Investment Director - Private Debt

Investment Director - Private Debt

Aquila Capital

Hamburg or Frankfurt, Germany

The Role

As Director, you will own end-to-end execution from origination through closing, and play a material role in the fundraising, portfolio management and investments with credible deal and structuring expertise.

Your responsibilities

• Lead transactions end-to-end, drive diligence, underwriting, term sheet negotiation, documentation process management, and closing across external counsel, sponsors, and management teams;
• Structure private debt outcomes: design and negotiate economics and protections including pricing, warrant coverage, covenants, collateral package, conditions precedent, and information rights; consistent with private debt’s multi-component structures and risk controls;
• Own IC-ready outputs: draft and present investment committee materials with clear downside framing, scenario analysis, and structure rationale;
• Develop repeatable sponsor coverage: build and maintain relationships across VC and growth sponsors, venture ecosystem counterparts to sustain pipeline suited;
• Fundraising and LP interaction: representing the investment team to fundraising diligence and maintaining institutional-grade data room quality and message consistency. Explain deal discipline, underwriting approach, and case studies. Own diligence narrative;
• Coordinate across the platform: partner with legal, compliance, fund ops, IR to ensure robust processes, clean documentation, and best-practice operations.

Your qualifications

• University Degree (Bachelor or Master);
• 8-12+ years in private debt, growth credit, tech-focused private credit, or leveraged finance with demonstrable responsibility for leading transactions and negotiating terms;
• Strong mastery of private debt structuring levers including warrants, covenants, collateral, etc. and downside risk mitigation;
• Proven ability to run complex multi-party processes with disciplined execution and time-to-close focus;
• Fundraising diligence fluency: experience in contributing to DDQs, data rooms, and LP engagement, aligned to institutional expectations for transparency, governance, and repeatable process quality;
• Able to convert complex credit concepts into clear IC and LP-ready narratives;
• Open-minded and fast to adapt in new and complex environments;
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English and German;
• MS Office.