Head of Operations

Eden Rose; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Eden Rose in Abu Dhabi seeks a Head of Operations to build and lead the operational backbone of a new tokenized funds vertical. This is a hands-on role overseeing fund admin, custodian relations and service providers.

You will design the operating framework, recruit the team, and ensure ADGM/FSRA regulatory alignment while coordinating with investment management, risk and technology.

Qualifications

• 10-12 years’ expertise in fund operations or asset/investment management.
• Hands-on experience in NAV calculations for funds.
• Experience managing external fund administrators and custodians.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end operations of the tokenized funds business.
• Oversee fund admin, custodian, and service providers; coordinate with fund management.
• Design the operations framework and control environment for the new vertical.
• Hire, onboard, and manage the operations team and related systems.

Skills

Fund operations

NAV calculations

Vendor management

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

NAV systems

Asset custody platforms

Job description

Eden Rose is currently engaged with a financial institution within Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) who are seeking a Head of Operations to be responsible to build and lead the operational backbone of this new fund vertical from the ground up- spanning fund operations.

This is a hands-on, build-out mandate for someone who has directly run the operations of a funds business and can extend that discipline into a tokenized, blockchain-based operating model.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end operations of the tokenized public markets fund, including overseeing Fund Admin, Custodian, and other service providers and coordinating with the fund management team
• Act as operational lead for the fund's tokenization infrastructure, working with the blockchain/technology platform provider and digital asset custodian.
• Oversee Fund Admin on fund accounting (NAV, accruals, valuations, distributions) and review reconciliations, ensuring timely resolution of breaks.
• Select, onboard and manage fund administrators, digital asset custodians, transfer agents, brokers and tokenization platform providers, including SLAs and KPIs.
• Partner closely with Investment Management, Risk, Compliance, Legal and Technology to support the fund's launch and ongoing operations.
• Design and implement the fund operations framework and control environment for a newly-licensed Fund Management vertical.
• Build and lead the operations function for the new vertical from inception, including hiring, systems selection and process design.

The Head of Operations will hold a Bachelors' Degree in a relevant discipline, and have 10-12 years’ expertise in fund operations, fund administration or asset/investment management, including hands‑on experience in the funds business.

You will have a demonstrated track record managing NAV calculations and validation for an open-ended, publicly-traded fund and experience managing external fund administrators, custodians (including digital asset custodians), transfer agents and technology/tokenization platform providers. And experience designing operational frameworks, controls, policies and procedures, ideally within a newly-licensed or start-up regulated entity. It is strongly preferred if you have experience running the operations of a tokenized fund or digital securities product and a sound working knowledge of ADGM/FSRA regulatory requirements for fund managers and digital securities or similar.