Lead – Private Credit Data Solutions

Crisil; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,200,000 - 4,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Crisil is seeking a Lead – Private Credit Data Solutions to drive strategic data initiatives for private credit client data. The role focuses on shaping solutions, remediation projects, and partnering with clients to improve data quality and usability across proprietary systems.

The ideal candidate brings deep domain knowledge of private credit instruments, hands-on data management experience, and the ability to lead teams and engage senior stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• 8 to 12 years of experience in reference data or instrument data management
• Meaningful exposure to private credit, loans, or private debt
• Strong understanding of loan structures, credit agreements, loan tapes, and admin reports
• Experience leading remediation or transformation projects in financial services
• Track record of managing teams and working with global stakeholders
• Good working knowledge of Jira and Claude; exposure to JQL is a plus
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Responsibilities

• Lead client solutioning and stakeholder management for private credit data challenges.
• Drive remediation programs to resolve data issues and reconcile reports.
• Identify opportunities to standardize and automate reporting and data quality processes.
• Lead and mentor a team of analysts; review work and build domain capability.
• Manage workload allocation, prioritization, and delivery timelines; support hiring and performance management

Skills

Private credit data management

Stakeholder management

Data remediation

Process improvement

Team leadership

Jira

Claude

JQL

Communication

Tools

Jira

Claude

JQL

Job description

Job Description: Lead – Private Credit Data Solutions

Role Overview

We are looking for aLead – Private Credit Data Solutionsto drive strategic data initiatives for private credit client. The role goes beyond BAU execution: it focuses on shaping solutions, leading remediation programs, and partnering with clients to improve the quality, consistency, and usability of reference data across their proprietary systems.

The ideal candidate brings strong domain knowledge of private credit instruments, hands-on experience in data management, and the ability to lead teams and engage senior stakeholders to deliver practical, scalable solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Client Solutioning & Stakeholder Management

• Work closely with clients to understand data challenges and design practical solutions for private credit data
• Translate client requirements into clear scope, deliverables, and execution plans
• Act as the primary point of contact for onshore stakeholders, operations, and technology teams
• Present findings, recommendations, and progress updates to senior stakeholders

Data Management & Remediation

• Lead remediation programs to resolve recurring private credit data issues, including facility/tranche mismatches, accruals, interest types, and admin vs. internal system differences
• Interpret financial documents and reports to drive root-cause analysis and structural fixes
• Define and implement data quality standards, controls, and reconciliation processes

Process Improvement & Automation

• Identify opportunities to standardize and automate reporting and data quality processes
• Support adoption of GenAI tools to improve analytics and data quality insights
• Contribute to documentation, governance, and operating improvements
• Lead and mentor a team of analysts; review work, provide guidance, and build domain capability
• Manage workload allocation, prioritization, and delivery timelines
• Support hiring, training, and performance management

Required Skills & Experience

• 8 to 12 years of experiencein reference data or instrument data management, with meaningful exposure toprivate credit, loans, or private debt
• Strong understanding of loan structures, credit agreements, loan tapes, and admin reports
• Proven experience in data quality issue resolution, reconciliation, and root-cause analysis
• Experience leading remediation or transformation projects in a financial services environment
• Track record of managing teams and working with global stakeholders
• Good working knowledge of Jira and Claude; exposure to JQL is a plus
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills