Credit & Growth Financing Manager

We are currently looking for a Credit & Growth Financing Manager to support a key initiative within the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) on a 12-month freelance contract.

DCT Abu Dhabi is the government entity responsible for driving the sustainable growth of Abu Dhabi’s culture and tourism sectors, playing a central role in positioning the emirate as a global hub for culture, creativity, and tourism.

This role sits within a high-impact program focused on supporting the growth of Abu Dhabi’s gaming ecosystem by developing innovative, non-dilutive financing solutions. The successful candidate will help design financing products that enable growth-stage gaming studios to scale without giving up ownership, source and work with financing partners to bring these instruments to market.

Key Responsibilities

Financing Strategy & Product Design

• Help design a non-dilutive financing offering that enables growth-stage gaming studios to scale without giving up ownership
• Shape the product suite, including project and production loans, user-acquisition loans, revenue or incentive advances, guarantees, and co-investment match funds
• Define eligibility criteria, pricing mechanisms, and the balance between concessional support and capital preservation
• Prioritize product launches and develop phased implementation approaches
• Benchmark financing terms against market alternatives to ensure competitiveness while avoiding crowding out private lenders

Partner Sourcing & Structuring

• Identify and help establish the partnerships required to deliver financing products
• Assess deployment models, including development-focused lenders, specialist financiers, and hybrid or first-loss arrangements
• Engage banks, development lenders, and specialist financing institutions to design and deliver financing solutions
• Help define partner mandates, underwriting standards, and portfolio management arrangements

Term Sheets & Implementation

• Support the development and negotiation of financing terms, pricing, and eligibility criteria with financing partners
• Build appropriate risk controls and recoupment structures into financing instruments
• Support the implementation of financing products and monitor uptake and outcomes
• Coordinate with the wider enterprise support ecosystem on founder eligibility and routes to financing

Requirements

• 7–9 years of experience in credit, lending, structured finance, private credit, fintech lending, banking, or financial consulting
• Experience in financing product design, credit analysis, or structured lending environments
• Experience engaging with financing partners, banks, and development lenders
• Direct experience within a gaming financing company is preferred

Core Capabilities

• Strong analytical and structuring skills, including instrument design, concession economics, and default and return modelling
• Experience in underwriting, facility monitoring, and credit assessment
• Strong understanding of debt instruments and financing structures, including project finance, receivables financing, guarantees, and user-acquisition loans
• Ability to engage confidently with financing partners, banks, and development lenders
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to operate in fast-paced and evolving environments

Experience & Exposure

• Experience with user-acquisition or revenue-based lending, including studio cash flow underwriting, ROAS analysis, payback analysis, and facility monitoring
• Gaming financing experience, including user-acquisition loans, royalty advances, or receivables financing, is preferred; exposure to media or creative industries lending is also relevant
• Background spanning banks, credit funds, fintech lenders, or specialty finance providers is an advantage
• CFA or equivalent credit training is a plus
• Familiarity with concessional or government-backed financing models for creative or strategic industries
• Strong working knowledge of AI tools and their application to strategy and credit analysis

Contract Duration

12-month contract

Location

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Interested candidates are welcome to apply or share their CV for consideration.