Senior Private Credit & Alternatives Strategist

Moody's Corporation; New York (NY); On-site; USD 198,000 - 288,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Parental leave

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Moody's Corporation is seeking a senior private credit expert to connect market insight with client engagement, commercial strategy, and product innovation. You will help Moody's deepen relevance in private credit by aligning market needs with solutions across data, analytics, risk, and technology capabilities.

The role includes representing Moody's at conferences and client forums, partnering with sales and product teams, and translating client workflows into actionable requirements.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in private credit, direct lending, private debt, or closely related alternative credit markets, gained within an asset manager, private credit fund, institutional investor, or investment platform.
• Deep, practitioner-level knowledge of the private credit investment lifecycle, including deal sourcing/origination, credit underwriting, due diligence, portfolio construction, ongoing monitoring, risk management, valuation, and investor/client reporting.
• Strong understanding of direct lending and private credit strategies, such as senior secured lending, unitranche, opportunistic/special situations credit, asset-based lending, or structured/private credit.
• Strong understanding of private credit fund structures, investment processes, operating models, data requirements, and technology ecosystems supporting investment and portfolio teams.
• Experience identifying business or investment challenges and translating them into data, analytics, workflow, or technology solutions.

Responsibilities

• Advise asset managers, private credit funds, institutional investors, pension funds, and other market participants on challenges across the private credit investment lifecycle, including origination, underwriting, risk assessment, portfolio monitoring, valuation, and reporting.
• Engage senior investment and business leaders to understand their strategic priorities, investment workflows, data challenges, and technology needs.
• Partner with sales teams on strategic client engagements, helping connect client workflows and challenges to Moody's data, analytics, research, risk, and technology capabilities.
• Lead discovery and solution-alignment conversations with clients and prospects, bringing sufficient investment expertise to challenge assumptions, identify unmet needs, and shape credible solutions.
• Support strategic proposals, demonstrations, proofs of concept, and executive presentations by providing private credit expertise and client-specific use cases.

Skills

Private credit experience

Direct lending

Credit underwriting

Due diligence

Portfolio management

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel up to 50%

AI curiosity

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree

CFA designation preferred

Job description

Moody's Corporation is seeking a senior private credit expert to connect market insight with client engagement, commercial strategy, and product innovation. You will help Moody's deepen relevance in private credit by aligning market needs with solutions across data, analytics, risk, and technology capabilities.

The role includes representing Moody's at conferences and client forums, partnering with sales and product teams, and translating client workflows into actionable requirements.