Team Leader - Equity Portfolio

Job description

Job title: Team Leader, Equity Portfolio – Entrepreneurship and Investment 
Location: Any Scottish office with home working options
Salary: £63,085 - £72,584
Hours: Full time
Status: Permanent
Closing date: 28 May 2025
Job ref no: R00625

Be part of building Scotland's future

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Scottish Enterprise Entrepreneurship and Investment team. You’ll be responsible for the operational management of the Portfolio Management (PM) function.

The PM team manages a portfolio of around 300 equity investments made alongside private sector investors into Scotland’s most ambitious, early-stage, high-growth companies. 

The role offers exciting leadership and development opportunities for the successful candidate to shape and refine our portfolio management strategy, through which we play a pivotal role in Scotland’s vibrant early-stage investment ecosystem.

The role

In this role, you’ll be responsible for carrying out and delivering our PM objectives. You’ll make sure that opportunities to strengthen and optimise the management of the portfolio are identified and fulfilled. 

You’ll do this by adopting a collaborative approach within the Entrepreneurship and Investment Team and with senior colleagues across our organisation. 

You’ll have direct people management responsibilities for around 10 Portfolio Specialists and will be required to coach, mentor and support them to maximise their development potential. You’ll also provide advice and guidance on a range of transactions such as follow-on investments, restructures, turnaround situations, conversions, and exits.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Operational leadership: guiding our Portfolio Specialists team, setting clear and ambitious priorities, supporting team development, and guaranteeing excellent delivery in our risk management framework
• Strategic investment leadership: working with the Head of Investment and senior colleagues to develop objectives for the PM function, introducing new approaches to help companies scale and create economic impact for Scotland
• Stakeholder relationship management: developing strong connections with internal and external stakeholders, making valuable introductions across both our organisation and Scotland's investment community to help secure additional investment for ambitious early-stage businesses

Who we're looking for

As Team Leader – Equity Portfolio, you’ll need a blend of technical investment knowledge, relationship management experience, and leadership know-how, to make sure the team continues to maximise the impact of our financial and non-financial support across the portfolio. 

Your skills, knowledge, and experience should include:

• Considerable experience in private equity and portfolio management through working in private equity, corporate finance, or similar at a senior level
• Demonstrable financial and commercial knowledge with senior-level experience in the negotiation and management of complex investment decisions and structures that drive meaningful outcomes
• A robust understanding of Scotland’s economic development and funding and investment landscape, with expertise in working with early-stage, high-growth businesses in growth sectors
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels and with evidence of an ability to influence and negotiate at a strategic and senior level
• Excellent negotiation skills, with the ability to oversee and advise on the negotiation of complex commercial investment transactions in a high-volume and high-pressured environment
• The ability to swiftly assess and interpret complex information or data and present compelling propositions to colleagues
• The ability to deal with challenging and sensitive situations while applying sound judgement and influencing skills
• Excellent relationship management skills, with a highly developed network of strategic contacts and relationships
• A track record of managing multiple complex tasks and projects demonstrating an ability to devise and implement innovative solutions to problems
• Education to SCQF Level 10, or equivalent relevant professional experience
• Strong commitment to mentoring and coaching colleagues, promoting professional growth, and developing high-performing teams while fostering Scottish Enterprise’s culture and values

How to apply

If you're interested in this role, complete your application form by 28 May 2025.

Interviews will take place the week commencing 9 June 2025.

Life at Scottish Enterprise

As one of Scotland’s Top 10 Flexible Employers, we pride ourselves on empowering our colleagues to work when and where they can best deliver their role. Learn more about working with us.

Our values

Being part of Scottish Enterprise means being open to new ideas and trying different ways of working. We support each other to reach our full potential. We celebrate shared success and learn together when things don’t go so well. And we always treat each other fairly, with respect and understanding. Together, we are the difference.

Apply now and build your future with us

At Scottish Enterprise, we’re proud to celebrate difference. Diversity of experience and thought is vital to the success of our vision for the future of every community across Scotland. As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from a wide range of individuals, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender identity and expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

We commit to providing any reasonable adjustments required, not only during the application and assessment process, but throughout your employment with us.

We have the following networks, which are open to all colleagues to help drive inclusion: Disability Positive, Gender Balanced, Multi-Cultural, Multi-Generational and Pride (LGBTQ+).