Co-Founder & CXO at A27 Structured Finance Infrastructure

About Sanabil Studio and A27

Sanabil Studio acts as a venture builder combining industry knowledge, technology, and startup expertise to transform innovative ideas into functioning businesses. This process includes taking concepts from initial stages to launch, followed by backing promising ventures with seed funding and hands-on operational support to scale effectively.

A27 focuses on developing next-generation infrastructure for structured finance, aiming to improve efficiency, accuracy, and speed throughout the asset lifecycle in private capital markets for borrowers and lenders. The platform integrates financial expertise, artificial intelligence, and modern infrastructure, with future plans to extend into real-world asset tokenization. Market demand has been validated, and the venture is poised for growth.

Role Overview and Responsibilities

• Develop and implement A27's strategic vision, beginning with initial market entry and progressing towards a broad platform that supports structured finance and asset tokenization.
• Drive revenue generation and growth by establishing the commercial framework, securing initial clients, and expanding recurring income based on early market traction.
• Lead enterprise sales initiatives targeting financial institutions, corporations, and capital market participants, building credibility and trust with senior leaders in traditionally conservative sectors.
• Manage fundraising activities, including leading the Seed round and subsequent financing, with regular updates presented to the Sanabil Studio Investment Committee.
• Recruit, develop, and manage the founding team encompassing commercial, product, and operational roles, collaborating closely with the CTO to guide the product roadmap.
• Forge and maintain strategic partnerships with regulators, banking institutions, and ecosystem players, engaging with capital markets authorities as necessary.
• Define pricing strategies, product packaging, and roadmap progression from a single product to a diversified multi-product platform.
• Establish company culture and operational cadence from the outset.

Success Metrics

• Customer adoption, renewal, and expansion rates.
• Sustained revenue growth coupled with improving unit economics.
• Development of a repeatable and effective sales approach targeting financial and corporate clients.
• A high-performing team and a positive organizational culture that attracts talent.
• Preparation for a Seed funding round supported by tangible market traction.

Candidate Profile

• Proven track record in founding or scaling businesses, ideally within fintech, financial services, or enterprise SaaS sectors.
• Strong familiarity with structured finance, private capital markets, or asset-backed finance, with the ability to engage senior financial decision-makers credibly.
• Experience securing enterprise or financial institution contracts, successfully navigating complex sales cycles, and earning client trust.
• History of leading teams including hiring, mentoring, and managing performance.
• In-depth knowledge of the Saudi market dynamics and decision-making processes within large corporations and financial bodies.
• Comfortable managing revenue goals, fundraising efforts, and maintaining relationships with board members.
• Currently residing or willing to relocate to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Fluency in Arabic and English is required.

Bonus qualifications: experience in structured finance, private credit, debt capital markets, or asset tokenization; connections within Saudi corporate, banking, or regulatory sectors; prior seed or pre-seed startup experience; or experience working within a venture studio.

Work Environment

• Direct reporting to Sanabil Studio’s founding team with short communication lines enabling significant early influence.
• Focus on building highly reliable products for regulated capital markets where accuracy is critical.
• An early-stage venture with ambitious goals emphasizing disciplined, long-term growth strategies.

Benefits

• Ownership stake through meaningful co-founder equity linked to the company’s long-term success.
• Initial pre-seed funding via SAFE at spin-out, providing necessary resources from the start.
• Support functions including legal, finance, human resources, and administrative services to allow focus on business growth.
• Access to Sanabil Studio’s extensive network of portfolio companies, investors, operators, and domain experts.
• Strong institutional governance with oversight from an Investment Committee to prepare for subsequent fundraising.
• Accelerated personal and professional learning opportunity exceeding typical industry curves over a three-year span.