Private Credit Product Manager

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  • Houston, New York
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    Location(s): New York, NY or Houston, TX (3x week onsite)
     
    Job Description & Synthesis
    Our client  is strategically expanding its capabilities within public and private credit markets, a cornerstone of global capital markets experiencing rapid technological and structural change. We are seeking an accomplished Private Credit Product Manager to lead the vision, development, and market adoption of their differentiated Private Credit and CLO platform.
     
    In this role, you will guide a critical growth area for our client by defining product strategy, driving execution across the product lifecycle, and delivering scalable front-to-middle office solutions. You will help institutional clients optimize and scale their private credit businesses across deal research, portfolio construction, IRR analysis, portfolio management, and operational efficiency.
     
    Specific Responsibilities
    • Define and champion the long-term vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Private Credit platform, aligning product priorities with client's strategic objectives and institutional client needs.
    • Serve as a subject matter expert in private credit, identifying opportunities related to market structure, regulatory change, and emerging technologies such as AI/ML and agentic workflows.
    • Conduct market discovery, client workshops, and industry research to gather, prioritize, and translate complex requirements into scalable product capabilities.
    • Simplify private credit investment and operational workflows into automated, efficient solutions that improve usability, scalability, and business outcomes.
    • Partner closely with engineering and UX teams to drive successful product delivery from concept through launch, including collaboration on architecture, APIs, and integrations.
    • Lead go-to-market planning with Marketing, Sales Enablement, and Client Support to support strong market positioning, client adoption, and commercial success.
    • Define and track product KPIs, manage the product backlog with discipline, and mentor Product Owners and cross-functional team members to foster product excellence.
    Key Qualifications
    • Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree such as an MBA or relevant professional certification such as CFA is highly desirable.
    • 10+ years of experience in private markets finance or financial technology.
    • Deep expertise in private credit investment and operational workflows, ideally through experience with a financial technology provider serving institutional clients or direct experience with a Private Credit Manager (GP) or institutional investor (LP).
    • Proven success in a senior product management role delivering client-facing capabilities in a B2B enterprise SaaS or financial technology environment.
    • Strong technical fluency with the ability to work effectively with engineering teams on product architecture, APIs, and complex system integrations.
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex financial and technical concepts to a range of stakeholders.
    • Self-motivated, strategic, and results-oriented, with the ability to manage ambiguity and drive momentum in a fast-changing, high-growth market

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationHouston, New York

    Skills

    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
    • Business Administrationunmatched
    • Business-to-Business (B2B)unmatched
    • Capital Marketsunmatched
    • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)unmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Constructionunmatched
    • Cross-Functionalunmatched
    • Customer Acquisitionunmatched
    • Customer Relationsunmatched
    • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
    • Emerging Technologyunmatched
    • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
    • Financeunmatched
    • Internal Rate of Return (IRR)unmatched
    • Investment Managementunmatched
    • Market Entry Strategyunmatched
    • Marketing Planunmatched
    • Mentoringunmatched
    • Performance Metricsunmatched
    • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
    • Product Backlogunmatched
    • Product Lifecycleunmatched
    • Product Managementunmatched
    • Product Strategyunmatched
    • Regulationsunmatched
    • Salesunmatched
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)unmatched
    • System Integration (SI)unmatched
    • Team Playerunmatched
    • Usability Engineeringunmatched
    • User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)unmatched
    • Writing Skillsunmatched

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