Investment VP/ Director

Location: Paris

Sector: Infrastructure & Real Assets

Geographic focus: Spain and Portugal

The Opportunity

A leading European infrastructure investment manager is seeking to appoint a Vice President or Director to join its investment team in Paris. The firm invests long-term institutional capital across essential infrastructure, with exposure spanning energy transition, mobility, digital infrastructure and social infrastructure.

The successful candidate will take a senior role in developing the firm’s investment activity across Spain and Portugal. They will be expected to bring an established network within the Iberian market and a demonstrable track record of originating, executing and managing infrastructure investments.

This is a broad investment role offering responsibility across the full transaction lifecycle, from market development and origination through execution, portfolio management and value creation.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the origination and assessment of new infrastructure investment opportunities across Spain and Portugal.
• Develop and maintain relationships with infrastructure owners, developers, corporates, advisers, public-sector bodies, lenders and other market participants.
• Build the firm’s presence and visibility within the Iberian infrastructure investment market.
• Lead transactions from initial screening through due diligence, structuring, negotiation, investment committee approval and completion.
• Evaluate both brownfield and greenfield opportunities across a range of infrastructure and real asset sectors.
• Coordinate financial, commercial, technical, legal, tax, regulatory and ESG due diligence workstreams.
• Lead the preparation and presentation of investment papers and recommendations to the investment committee.
• Negotiate transaction documentation, financing arrangements, shareholder agreements and governance rights.
• Work closely with portfolio company management teams to develop and implement long-term business plans.
• Represent the firm on portfolio company boards and oversee financial, operational and strategic performance.
• Identify and deliver value-creation initiatives, including refinancing, operational improvement, business development, add-on acquisitions and capital expenditure programmes.
• Monitor political, regulatory and sector developments affecting infrastructure investment across the Iberian Peninsula.
• Support fundraising, investor relations and strategic initiatives where appropriate.
• Manage and develop junior members of the investment team.

Candidate Profile

• Significant experience within infrastructure private equity, an infrastructure fund, a pension or sovereign investment platform, a developer, corporate investment team or another principal-investing environment.
• A strong track record of investing in Spain and/or Portugal, with experience leading transactions through to completion.
• Demonstrable experience across several stages of the investment lifecycle, including origination, execution, financing and asset management.
• An established network across the Iberian infrastructure ecosystem, with the ability to generate proprietary and intermediated investment opportunities.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure investment structures, project finance, acquisition finance and shareholder arrangements.
• Experience assessing assets with long-term contracted, regulated, concession-based or availability-based revenues.
• Exposure to one or more relevant sectors, which may include energy transition, utilities, transportation, digital infrastructure, social infrastructure, environmental services or other essential real assets.
• Strong commercial judgement, with the ability to balance investment returns, downside protection and long-term stakeholder considerations.
• Experience working with management teams and serving on, or reporting to, portfolio company boards.
• Advanced financial modelling, valuation and investment analysis capabilities.
• Proven ability to lead complex negotiations and coordinate multidisciplinary adviser teams.
• Experience managing and mentoring junior investment professionals.

Personal Attributes

• Entrepreneurial and commercially driven, with a strong appetite for origination and market development.
• Credible and confident when engaging with senior executives, shareholders, advisers and public-sector stakeholders.
• Comfortable taking ownership of transactions and making well-supported investment recommendations.