Social Infrastructure Investments Transactions Manager

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Date: Apr 8, 2026

Location: Riyadh

Company: The Royal Commission for AlUla

Job Details

Job Purpose

Play a central role in originating, structuring, and executing social infrastructure investment opportunities across priority sectors such as education, healthcare, culture, sports, and community assets. In addition, responsible for leading the end-to-end investment journey, from early market sounding and investor engagement through to feasibility development, transaction structuring, procurement (RFIs/RFPs), bid evaluation, and investment recommendations, and support the head in selecting optimal private-sector partners aligned with RCU’s strategic, social, and financial objectives.

Functional Responsibilities

  • Lead the structuring and execution of social infrastructure transactions.
  • Support the development of appropriate commercial, contractual, and risk-allocation structures aligned with project objectives and market appetite.
  • Coordinate internal approvals and investment governance processes throughout the transaction lifecycle.
  • Prepare investment recommendations and decision papers for Senior management, Head of Investment Executive program and CEO.
  • Lead engagement with local, regional, and international investors, operators, developers, and financiers active in social infrastructure.
  • Conduct structured market soundings to test investor appetite, risk tolerance, pricing expectations, and delivery models.
  • Manage ongoing investor communications throughout the investment journey, ensuring clarity, transparency, and alignment with RCU objectives
  • Support the positioning of projects under the “Invest in AlUla” platform to attract credible and long-term partners
  • Prepare high-level feasibility assessments covering commercial, financial, and delivery considerations for social infrastructure projects.
  • Develop and review financial models to assess affordability, value for money, funding structures, and long-term sustainability.
  • Support sensitivity analysis and risk assessments to inform structuring decisions
  • Lead the preparation and issuance of RFIs, RFPs, and other tendering documents in coordination with legal, technical, and sector teams
  • Manage bidder interactions during tendering, including clarification processes and data room coordination
  • Oversee bid evaluation processes, including financial, commercial, and strategic assessments
  • Consolidate evaluation results and provide clear recommendations on preferred bidders and investment partners
  • Work closely with sector teams, legal, finance, procurement, and technical advisors to ensure transactions are deliverable and aligned.
  • Ensure that social objectives, service outcomes, and long-term operational considerations are embedded within transaction structures.
  • Support contract negotiations up to financial close and handover to delivery teams.

Managerial Responsibilities

    Academic Qualifications

    • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, a related field.

    Work Experience

    • 6 years of relevant experience plus 2 years in a managerial role

    Other Requirements

      Competencies

      • Accounting Management and Principles - Advanced
      • Balances Stakeholders - Contributes Through Others
      • Being Resilient - Contributes Through Others
      • Builds Effective Teams-Contributes Through Others
      • Collaborates - Contributes Through Others
      • Communicates Effectively - Contributes Through Others
      • Customer Focus -Contributes Through Others
      • Drives Vision and Purpose - Contributes Through Others
      • Ensures Accountability - Contributes Through Others
      • Financial Advisory - Expert
      • Manages Complexity - Contributes Through Others
      • Plans and Aligns -Contributes Through Others


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