Do you want to use your extensive experience in investments and complex finance transactions to create real societal impact? Swedfund is now seeking a Senior Special Operations Manager – a key role for someone who wants to work with particularly challenging investments in complex markets, while contributing to Swedfund’s mission to reduce poverty through sustainable investments.

About the Role

Special Operations is a small, highly specialized team responsible for Swedfund’s most complex investments—situations characterized by elevated risks, significant challenges, or rapidly changing conditions within companies and markets.

As a Senior Special Operations Manager, you will work with portfolio management. You will lead and drive projects in situations that require strong analytical skills, sound judgment, negotiations and communication abilities.

The role involves extensive interaction both internally and externally, including close collaboration with international partners, co-investors, lenders, and companies across diverse geographical contexts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare and present materials for decisions

• Portfolio management including decision making, transactions, restructurings and negotiations in investments covering both funds and direct investments

• Effectively drive value and monitor risks in portfolio companies

• Drive development, knowledge sharing and insight in special operations related investment developments

• Effective project management and coordination of investment project teams

The role also includes travel a few times per year.

Your Profile

We are looking for a candidate with at least 10 years of experience leading transactions and investment/financing processes across the full lifecycle, gained from roles in banking, investments, transaction advisory, or management consulting. You have strong, well-documented financial expertise, complemented by extensive transaction experience (including raising financing, restructurings and exits) and experience working in demanding situations. Experience from international markets and investments is an advantage.

You are fluent in English; proficiency in Swedish and French is a merit.

To succeed in this role, you should also demonstrate the following personal qualities:

• Confident and professional in managing and communicating with people in challenging situations

• Analytical, structured and thorough

• Solution-oriented

• Motivated by contributing to a clear societal mission

What We Offer

You will be offered the opportunity to work with sustainable investments in an international environment. At Swedfund, you will become part of a committed and generous culture. We share experiences, support one another, and work together to make a real difference.

Our offices are located in premises in central Stockholm at Drottninggatan 92.

In this recruitment process, Swedfund is partnering with Jurek Executive Search. For more information about the position, please contact the responsible recruitment consultant Malin Sjöström at +46 709 721 470 or malin.sjostrom@jurek.se.

We warmly welcome with your application!

About Swedfund

Swedfund is Sweden’s development finance institution with the mission to reduce poverty through sustainable investments in developing countries. We finance and develop businesses that contribute to sustainable growth, job creation and increased access to essential products and services.

Swedfund is a state-owned company established in 1979 and has 100 employees, with offices in Stockholm and regional offices in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Nairobi, Kenya, and Kyiv, Ukraine.

Jurek Executive Search identifies and attracts leaders who accelerate change and deliver results. We combine deep business insight with experience from assignments across all industries and markets, delivering precise placements regardless of geographic location. Our approach is based on sharp analysis, traditional search, and modern, data-driven tools. We know that the right leaders not only strengthen the business today but also shape tomorrow’s success.