Job Overview
Founding Lead of AI-Powered ESG Risk Ratings Marketplace – Qatar
Sector Focus: AI Risk Ratings | ESG Score Tokenization | Shariah-Integrated Sustainability Models
Location: Remote | Strategically Linked to QFCRA, Qatar Investment Authority, and ESG 2030 Roadmap
Employment Type: Full-Time | Risk Intelligence Builder | Remote with Data Pipelines from Doha Infrastructure
Compensation: QAR Environmental Impact Token Grants + ESG API Licensing + Revenue from Third-Party Ratings Access
Mission Brief
Qatar is rapidly integrating environmental finance principles with Shariah-based investment ethics, and is positioning itself as a regional ESG intelligence hub. This role is focused on building a fully digital, AI-powered ESG risk ratings marketplace, where institutions, funds, and regulators can access tokenized, real-time sustainability scores of companies, sukuk, or sovereign entities.
Principal Duties
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Build an AI/ML infrastructure that aggregates ESG, climate, and Shariah-aligned data to generate real-time risk-adjusted ESG ratings across the GCC and emerging markets.
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Train models using both structured (ESG reports, emissions data) and unstructured data (news sentiment, satellite imagery, whistleblower documents).
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Design a blockchain-enabled marketplace where institutions can purchase ESG risk APIs, download real-time compliance heatmaps, and license AI risk prediction models.
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Integrate with Qatar Stock Exchange, regional sukuk platforms, and sovereign wealth funds to assign ESG ratings to new Islamic financial instruments.
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Include “Shariah Sustainability Metrics,” such as non-haram business activities, debt ratio filters, and zakat-compliant income streams into the ESG scoring model.
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Partner with Qatar Financial Centre and QFCRA to ensure that ESG risk models are aligned with international frameworks (TCFD, SASB, IFSB) and Qatar’s net-zero agenda.
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Offer sandboxed AI-model customization for insurers, pension funds, banks, and development finance institutions.
Candidate Criteria
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10+ years in ESG data science, sovereign credit analysis, or AI-financial modeling.
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Strong track record building API-first risk intelligence platforms.
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Expertise in ESG frameworks, Islamic investment screening, and environmental risk underwriting.
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Comfortable working across AI tech stacks: transformer models, NLP, reinforcement learning for predictive compliance.
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Familiarity with Gulf regulations and Qatar’s investment diversification policies.
Why Qatar?
Qatar is emerging as the Middle East’s ESG intelligence command center. As the architect of a tokenized ESG risk marketplace, you will influence trillion-dollar investment flows across Islamic finance, sustainability, and sovereign strategy—without leaving your desk.
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