Top tier Debt Fund, Product Development- Project Lead

A leading Private Credit fund is growing, and looking for a projects lead to join the Product Development team. This is a new role based on growth.

The business has matured over the last 10 years and is now offering more products to existing clients. As these products come on line a project manager is needed to liaise with multiple teams to ensure the go live runs to time and all departments from finance, legal, regulatory, operations, investor relations and portfolio management are aligned.

This role is based full time in the Mayfair, London office and you will be part of a small high performing team with significant exposure to the most senior levels of the firm.

The role is expected to be at the Associate Director or Director (equivalent to senior associate or VP against other firms in the market)

You will have

• Commensurate number of years of relevant work experience (in product development, Investor relations, finance, or other similar roles within private debt preferably, otherwise alternative asset management more generally).
• CFA/ACA or similar preferred
• Very strong organisational and project management skills with a high level of attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a team player. You must be able to establish and maintain good relationships and work effectively with others
• Right to work in the UK without sponsorship

Role responsibilities

• • Managing development pipeline of new strategies, funds, SMAs and support of overall product development initiatives.
  • Coordinating across internal and external counterparties regarding fund set up specifically regarding legal, accounting, tax, regulatory etc.
  • Become a subject matter expert on current fund offerings, strategies, fund mechanics and firmwide approach
  • Updates and appropriate escalation to senior management (COO, CFO, Chief Commercial Officer etc.) on progress with ongoing product launches
  • Providing support to Business Development (Sales) team on specific product queries
  • Supporting the Client Services team in originating and coordinating written responses to current or prospect investors on more complex questions on new fund launches, new capital raising efforts and existing fund status/performance
  • Collaborating with team members on strategic and ad-hoc projects