Dubai; remote – Investment Director — Venture Capital – AI Startups
Position: Dubai (remote) – Investment Director — Venture Capital – AI Startups Location: New York Senior Investment Professional — AI Investments The firm is a leading global early-stage investor backing exceptional founders building transformative technologies. With a deep focus on frontier innovation, the firm is expanding its artificial intelligence investment practice and is seeking a Senior Investment Professional to drive sourcing, diligence, and portfolio value creation across the AI ecosystem. Responsibilities • Lead sourcing and origination of high-conviction opportunities across AI infrastructure, foundation models, applied AI, and enabling technologies. • Build and maintain a proprietary pipeline of global AI founders, research labs, engineers, and applied-AI operators. • Conduct detailed technical and commercial diligence: model architectures, data strategy, defensibility, scalability, and monetisation frameworks. • Develop investment memos, financial analyses, and thesis-driven research to support IC decisions. • Work closely with portfolio founders to accelerate product development, go-to-market, partnerships, and operational scaling. • Represent the firm at global AI events, research hubs, and industry networks, constantly scanning for breakthrough innovation. • Contribute to long-term thesis development on emerging AI trends and frontier technologies. Candidate Profile • 10 years of experience in venture capital, growth equity, AI-focused M&A, or a high-performance AI/ML product or research environment. • Strong understanding of AI/ML architecture, model ecosystems, data pipelines, and computational infrastructure. • Demonstrated experience sourcing or evaluating technically complex investments. • Global mindset, with a strong network across AI researchers, founders, engineers, and industry operators. • Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and able to form independent, thesis-driven views. • Excellent communication skills with the ability to distil deep technical information into structured investment insights. • Passion for AI and frontier technology, combined with a builder mentality and entrepreneurial approach. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply tot his job