Manager, Investments

RIIF is the lending and investment platform responsible for managing REDF’s family of debt and private impact investment funds . These funds—including the Appalachian Growth Fund (AGF) and future vehicles in development—provide flexible capital that supports the growth, sustainability, and impact of small and medium-sized businesses aligned with RIIF’s mission.

This role is a benefited contract role that is currently funded through December 2028 with the potential for extension.

RIIF is seeking a Manager, Investments to help expand due diligence capacity, strengthen the quality of investment decisions, and support fund growth across multiple private investment strategies. While the role will support all funds, the initial emphasis will be on the Appalachian Growth Fund, where continued ecosystem development has generated a growing pipeline of prospective investments across debt, equity, and hybrid structures.

This individual will co-manage and evaluate deal flow alongside RIIF’s Appalachia Ecosystem Lead and will serve as a dedicated underwriter for transactions in Appalachia across multiple product types. The role requires sophisticated financial and strategic judgment, the ability to lead complex cross-team work streams with limited direction, and a comfort with ambiguity inherent to early-stage fund building. The ideal candidate brings strong private equity or growth-stage investment experience, an ability to adapt RIIF’s investment toolkit across products and contexts, and a natural inclination to leverage modern tools—including AI—to enhance analytical rigor and efficiency.

This individual will report to RIIF's CFO.

• Co-develop and manage a high-quality investment pipeline in partnership with the Ecosystem Lead, translating ecosystem insights into actionable opportunities for RIIF Capital funds.
• Conduct market analysis, leadership assessment, financial diagnostics, and strategic fit across RIIF’s portfolio .
• Maintain organized, accurate pipeline and CRM systems that support visibility, prioritization, and disciplined decision-making across teams.
• Lead end-to-end underwriting for investments across debt , equity, convertible debt, and other flexible structures used by RIIF Capital funds.
• Build and refine financial models, stress tests, and scenario analyses that illuminate borrower capacity, business performance, and fund-level return implications.
• Produce clear, compelling investment memoranda for internal decision-making and Investment Committee review.
• Structure deals using a combination of financial, legal, and impact considerations; recommend covenants, securities, terms, and mitigants tailored to each fund’s needs.

• Coordinate underwriting activities with RIIF’s Principal, Originations Senior Director of Lending, portfolio management team, legal counsel, fund administration partners, and REDF’s data and impact teams.
• Lead work streams that improve efficiency, alignment, and quality of investment processes across entities.
• Ensure that investment evaluations and decisions integrate relevant insights from ecosystem partners, borrower engagements, and cross-functional perspectives.

• Contribute to RIIF’s investment strategy and new fund design, reflecting lessons learned from AGF and other funds.
• Identify opportunities to enhance fund operations, underwriting processes, risk assessment approaches, and the integration of impact considerations.
• Offer insights on trends in the regional economy, industry dynamics, and borrower behavior that inform future fund design and regional strategies.

• Champion the adoption of modern tools—AI, automation, data analytics—to accelerate underwriting, improve accuracy, and expand analytical depth.
• Continuously refine investment templates, checklists, and workflows to reduce friction and improve consistency across RIIF Capital’s funds.

• Communicate complex findings clearly and persuasively to internal leaders, Investment Committee members, borrowers, ecosystem partners, and external collaborators.
• Represent RIIF…