Portfolio Manager & Director (ADGM / VARA)

Animoca Brands; Dubai; On-site; AED 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Animoca Brands Corporation Limited is a Web3 leader leveraging tokenization and blockchain to deliver digital property rights and support the open metaverse. The role focuses on executing investment strategy across fund-of-funds, DeFi yields, and real-world asset strategies, with onboarding of managers and capital deployment.

You will work with the ADGM and VARA regulatory framework, manage cash movements and NAV data, and ensure compliance, governance, and risk controls.

Responsibilities

• Execute the investment strategy approved by the Investment Committee across quantitative fund-of-funds, DeFi yield and real world asset strategies.
• Allocate to underlying quantitative managers and manage onboarding, capital deployment, rebalancing and withdrawals.
• Deploy capital into whitelisted DeFi protocols and manage position sizing and risk controls.
• Oversee all capital movements: fiat and stablecoin on- and off-ramps, transfers to DeFi wallets and exchange accounts, and redemption payouts.
• Operate the institutional virtual asset custodian, including transaction execution, policy engine whitelists and wallet architecture.
• Approve outgoing wire and stablecoin transfer instructions for redemptions, in coordination with the fund administrator.
• Work with the fund administrator on subscriptions and redemptions, position data for NAV, and daily on-chain / off-chain reconciliation.
• Serve as director for the ADGM entity and act as the ADGM portfolio manager, accountable for the regulated activity of managing assets.
• Work alongside the Compliance Officer, MLRO, Risk Officer and Finance Officer on the control framework, and support the internal and external audit functions.
• Flexibility to serve as director for the VARA entity and act as the VARA Responsible Individual, accountable for the day-to-day conduct of the licensed activity and available to the regulator.
• Monitor fund-level risk limits: protocol diversification, exposure caps by venue, leverage constraints and drawdown triggers.
• Maintain operational risk awareness across DeFi protocols (smart contract, oracle and governance risk) and exchange counterparties.
• Report to the Investment Committee on performance, risk metrics and operational matters.
• Support the annual audit with investment records, trade logs and rebalancing documentation.

Job description

Animoca Brands Corporation Limited (ACN: 122 921 813) is a Web3 leader that leverages tokenization and blockchain to deliver digital property rights to consumers, helping to establish the open metaverse and its associated network effects. Animoca Brands realizes its mission via three integrated business pillars: operating Web3 businesses to advance blockchain adoption with native projects such as Moca Network, Anichess, The Sandbox, Open Campus, NEOM Web3 initiatives, and a regulated stablecoin project in partnership with Standard Chartered and HKT; providing digital asset advisory services including tokenomics advisory, liquidity provisioning, and institutional research to help external Web3 projects grow; and investment management, with a portfolio of investments in over 540 companies including industry leaders Pudgy Penguins, Yuga Labs, Axie Infinity, Polygon, Consensys, Magic Eden, OpenSea, Dapper Labs, YGG, and many others.

Key Responsibilities

• Portfolio Management
  • Execute the investment strategy approved by the Investment Committee across quantitative fund-of-funds, DeFi yield and real world asset strategies.
  • Allocate to underlying quantitative managers and manage onboarding, capital deployment, rebalancing and withdrawals.
  • Deploy capital into whitelisted DeFi protocols and manage position sizing and risk controls.
• Fund Operations
  • Oversee all capital movements: fiat and stablecoin on- and off-ramps, transfers to DeFi wallets and exchange accounts, and redemption payouts.
  • Operate the institutional virtual asset custodian, including transaction execution, policy engine whitelists and wallet architecture.
  • Approve outgoing wire and stablecoin transfer instructions for redemptions, in coordination with the fund administrator.
  • Work with the fund administrator on subscriptions and redemptions, position data for NAV, and daily on-chain / off-chain reconciliation.
• Regulatory & Governance
  • Serve as director for the ADGM entity and act as the ADGM portfolio manager, accountable for the regulated activity of managing assets.
  • Work alongside the Compliance Officer, MLRO, Risk Officer and Finance Officer on the control framework, and support the internal and external audit functions.
  • Flexibility to serve as director for the VARA entity and act as the VARA Responsible Individual, accountable for the day-to-day conduct of the licensed activity and available to the regulator.
• Risk & Reporting
  • Monitor fund-level risk limits: protocol diversification, exposure caps by venue, leverage constraints and drawdown triggers.
  • Maintain operational risk awareness across DeFi protocols (smart contract, oracle and governance risk) and exchange counterparties.
  • Report to the Investment Committee on performance, risk metrics and operational matters.
  • Support the annual audit with investment records, trade logs and rebalancing documentation.