Subject Matter Expert, Private Credit & Alternative Investments

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

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today's risks into tomorrow's opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—for the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody's is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we're advancing AI to move from insight to action - enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply! You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Skills and Competencies

• 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
• Meaningful experience in one or more of the following functions: investment/credit analysis, portfolio management, investment risk, private markets product strategy, solutions/consulting, or senior client advisory
• Demonstrated ability to engage credibly with senior investment professionals, including CIOs, Heads of Private Credit, Portfolio Managers, Credit/Risk leaders, and investment committees
• Experience identifying business or investment challenges and translating them into data, analytics, workflow, or technology solutions
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex investment concepts and connect them to client needs and business outcomes
• Ability to operate cross-functionally across sales, product, strategy, marketing, and technology teams
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50%
• Basic understanding of artificial intelligence concepts, with curiosity and enthusiasm for learning how AI tools can be used to improve processes and drive efficiency. Interest in exploring AI systems and a willingness to develop awareness of responsible AI practices, including risk management and ethical use.

Education

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred
• CFA designation preferred, particularly for candidates coming from investment, portfolio management, research, or risk backgrounds

Serve as a senior private credit expert connecting market expertise with client engagement, commercial strategy, and product innovation.

• Serve as Moody's private credit subject-matter expert and senior industry advisor, bringing practitioner-level knowledge of private credit markets, investment processes, market participants, and evolving client needs
• 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 relevant 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
• Help sales teams navigate complex private credit organizations by identifying relevant personas, decision makers, workflows, and business problems
• Translate insights from clients and the broader private credit market into product requirements, use cases, whitespace opportunities, and investment/business cases
• Partner with product and strategy teams to identify opportunities to strengthen Moody's capabilities across the private credit investment lifecycle
• Monitor developments in private credit markets, including evolving investment strategies, regulation, market structure, data requirements, and technology adoption, and assess their implications for clients and Moody's
• Act as a bridge between the market, clients, sales, and product teams, ensuring market needs reflected in product and commercial strategy
• Represent Moody's at private credit and alternative investment conferences, client forums, executive roundtables, and other industry events
• Build and maintain relationships across the private credit ecosystem, including asset managers, institutional investors, industry associations, technology providers, and other relevant market participants
• Partner with marketing and strategy teams to develop private credit thought leadership, market perspectives, client content, and industry engagement programs
• Educate internal sales, customer success, product, and strategy teams on private credit market structure, client personas, investment workflows, use cases, and emerging trends

About the Team

The Global Sales operating unit includes more than 1,000 sales and customer service professionals serving private- and public-sector customers globally. Within Global Sales, the Industry Practice Group brings together senior domain experts with backgrounds in industry, consulting, regulation, and practitioner roles. In this role, you will serve as a senior private credit industry expert, connecting market and investment expertise with client engagement, commercial strategy, and product innovation. You will help Moody's deepen its relevance within private credit by ensuring our solutions reflect how investment professionals actually work and the challenges they are trying to solve.

For US-based roles only: the anticipated hiring base salary range for this position is$198,300.00-$287,550.00, depending on factors such as experience, education, level, skills, and location. This range is based on a full-time position. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for incentive compensation. Moody's also offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, parental leave, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, a discounted employee stock purchase plan, and tuition reimbursement.

Moody's is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion or creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital or familial status,sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Moody's also provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities or based on a sincerely held religious belief in accordance with applicable laws. If you need to inquire about a reasonable accommodation, or need assistance with completing the application process, please email [e-mail]. This contact information is for accommodation requests only, and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications

For San Francisco positions, qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

This position may be considered a promotional opportunity, pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody's Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.