Private Equity Investment Director

Select Alternative Investments is a Direct Investment Platform providing access to private market opportunities across Private Equity, Real Estate, and Venture Capital. We co-invest alongside our investors and focus on proprietary, relationship-driven deal sourcing rather than blind pool asset allocation.

Unlike traditional private equity managers with dedicated asset-class teams and an operational focus, we operate as an active capital partner. Our role spans origination, structuring, and strategic oversight, partnering with best-in-class sponsors, founders, and operators to drive value creation across the capital structure.

All investments are structured in-house by a globally distributed team based in Singapore, Zurich, Vienna, and Ho Chi Minh City.

To support continued growth, we are seeking a senior investment professional to take a leading role in European deal sourcing and execution, while maintaining high-level oversight of portfolio investments in close collaboration with operating partners.

This role is designed for seasoned professionals who have built deals, not just managed portfolios.

Tasks

Deal Sourcing & Origination

• Proactively originate private equity investment opportunities through personal network of sponsors, founders, GPs, advisors, and intermediaries across Europe.
• Drive deal flow generation independently, with sourcing treated as a core responsibility rather than a shared or secondary activity.
• Identify sector themes, consolidation opportunities, and structural inefficiencies aligned with the firm’s investment strategies.
• Build and maintain long-term strategic relationships with co-investors, operating partners, and capital providers.

Underwriting, Structuring & Execution

• Lead end-to-end transaction execution, including commercial, financial, legal, and tax due diligence.
• Design and negotiate investment structures across common equity, preferred equity, and structured capital solutions.
• Prepare and present investment proposals to the Investment Committee with full ownership of the investment thesis.
• Coordinate transaction execution with stakeholders across Europe and Asia.
• Actively contribute to capital raising discussions by articulating deal rationale, risk, and value-creation levers.

Post-Investment Oversight

• Oversee portfolio investments with a focus on governance, strategic execution, and value-creation milestones.
• Engage with management teams, sponsors, and boards at a strategic level rather than day-to-day asset monitoring.
• Support follow-on investments, refinancings, and exit planning in coordination with operating partners.

Platform Development

• Contribute to the continuous refinement of investment processes, sourcing playbooks, and internal decision frameworks.
• Act as a senior reference point for junior team members, providing mentorship grounded in real transaction experience.
• Support the evolution of the platform as a scalable direct-investment business rather than a traditional fund manager.

Requirements

• 8–15 years of relevant experience in private equity or principal investing roles, with a clear emphasis on deal origination and execution.
• Demonstrated track record of independently sourcing proprietary deals; deal sourcing is a core requirement and not optional for this role.
• Strong preference for candidates with mid-market private equity experience, particularly in buy-and-build, roll-up, and consolidation strategies.
• Established professional network in Europe, with proven ability to originate transactions across one or more European markets.
• Experience working directly with founders, owner-operators, and sponsors, rather than purely allocating capital into third-party funds.
• Candidates whose background is limited to portfolio management or asset allocation without hands-on sourcing exposure are unlikely to be a fit.
• Strong financial modelling, structuring, and negotiation capabilities across equity and structured investments.
• Master’s degree from a leading institution in finance, economics, business, or a related discipline.
• Full professional fluency in English; additional European languages are a strong advantage.
• Comfortable operating autonomously in a lean, entrepreneurial environment with significant responsibility and accountability.
• Commercial mindset, strong judgment, and the ability to operate credibly with senior counterparties.

Benefits

• Highly diverse and dynamic environment with joint teams spanning from Europe to Asia
• Tremendous personal growth potential due to flat hierarchy and global scale
• Opportunity to develop into a role with higher responsibility over time
• Benefit from different locations (e.g. work in a vibrant office in Singapore, Vietnam, or Europe)
• Competitive compensation

IMPORTANT NOTE :

• NO RECRUITER, please.
• ONLY online submissions by applicants will be accepted.
• Shortlisted candidates will be contacted accordingly.
• DO NOT CALL Select Alternative Investments office number for enquiry on this position or application status.

Direct Investment Platform for Family Offices & HNWI, focused on Private Equity, Real Estate & Venture Capital with offices in Singapore, HCMC, Vienna & Zurich