with local joint ventures
• Support transaction terms and execution while ensuring appropriate oversight and institutional risk controls

Localization, Value Creation & Ecosystem Growth

• Contribute to investment evaluations, valuation assessments, and transaction structuring activities
• Support negotiation processes and transaction execution workstreams
• Develop investment memoranda, strategic assessments, and executive decision-making materials
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders throughout the investment lifecycle

Localization & Ecosystem Development

• Support the incorporation of relocation, joint venture, and collaboration commitments into transaction structures, competing on ecosystem fit rather than price alone
• Coordinate with investment attraction stakeholders on incentives and landing packages
• Support post-deal localization and value creation initiatives to establish a long-term presence in Abu Dhabi
• Help ensure investments contribute positively to ecosystem growth and sustainable value creation

Requirements

• 8–10 years of experience within an MBB or equivalent top-tier strategy consulting firm, with a strong due diligence and deals background serving private equity funds and corporate acquirers
• Extensive hands-on experience supporting buy-side acquisition engagements is required
• Experience engaging with sovereign wealth funds, private equity firms, and strategic counterparties

Core Capabilities

• Strong analytical and structuring skills, including target screening, valuation logic, ecosystem-fit assessment, and deal framing
• Extensive hands-on due diligence experience across commercial, financial, IP, and talent dimensions
• Strong understanding of transaction structures, co-investment models, and joint venture arrangements
• Ability to engage confidently with sovereign wealth funds, private equity firms, and strategic investors
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and executive presentation skills
• Ability to operate in complex and fast-paced transaction environments

Experience & Exposure

• Experience in gaming sector transactions is preferred; exposure to media, technology, or entertainment sectors is also relevant
• Prior M&A, private equity, or corporate development experience, either in-house or advisory
• Exposure to cross-border transactions and relocation or localization structures
• Strong working knowledge of AI tools and their application to strategy and due diligence

Contract Duration

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates