Investment Director

Please note this position is based in London and this will be the contractual location of the successful candidate, other locations cannot be considered.

Investment Director

This is a great job for someone who has experience across key client channels in the Private Debt space.

A bit about the job:

We are seeking an experienced Private Debt professional with a strong background in capital raising to join our investments function. This client‑facing role calls for high commercial awareness and experience engaging across key client channels as well as strong technical expertise. As one of Europe’s longest‑established private debt managers, we take an owner’s approach to investment—making disciplined, high‑conviction decisions that create long‑term value. Our capabilities span private infrastructure, real estate, structured finance and corporate debt underpinned by deep research, active management and a commitment to sustainability.

In this role, you will represent the private debt franchise externally, develop high‑quality investment content, and provide updates and training to Distribution teams. You will collaborate closely across the business to align on priorities, contribute to product development and take a proactive, hands‑on approach to driving key initiatives.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Extensive industry experience, ideally within in a private debt investment, Client Portfolio Manager or Product Specialist role.

• Proven ability to create, refine and present unique and insightful investment content.

• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with experience working across diverse teams.

• Experience managing direct reports is desirable.

• Strong regulatory awareness and up-to-date knowledge of relevant frameworks.

What you’ll get for this role:

• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in

• Eligibility for annual performance bonus

• Family friendly parental and carer’s leave

• Generous holiday entitlement plus bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 additional days

• Up to 40% discount for Aviva products

• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it

• Brilliant flexible benefits including electric cars

• Aviva Matching Share Plan and Save As You Earn scheme

• 21 volunteering hours per year

In this role you’ll be ‘Certified’ under the Financial Conduct Authority / Prudential Regulation Authority’s Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR). This means that we’ll need to complete some regulatory background checks on you before you take up your role and we’ll need to ask you some questions on an annual basis to make sure you remain ‘fit and proper’ and competent to carry out your role. We’ll provide training on what holding a SMCR role means when you join us and annually thereafter.

Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working –spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.

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We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, send an email to [email protected]