Head of Portfolio & Investment Risk

Tanqeeb; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Tanqeeb seeks a seasoned Head of Portfolio & Investment Risk to lead the risk framework in Abu Dhabi. You will shape risk methodology, monitor cross-asset risk, and advise the investment team with an independent lens across deals and strategies.

You will oversee stress tests and scenario analysis, ensuring the risk function scales with the portfolio while staying hands-on in execution.

Qualifications

• 20+ years in portfolio or investment risk with quantitative grounding.
• Broad asset-class exposure across private/public equity, infra etc.
• Experience with factor-based and fundamental modelling.
• Deep experience in Total Portfolio Approach and stress testing.

Responsibilities

• Build risk methodology and toolkit for the portfolio across asset classes.
• Maintain sharp risk models; test and refine as portfolio evolves.
• Provide forward and backward risk reads for portfolio and strategy.
• Join Investment Committee with an independent risk lens on deals.
• Stress-test portfolio for returns, liquidity and scenarios.
• Feed risk insights into performance reviews.
• Balance strategic risk agenda with hands-on day-to-day work.

Skills

20+ years experience

Portfolio risk

Investment risk

Multi-asset modelling

Total Portfolio Approach

Strategic Asset Allocation

Scenario analysis

Stress testing

Risk governance

Job description

Job description

Head of Portfolio & Investment Risk

Location: Abu Dhabi

About the Company

Our client is an investment management conglomerate backed by a SWF, with diversified portfolio. It takes an integrated approach to investing, building and managing assets and projects across a broad mix of sectors - from infrastructure, real estate and utilities, to transport and supply chains, agriculture, healthcare and financial investments.

Key Responsibilities

• Build out the risk methodology and toolkit for the portfolio from scratch, defining how risk is measured and monitored as the platform scales across asset classes
• Keep the underlying risk models sharp, testing and refining them as the portfolio evolves
• Provide a forward-looking and backward-looking read on portfolio and strategy risk, flagging what's changing and why
• Sit alongside Investment Teams and the Investment Committee on new deals, bringing an independent risk lens to the table
• Stress-test the portfolio and specific investments under different scenarios, with a focus on both returns and liquidity
• Feed risk insight into the broader performance review cycle
• Balance setting the overall risk agenda with staying hands-on in the detail day to day

Requirements

• 20+ years in portfolio or investment risk, with strong quantitative grounding
• Broad asset-class exposure - private and public equity, infrastructure and beyond
• Skilled in multi-asset-class modelling (factor-based and fundamental)
• Deep experience in Total Portfolio Approach, Strategic Asset Allocation, scenario analysis and stress-testing
• Comes from a mature, established risk function, with international exposure a plus