Investment Manager – Private Equity - Digital Infrastructure

Flynn and Chase; Milano; In loco; EUR 80.000 - 100.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A Milan-based investment firm is seeking a senior investment manager to lead the full investment cycle in digital infrastructure, including sourcing and managing deals. This role demands 5 to 8 years of relevant experience, strong leadership abilities, and fluency in English and Italian. The successful candidate will work closely with infrastructure teams and build key relationships in the sector. Competitive compensation package on offer.

Servizi

Competitive base salary

Performance bonus

High visibility role

Competenze

• 5–8 years in infrastructure PE, project equity, or strategy consulting.
• Experience in digital infrastructure or telecom preferred.
• Fluent in English and Italian.
• Strong leadership and team-building skills.
• Solid track record in deal execution and financial modeling.

Mansioni

• Lead investment cycle for digital infrastructure deals.
• Translate investment discipline into tech infrastructure.
• Build relationships with sector operators and authorities.
• Set investment thesis, strategy, and operational roadmap.
• Work with teams to find cross-value opportunities.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Financial modeling

Deal execution

Negotiation

Risk understanding

Regulatory understanding

Networking

Descrizione del lavoro

Overview

Our client, us, a Milan-based alternative investment manager with ~€2 billion in assets and strong roots in renewable energy and infrastructure, is embarking on a strategic expansion into the digital infrastructure domain. This new platform will deploy a €500 million fund over coming months targeting data centres, fibre networks, edge / space infrastructure across Western Europe.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead full investment cycle for digital infrastructure deals, from sourcing to exit.
• Translate infrastructure / energy investment discipline into tech infrastructure sector.
• Build relationships with sector operators, tech developers, telecom firms, city authorities.
• Assist in setting the investment thesis, strategy, and operational roadmap for this new vertical.
• Work in synergy with ’ infrastructure / energy teams to find cross-value opportunities (e.g. data centre + renewable co-location).

Candidate Profile

• 5–8 years in infrastructure PE, project equity, principal investing, or strategy consulting. Experience in digital infra, telecom / fibre / data centres / tower infrastructure is strongly preferred, but exceptional candidates with adjacent infrastructure / utility / energy tech background will be considered.
• Solid track record in structuring, deal execution, financial modelling risk & regulatory understanding.
• Experience in Western Europe, ideally across multiple markets (e.g. Italy, Germany, France, Nordics).
• Fluent English, Italian.
• Demonstrable ability to launch and scale new investment verticals within a platform.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and team-building skills.

Compensation & Opportunity

• Competitive base in line with Italian / European senior infrastructure PE benchmarks
• Performance bonus and carry / carried interest
• High visibility role within a growth-stage firm pushing into new infrastructure domain