Principal, Credit Strategy & Platform Growth

Athene; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Apollo is seeking a Principal to join the Credit Strategy & Management team to own and drive high-priority cross-platform initiatives across our Credit platform. You will translate leadership priorities into clear facts, actionable recommendations, and end-to-end execution, partnering with senior leaders to advance strategic opportunities.

You will independently lead rotating high-impact initiatives, shape the Credit Target Operating Model, and align data governance to enable a single source of

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in credit / investing, investment banking, private equity/credit, corporate strategy, or a similarly rigorous environment.
• Demonstrated ability to independently own ambiguous, high-stakes workstreams and deliver outcomes with minimal oversight.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skillset: expert financial modeling, scenario analysis, KPI frameworks, and the ability to build a defendable fact base quickly.
• Sound commercial judgment; can make recommendations with incomplete information and clearly articulate tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the highest-priority cross-platform initiatives across Apollo’s Credit platform, translating ambiguous asks into rigorous analysis, clear recommendations, and executable plans
• Partner with senior leadership to identify, size, and prioritize the highest-value commercial opportunities, translating market, client, and performance data into clear investment cases and measurable growth targets
• Lead organizational design and execution for priority platform changes, translating new business models into clear roles, governance, and implementation plans
• Implement the Credit Target Operating Model by standardizing end-to-end workflows, governance, and decision rights across key investment and platform processes
• Partner with the Data team and business stakeholders to deliver the Credit data strategy by establishing clear data ownership/accountability and progressing toward a single source of truth
• Build and scale cross-platform processes that make the platform run better (e.g. deal inputs, resource management, planning), leveraging standardization and automation where it makes sense
• Advance the Credit AI agenda by partnering with key stakeholders to move from strategy to adoption in workflows like diligence, underwriting, and monitoring, with clear owners and measurable outcomes
• Provide general operational leadership support – run priority tracking, coordinate inputs, and prepare leaders for key moments with a consistent “no surprises” standard
• Own and resolve high-friction platform issues end-to-end, converting pain points into durable process and governance fixes (clear owners, controls, and adoption), and ensuring changes stick

Skills

Credit strategy

Cross-functional execution

Executive communication

Financial modeling

Strategic planning

Data analysis

Decision making

Leadership

Job description

Apollo is seeking a Principal to join the Credit Strategy & Management team to own and drive high-priority cross-platform initiatives across our Credit platform. You will translate leadership priorities into clear facts, actionable recommendations, and end-to-end execution, partnering with senior leaders to advance strategic opportunities.

You will independently lead rotating high-impact initiatives, shape the Credit Target Operating Model, and align data governance to enable a single source of