Private/Public Credit Strategist

Selby Jennings; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings partners with a large institutional platform to add a Credit Strategist to its Portfolio Strategy team. This role develops top-down views across public and private credit and translates those views into portfolio positioning, relative value recommendations, and strategic and tactical asset allocation decisions.

The role sits at the intersection of credit markets, macro strategy, and portfolio construction, with exposure across private credit, structured credit, real estate debt,

Qualifications

• Approximately 8–10 years of experience in credit strategy, multi-asset investing, asset allocation, or portfolio management.
• Strong top-down credit markets perspective, not solely deal-level underwriting.
• Experience across public and private credit markets is preferred.
• Ability to form independent market views and translate into actionable decisions.
• Comfortable communicating investment views to senior stakeholders and committees.

Responsibilities

• Develop forward-looking views on credit markets, spreads, defaults, liquidity, risk, and expected returns.
• Identify relative value opportunities across public and private credit, capital structures, and strategies.
• Translate market views into portfolio allocation, sizing, and positioning recommendations.
• Evaluate opportunities across direct lending, capital solutions, asset-based finance, structured credit, real estate debt, HY, and IG.
• Partner with macro and equity strategists to develop cohesive cross-asset views.
• Monitor portfolio exposures, market conditions, and emerging risks to recommend adjustments.
• Conduct thematic and structural research affecting credit markets.
• Present investment views and portfolio recommendations to senior investment leadership.

Skills

Top-down credit perspective

Public and private credit

Cross-asset allocation

Portfolio construction

Job description

We are partnering with a large, sophisticated institutional investment platform looking to add a Credit Strategist to its broader Portfolio Strategy team.

This individual will develop top-down views across public and private credit markets and translate those views into portfolio positioning, relative value recommendations, and strategic and tactical asset allocation decisions. The role will sit at the intersection of credit markets, macro strategy, and portfolio construction, with exposure across private credit, structured credit, real estate debt, high yield, and investment grade.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop forward-looking views on credit markets, spreads, defaults, liquidity, risk, and expected returns


• Identify relative value opportunities across public and private credit, capital structures, and strategies


• Translate market views into portfolio allocation, sizing, and positioning recommendations


• Evaluate opportunities across direct lending, capital solutions, asset-based finance, structured credit, real estate debt, HY, and IG


• Partner closely with macro and equity strategists to develop cohesive cross-asset views


• Monitor portfolio exposures, market conditions, and emerging risks to recommend adjustments


• Conduct thematic and structural research affecting credit markets


• Present investment views and portfolio recommendations to senior investment leadership

Ideal Background

• Approximately 8-10 years of experience across credit strategy, multi-asset investing, asset allocation, or portfolio management


• Strong top-down credit markets perspective, rather than purely deal-level underwriting experience


• Experience across public and private credit markets strongly preferred


• Ability to form independent market views and translate them into actionable portfolio decisions


• Comfortable communicating investment views to senior stakeholders and investment committees

This is a compelling opportunity for someone who understands credit broadly and wants to influence how capital is allocated across different credit markets, rather than focusing on a single product or strategy.