MENA Healthcare Investments Professional

PIF is seeking a candidate to join MENA Investments team, the role is focused on deploying capital into strategically critical healthcare sub-sectors (digital health, pharma and logistic) while supporting the development of national champions and advancing sector localization, resilience, and long-term value creation.

The position requires an integrated approach across investment execution, sector strategy, and portfolio performance, with direct exposure to senior decision-making forums.

Core Responsibilities

Investment Execution & Capital Deployment

• Support the end-to-end evaluation and execution of investments across M&A, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships
• Lead analytical workstreams including financial modeling, valuation, and structuring considerations
• Coordinate multi-stream due diligence processes and synthesize findings into clear investment implications
• Assess risk-return profiles and alignment with strategic and national priorities

Sector Strategy & Investment Thesis Formation

• Develop institutional-quality investment theses across priority healthcare verticals (e.g., pharmaceuticals, biotech, CDMO, digital health, logistics)
• Translate macro trends and policy direction into actionable investment opportunities
• Articulate clear points of view on sector positioning, competitive dynamics, and long-term value pools

Portfolio Oversight & Value Creation

• Support active management of portfolio companies through performance monitoring, strategic reviews, and value creation initiatives
• Assess delivery against investment case, KPIs, and national objectives
• Contribute to key initiatives including scaling platforms, enabling localization, and driving operational improvements

Institutional Alignment & Cross-Functional Integration

• Work closely with internal stakeholders across legal, finance, governance, and strategy to ensure disciplined execution and alignment
• Facilitate coordination across functions to support both transaction processes and portfolio initiatives

Investment Committee & Senior Stakeholder Support

• Prepare and deliver high-quality materials for senior leadership, Investment Committee, and Board-level discussions
• Support the formulation of investment recommendations and conclusions
• Actively contribute to internal debates and decision-making processes, ensuring analytical rigor and clarity of thought

Candidate Profile

• 5–10 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, sovereign wealth funds, or principal investments.
• Strong grounding in valuation, financial modeling, and transaction execution.
• Exposure to healthcare and life sciences sectors is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to connect strategic context with investment decision-making.
• Experience preparing materials for senior stakeholders and investment committees.
• High degree of ownership, judgment, and execution discipline.

Differentiating Attributes

• Ability to operate across both top-down strategy and bottom-up investment analysis.
• Strong commercial acumen with institutional mindset.
• Clear and structured thinking, with the ability to distill complex topics into decision-ready insights.