Portfolio Manager (DEFI & Funds)

Overview

Role Requirement

Investment Management & Strategy Execution

• Execute Investment Committee-approved portfolio transactions and strategies, including staking, lending, liquidity provision, leveraged yield strategies, and external manager allocations.
• Deploy capital to approved DeFi protocols via the institutional custody platform, ensuring whitelisted integrations, appropriate position sizing, and risk controls.
• Manage capital allocations to quantitative managers through segregated CEX accounts, including setup, funding, rebalancing, and redemptions.
• Monitor portfolio exposures daily, including yield, protocol stability, liquidation thresholds, counterparty risk, and compliance with Investment Committee limits.
• Review portfolio positioning for rebalancing or yield optimisation opportunities, executing approved changes within authority and escalating mandate exceptions to the Investment Committee.
• Oversee MMF liquidity allocation to maintain cash availability and meet redemption obligations within fund parameters.

Fund Operations & Trade Execution

• Manage fund cash and digital asset movements, including fiat-stablecoin conversions, custody wallet transfers, DeFi/CEX allocations, and off-ramping for redemptions and operational payments.
• Coordinate with the digital asset custodian on transactions, wallet and protocol whitelists, policy engine settings, and secure wallet infrastructure management.
• Authorise fiat payments and USDC redemption distributions, coordinating with the fund administrator for timely, accurate settlement.
• Work with the fund administrator on subscriptions, redemptions, mint/burn instructions, NAV data, and daily on-chain/off-chain reconciliations.
• Manage relationships with external quantitative managers, monitoring performance, reviewing reports, and coordinating withdrawals, reallocations, and redeployment as needed.

Risk Management & Compliance

• Oversee portfolio risk controls in line with Investment Committee directives, including diversification, TVL thresholds, venue concentration, leverage, and drawdown limits.
• Assess operational and counterparty risks across DeFi and centralised environments, including smart contract, oracle, governance, credit, and exchange-related risks.
• Support AML/KYC compliance with the fund administrator, covering investor onboarding, due diligence, reviews, and sanctions screening.
• Manage operational incidents by assessing impact, coordinating responses, and implementing corrective actions, including emergency smart contract interventions when needed.
• Prepare post-incident documentation, support root cause analysis, and assist with regulatory filings and notifications, including CIMA submissions where applicable.

Reporting & Stakeholder Management

• Provide portfolio holdings, transaction records, and performance data to support NAV production and investor reporting.
• Present regular Investment Committee updates on portfolio results, key risks, operational developments, and material issues.
• Serve as the main contact for external partners, coordinating operational, compliance, and regulatory matters with administrators, custodians, auditors, and legal advisers.
• Support the annual audit by providing requested documentation, including trade histories, investment records, Investment Committee minutes, and rebalancing details.

Experience

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in portfolio management, trading, investment operations, or a related field, with proven experience in one or more of the following:
• Managing discretionary portfolios or proprietary trading strategies in institutional finance.
• Working in digital asset environments, including DeFi, yield strategies, quantitative models, or multi-manager crypto funds.
• Performing fund operations or middle/back-office functions, including trade execution, reconciliation, settlement, and custodian engagement.
• Operating in blockchain or digital assets, including custody, tokenised products, or infrastructure in a leadership or supervisory role.

Experience

Technical Knowledge

• Strong DeFi knowledge across lending, staking, liquidity pools, yield optimisation, and protocol operations.
• Understanding of quantitative digital asset strategies, including delta-neutral, basis, carry, and perpetual futures approaches.
• Familiarity with Ethereum infrastructure, smart contracts, ERC-20 standards, and on-chain transaction execution.
• Hands-on experience with institutional custody platforms, transaction controls, DeFi integrations, wallet administration, and secure asset management.
• Understanding of institutional fund structures, including Cayman SPCs, segregated portfolios, NAV production, fund accounting, and administration workflows.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong operational discipline, coordinating complex workflows with accuracy and attention to detail.
• Risk-focused mindset, able to identify, assess, and escalate key operational, market, counterparty, or protocol risks.
• Excellent communicator, providing clear, accurate, and timely updates to internal and external stakeholders.
• Works independently within governance frameworks, using sound judgement and escalating approval matters.
• Flexible and resilient in fast-paced environments with evolving processes, controls, and operating models.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline; MBA, MSc, or CFA preferred but not essential.
• Professional credentials including CFA, CAIA, FRM, or comparable industry certifications will be viewed favourably and considered an added benefit.
• Must meet, or be capable of meeting, the eligibility requirements for registration as a Relevant Professional with the ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA).
• What they Offer
• Help launch and scale an institutional tokenised fund platform, shaping strategy, operations, and long-term success.
• Own investment execution and on-chain activity, with meaningful portfolio management involvement.
• Work with international investors and stakeholders across North America, Asia, and the Middle East.
• Receive a competitive package, including base salary, performance incentives, and potential equity or token-based rewards.
• Join a collaborative, high-growth digital assets team backed by an established global ecosystem.
• This opportunity offers an amazing package and salary for the successful applicant.
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