COO

Role Overview

We are looking for a Chief Operating Officer to join ORCA Capital Partners, an independent alternative asset manager in Latin America managing over US $250M across real estate, debt, and a third well-defined vertical. In this role, you will be the operational and risk counterweight to the founders' opportunistic dealmaking — building the governance, compliance, and technology-enabled operating engine that lets ORCA keep placing bold bets safely, while sitting at the management table as a true strategic partner.

What You'll Do

● Risk Management & Controls: Own and continuously refine ORCA's proprietary risk system, building checks and balances against founder-led, opportunistic decision-making.

● Operations Engineering: Design and run a technology-enabled, compliance-forward operating engine; treat operational excellence as a competitive advantage, not a cost center.

● Governance: Support governance across the shareholder pool, internal processes, and ORCA's investment vehicles, meeting the standards expected by institutional investors.

● Finance & Treasury Oversight: Own capital calls, distributions, fund-level reporting, liquidity, and banking relationships.

● Regulatory & Compliance: Ensure ORCA's operations meet Colombian financial regulatory standards and the expectations of cross-border institutional investors.

● Technology Partnership: Work closely with the Tech Leader to champion AI-driven automation of investment and management processes.

● Investor Operations: Be a credible, steady operational counterpart for institutional LPs, including pension funds and insurance companies, during due diligence and ongoing reporting.

● Team & Culture Stewardship: Help scale a small, high-trust, low-turnover team without importing big-bank bureaucracy.

Must have

● 10+ years in operations, finance, or risk leadership within alternative asset management, private equity, real estate funds, or a regulated financial institution.

● Direct experience with institutional LP due diligence, pension funds, insurance companies, or similar allocators.

● Fund operations literacy: capital calls, waterfall structures, fund administration, cross-border vehicle structuring.

● Track record building risk, compliance, or governance functions from the ground up, not only operating within a pre-built one.

● Comfort working cross-border across Colombia, the US, Spain, and Central America.

● Genuine interest in technology and AI-enabled operations.

Why join us?

● Opportunity to build the operational backbone of an up-and-coming, independent alternative asset manager in Latin America, managing over US $250M in assets.

● A seat at the table — every employee has a real voice, and every success is shared.

● Compensation based on results, not tenure — reward for risk management, hustle, resilience, and creative problem-solving.

● Work alongside institutional investors, including pension funds, insurance companies, and Colombia's public pension fund managed by BanRep.

● A technology-enabled culture — AI agents support many of ORCA's investment and management processes, and the COO helps shape how that keeps evolving.

● A small, low-turnover team (under 10% annual turnover) that is relaxed and informal, yet profoundly meticulous.

Our Operating Principles

Value Beyond The Ordinary

We didn't get here by copying what already existed — we build differently. We focus on placing a few big bets, never chasing volume or trends, and doing the hard work to make them pay off. We'd rather hit singles and doubles constantly than homeruns occasionally.

Comfort Is a Warning Sign

We're a relaxed, informal group — but profoundly meticulous and corporate-oriented. It's normal here to be driven, curious, and at times uncomfortable. If it feels too comfortable, we're not pushing hard enough. We also believe high performance and well-being reinforce each other, not compete.

We Are a Pack

We hire for judgment and ambition, and we compensate based on results, not tenure. Every employee has a real seat at the table, and every success is shared. People don't leave ORCA — this is more than a job, it's a long-term bet on themselves.

Serious Work, Not Serious Selves

We take the work seriously, but not ourselves. Humor, wit, and sarcasm are part of the day-to-day — they're how we push forward in the middle of a crisis or the most intense of times.

First Investors, Then ORCA

We invest side by side with our investors and grow our wealth along them. Trust isn't given — we earn it, deal by deal, return by return.