Chief Investment Officer

W3Global; United States; Vor Ort; USD 350.000 - 550.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

W3Global seeks an accomplished Chief Investment Officer to lead capital strategy, fundraising, structured finance, and portfolio decisions for a rapidly growing digital infrastructure platform.

The CIO will oversee the full capital stack, build relationships with institutional investors and lenders, and prepare the organization for potential public markets, reporting to the CEO and collaborating with the founding team.

Qualifikationen

• 15+ years of experience in capital markets, infrastructure private equity, project finance, or related field.
• Experience raising institutional equity and debt across large transactions.
• Established relationships with banks, investors, lenders, and strategic capital providers.
• Extensive experience structuring project-level financing and complex financial agreements.
• Strong understanding of energy, power, digital infrastructure, or data center sectors.
• Experience with pre-IPO capital markets prep, and public-company financial discipline.
• Proven negotiation, leadership, and stakeholder management in fast-paced orgs.

Aufgaben

• Lead capital-formation and equity-raising strategies across pre-IPO rounds and strategic investments.
• Manage debt financing and lender relationships for corporate and project-level debt.
• Design SPVs and project financing structures for campus development and acquisitions.
• Develop investment framework and underwriting standards for a multi-gigawatt pipeline.
• Oversee investor relations, reporting, governance, and public-market readiness.

Kenntnisse

Capital markets

Infrastructure finance

Financial modeling oversight

Negotiation & leadership

Executive communications

Jobbeschreibung

The Chief Investment Officer (CIO) will lead capital strategy, fundraising, structured finance, and portfolio investment decisions for a rapidly growing digital infrastructure platform. This executive will oversee the full capital stack, including equity capital raising, debt financing, institutional lender relationships, commercial structuring, and investor relations.

Reporting directly to the CEO and working closely with the founding team, the CIO will play a pivotal role in funding the company's multi-gigawatt development pipeline, optimizing capital efficiency, and preparing the organization for the public markets.

Key Responsibilities

Capital Formation and Equity Raising

• Develop and execute the company's capital-raising strategy across pre-IPO equity rounds, structured equity, convertible instruments, and strategic investments.
• Lead fundraising initiatives from initial positioning and investor materials through investor targeting, negotiations, due diligence, and closing.
• Build and maintain relationships with institutional investors, family offices, sovereign wealth funds, and strategic capital partners.

Debt Financing and Lender Relationships

• Establish and manage relationships with commercial banks, institutional debt providers, private credit funds, and infrastructure lenders.
• Structure and secure corporate-level and project-level financing, including construction loans, term debt, credit facilities, and asset-backed financing.
• Optimize the company's cost of capital, financing terms, covenant structures, and overall capital strategy.
• Evaluate financing alternatives to support development, acquisitions, and long-term portfolio growth.

Structured Finance and Commercial Structuring

• Design special-purpose vehicles (SPVs), project-level investment structures, and customized financing arrangements for campus development and acquisitions.
• Structure commercial agreements, including power offtake arrangements, leases, and equipment financing, to improve project financeability and support leverage.
• Evaluate innovative financing instruments and strategic partnerships that can reduce financing costs and expand access to capital.
• Collaborate with development, commercial, legal, and operations teams to ensure projects are structured for investment and financing readiness.

Portfolio Construction and Investment Strategy

• Develop and manage the investment framework for the company's multi-gigawatt development pipeline.
• Establish underwriting standards, investment criteria, return targets, and capital allocation priorities.
• Oversee financial modeling, valuation, scenario analysis, risk assessment, and investment committee processes.
• Prioritize investments across locations, technologies, and business lines based on risk-adjusted returns, capital requirements, and strategic objectives.
• Assess acquisition opportunities, strategic investments, and portfolio optimization initiatives.

Investor Relations and Public-Market Readiness

• Lead ongoing communications and relationship management with equity and debt investors.
• Oversee investor reporting, financial updates, governance practices, and performance disclosures.
• Establish institutional-grade financial reporting, forecasting, and guidance processes in preparation for public-market scrutiny.
• Partner with the CEO and executive leadership team on capital markets strategy, investor positioning, and IPO readiness.

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in capital markets, infrastructure private equity, project finance, investment banking, or a related field, including significant experience in a senior capital-raising or principal investment role.
• Demonstrated success raising institutional equity and debt through transactions ranging from hundreds of millions to billions of dollars.
• Established relationships with commercial banks, institutional investors, private credit funds, infrastructure lenders, and strategic capital providers.
• Extensive experience structuring project-level financing, asset-backed transactions, and complex commercial agreements.
• Strong understanding of energy, power, digital infrastructure, data centers, or other capital-intensive infrastructure sectors.
• Experience with pre-IPO capital markets preparation, institutional reporting, and public-company financial discipline.
• Strong financial acumen, including expertise in valuation, investment analysis, capital allocation, and financial modeling oversight.
• Exceptional negotiation, leadership, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.
• Proven ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, founder-led organization with a high degree of ownership and accountability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience financing hyperscale data centers, power generation, energy infrastructure, or large-scale digital infrastructure developments.
• Familiarity with project finance structures, special-purpose vehicles, power purchase agreements, and long-term infrastructure contracts.
• Experience supporting acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and complex multi-party investment transactions.
• Prior involvement in IPO preparation or scaling a privately held company toward the public markets.

Compensation

Competitive executive compensation package, including equity participation, commensurate with experience, transaction history, and demonstrated fundraising success.