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.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 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

12-month contract

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates