Investment Specialist

Jobs for Humanity; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Investment Specialist to join their dynamic investment team. In this pivotal role, you will support deal execution, manage portfolio performance, and engage with entrepreneurs to provide essential resources. Your analytical skills and proactive approach will be crucial in conducting due diligence, creating financial models, and maintaining relationships with investors. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the growth of innovative companies in emerging markets, making a significant impact on their success. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about investment, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required with strong analytical and research skills.
• Proactive, resourceful, and excellent organizational abilities are essential.

Responsibilities

• Support due diligence on prospective investments and analyze portfolio performance.
• Drive deal execution processes and maintain relationships with portfolio companies.
• Engage with the local ecosystem to introduce founders to business opportunities.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Research Ability

Critical Thinking

Organizational Skills

Communication Skills

Proactivity

Resourcefulness

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Job Description

Your Mission:

The Investment Specialist is a critical part of our investment team, supporting deal execution, portfolio management, ecosystem management, and company analysis. You will work closely with other investment team members as well as entrepreneurs directly to help them gain the necessary resources. This role requires strong attention to detail, resourcefulness, proactivity, analytical skills, exceptional organization, and the ability to build meaningful relationships with founders and partners to ensure they capture value through Orbit programs and ecosystem.

Your Responsibilities

Drive Results and Insights for Portfolio Companies

• Support comprehensive due diligence on prospective investments, including information collection, research, and analysis of company history, team, strategy, financials, relevant industries, technologies, and market trends.
• Prioritize and manage new deal signing and follow-up timeline.
• Support the analysis of portfolio performance via financials and business indicators.
• Prepare portfolio companies' basic fundraising readiness materials (investment deck, financial model, and data room).
• Create financial models with founders to uncover financially unsustainable practices and estimate future outcomes.
• Maintain relationships, such as existing co-investors and potential investors for companies in the portfolio.

Be Operationally Excellent

• Drive your assigned tasks for deal execution process from start to finish to close new investments.
• Keep the investment pipeline going by proactively scheduling sourcing meetings, writing meeting notes, creating follow-up calls, filing sourcing documents, and driving evaluation processes to completion.
• Communicate regularly regarding portfolio company statuses to the Orbit team.
• Ensure accurate filing of all relevant portfolio data and metrics in tracking systems.
• Maintain and improve internal Orbit investment team systems and processes as assigned.

Engage the Orbit and Local Ecosystem

• Maintain regular calls with relevant team members, deal sourcing partners, and other sourcing channels.
• Maintain a long-term, trusting relationship with assigned portfolio companies by introducing founders to meaningful business and financing opportunities.
• Help maintain Orbit’s network of investors.

Your First Days

By Day 30:

• Finish and score high on the investment training module.
• Build a solid understanding of Orbit's investment thesis, portfolio, and internal systems.
• Schedule and manage sourcing calls and meeting notes.
• Begin conducting due diligence on potential investments under guidance.

By Day 90:

• Independently manage the due diligence process for potential investments.
• Develop and maintain relationships with assigned portfolio companies.
• Create comprehensive financial models and analysis.

By Day 300:

• Independently be accountable for a portfolio of companies.
• Drive end-to-end deal execution processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree.
• Demonstrable analytical and research ability.
• Demonstrable critical thinking.
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to self-manage in ambiguous situations.
• Highly proactive and resourceful.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Fluent (spoken and written) in English and Arabic.

Additional Information

About Orbit Startups

Orbit Startups is a venture capital firm with a mission to drive economic transformation in frontier and emerging markets, capitalizing on the rapid adoption of technology across South Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, and MENA. With almost two decades of investment experience in high-growth markets like China and India, Orbit has established itself as a critical player in bridging technology, entrepreneurism, and industry leaders.