Job Description

About us:
Ninety One is an independent, active global asset manager with R3,4 trillion of assets under management.

Established in South Africa in 1991, as Investec Asset Management, the firm started offering domestic investments in an emerging market. In 2020, almost three decades of organic growth later, the firm demerged from Investec Group and became Ninety One.


Our distinctive capabilities sit within differentiated fixed income and credit as well as specialist equities, and we have a unique perspective and approach to investment opportunities presented by emerging markets and the energy transition.


*as at 30 June 2025


Ninety One is an equal opportunities employer. Our imperative is to attract and retain the best talent by providing a corporate environment where people from varying backgrounds can develop professionally and build a rewarding career.
About the team:
We are building Private Markets capabilities that will define the next decade of active asset management, not only incrementally improving what exists, but rearchitecting how Private Credit operates in an AI-native, automation-enabled environment.


This role sits at the core of Ninety One's alternatives transformation. You'll help define our next-generation Private Credit product suite, while embedding technology and intelligence into how these products are built, launched, governed, and scaled.


You'll join a cross-functional team tasked with building the future-state operating model for Private Markets. This is not a "support function"--it is a design-and-build opportunity for those ready to reimagine. This high-impact role is ideal for a self-starter with a solutions mindset and strong analytical, legal, or structuring expertise. The individual will help shape investment strategies into executable vehicles, driving documentation, governance, and cross-functional execution. The role is dynamic, global, and collaborative--perfect for someone eager to shape the next generation of private markets.


Our team operates as a global business unit with members based in both London and Cape Town. It is small, focused, and highly effective--delivering high-quality client and product solutions across a growing suite of Private Markets capabilities.


We work closely with other teams across Ninety One's global platform, including Investments, Technology, Operations, Legal, Compliance, and Distribution. While this role is based in Cape Town, its scope spans Ninety One's full global private product range and related activities.


Our culture insists on results, commitment, excellence, and ambition but not at the expense of decency or humanity. We believe in being both high-performing and grounded, and we hold each other to these values. For creative problem solvers and keen innovators, the opportunity for challenge and growth here is significant.
In this role you will:

Product Design & Launch

+ Own the end-to-end development of Private Credit strategies such as direct lending, asset-based finance, infrastructure debt--from concept to implementation.
+ Partner with investment, legal, compliance, operations and distribution teams to develop business and investment strategies into executable structures aligned with portfolio characteristics, regulatory considerations, tax, and investor expectations
Present and seek approval for product-related proposals to senior management, fund board directors and other internal committees
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Data-Enabled Product Innovation

+ Integrate intelligent workflows and automation capabilities into everything we do from fund onboarding, investor servicing, and reporting processes.
+ Shape the technical architecture around capital call automation, investor dashboards, and structured data capture from day one.
Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and innovation, including applying AI or automation where relevant
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Project Management & Execution

+ Lead fund launches and closings, managing timelines, cross-functional dependencies, and coordination with internal teams and external providers across jurisdictions
+ Assist with LP due diligence and responses to investor requests on product mechanics
+ Ensure products evolve to meet client demands, regulatory changes, product governance responsibilities and commercial requirements
You should consider applying if you have:

+ Relevant degree
+ Over 5 years' experience ideally in private credit, alternatives product development, fund legal, structuring or private capital operations.
+ Self-starter with a solution mindset, comfortable working independently, prioritising initiatives, and proactively identifying inefficiencies or risks.
+ Excellent drafting, analysis and coordination skills; comfort managing complexity across jurisdictions.
+ Experience and comfort working with a variety of stakeholder including investment teams, legal counsel, and service providers
+ Proficient in leveraging AI tools
Some of the attributes we look for in a person are:

+ A client focused and collaborative approach
+ Intellectual curiosity
+ The ability to 'approach and own' and continuously look for opportunities to develop
+ Driven by results#LI-DNI