Investment Director – Private Debt (m/f/d)

Aquila Capital offers compelling investment opportunities that drive global decarbonisation. Specialising in clean energy, green infrastructure and sustainable real estate, we are providing tailored fund vehicles and investment solutions with a focus on sustainability and aim to become one of the leading asset managers for sustainable investment strategies in Europe with a global reach.

For our office in Hamburg or Frankfurt we are searching for an

Investment Director – Private Debt (m/f/d)

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