Investment Specialist Saudi Arabia

Job Summary

Location: Saudi Arabia
Type: Full Time

Your Mission

The Investment Specialist plays a pivotal role supporting program management deal portfolio management and company data collection for our Middle East initiatives. You will support investment decisions and program initiatives to improve founder readiness investor engagement and ecosystem collaboration. You will build meaningful relationships with founders and partners to ensure they capture value through the Orbit program. This role requires sharp analytical thinking crossfunctional coordination skills and a deep commitment to founder success and operational excellence.

Your Responsibilities

Drive Results and Insights for Portfolio Companies

• Conduct comprehensive due diligence on prospective investments including data gathering market research and company analysis.
• Support new deal signing and manage followup timelines.
• Analyze portfolio performance using financials and key business indicators.
• Collaborate with founders to develop financial models identify unsustainable practices and project future outcomes.

Be Operationally Excellent

• Onboard founders and maintain accurate data for each startup.
• Draft program communications including newsletters and status updates for founders.
• Document program activities (e.g. photos attendance session feedback).
• Organize digital folders and ensure proper program file management.
• Oversee program logistics such as calendar scheduling material preparation venue setup A/V coordination and F&B sourcing.
• Collect program and portfolio data for internal reporting and tracking systems.
• Proactively schedule sourcing meetings write meeting notes follow up with leads file sourcing documents and help drive the investment pipeline to completion.
• Support the endtoend deal process.
• Maintain regular communication with the Orbit team on portfolio company updates.

Engage the Orbit and Local Ecosystem

• Maintain regular communication with deal sourcing partners and other channels.
• Help maintain and grow Orbits investor network.
• Organize and lead ecosystem engagement events and investor showcases.
• Nurture longterm relationships with founders coinvestors and community partners.
• Act as a brand ambassador for Orbit Startups in the MENA startup ecosystem.

Your First Days

By Day 30:

• Understand the onboarding process and file management system
• Onboarded at least 3 companies
• Finish and score high on the investment training module
• Gain a solid understanding of Orbits 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:

• Complete support for an onsite accelerator program.
• Independently manage the due diligence process for potential investments
• Develop and maintain relationships with assigned portfolio companies
• Develop comprehensive financial models and analyses.

By Day 180:

• Make strategic improvements to onsite program structure and process
• Serve as initial point of contact accountable for a portfolio of companies
• Drive endtoend deal processes

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree.
• Proven analytical and research capabilities.
• Strong critical thinking and problemsolving skills.
• Exceptional organizational skills and ability to selfmanage in ambiguous environments.
• Highly proactive and resourceful.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Fluent in both English and Arabic.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Fulltime

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