Portfolio Manager & Director (ADGM / VARA)

About the role

Animoca Brands, a Web3 company that tokenizes digital property rights and manages a portfolio of investments, is looking for a Portfolio Manager & Director based in Dubai. The role covers executing an investment strategy, running fund operations and acting as the ADGM director and VARA responsible individual.

Key responsibilities

• Execute the Investment Committee-approved strategy across quantitative fund-of-funds, DeFi yield and real-world asset strategies, allocating to underlying managers and handling onboarding, capital deployment, rebalancing and withdrawals.
• Deploy capital into whitelisted DeFi protocols and manage position sizing and risk controls.
• Oversee capital movements: fiat and stablecoin on- and off-ramps, transfers to DeFi wallets and exchanges, and redemption payouts.
• Operate the institutional virtual asset custodian, including transaction execution, policy engine whitelists and wallet architecture.
• Approve outgoing wire and stablecoin transfer instructions for redemptions with the fund administrator, and work with them on subscriptions, redemptions, NAV data and daily on-chain/off-chain reconciliation.
• Serve as ADGM director and portfolio manager, and be flexible to act as VARA director and Responsible Individual, working with Compliance, MLRO, Risk and Finance officers and supporting internal and external audits.
• Monitor fund-level risk limits (protocol diversification, exposure caps, leverage, drawdown triggers) and report performance, risk metrics and operational matters to the Investment Committee.

Required profile

• UAE resident or willing to relocate to the UAE (preferably Abu Dhabi) full time, able to meet Fit and Proper standards and eligible for VARA and FSRA approval.
• 8-10 years in portfolio management, trading or fund operations, including managerial or supervisory experience.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, computer science, engineering or a related field; CFA, CAIA or FRM is an advantage.
• Experience in ADGM and/or VARA-licensed entities; prior experience as an approved person or licensed individual is a strong advantage.

Required skills

• Crypto quant strategies: delta-neutral, basis, carry and perpetual futures.
• DeFi protocols: lending, staking, liquidity provisioning and yield strategies.
• Ethereum smart contracts, ERC-20 standards and reading transactions on block explorers.
• Institutional digital asset custody, NAV calculation and fund administration workflows.

What we offer

• A diverse workplace with colleagues from over 15 nationalities.
• A flat structure, casual dress code and opportunities to collaborate across subsidiary brands.
• Benefits including medical, life and transportation allowances.