Asset Management – Private Credit Secondaries & Co-Investments – Executive Director

With over $200 billion of client capital invested across hedge funds, private equity, private credit, real estate and direct investments/co-investments, the Global Alternatives Investment Solutions (GAIS) team at J.P. Morgan Asset Management brings best-in-class sourcing and offerings of non-traditional investment strategies to institutional, private banking and wealth management clients. A disciplined selection process enables the team to offer clients top-quality investment opportunities from both within the firm and third-party issuers.

Within GAIS, the Private Credit Solutions platform brings a long-tenured, multi-manager approach to private credit investing, with $47bn of capital committed, a team of 24 investment professionals, and deep market connectivity through 150+ private credit GP relationships and 80+ LP investments since inception, reflecting 18+ years of dedicated multi-manager private credit investing.

The Executive Director will be a core member of the private credit investment team focused on North America private credit secondaries and co-investments. The role is designed for a transactions-oriented investor who can lead sourcing, underwriting and execution across a broad set of complex opportunities alongside leading sponsors and managers, partnering closely with portfolio managers, investment teams, legal, tax, risk, and operational stakeholders, and playing a key role in shaping repeatable processes that help scale a growing private credit platform.

Responsibilities include sourcing, evaluating, and executing private credit secondaries (GP-led and LP-led) and co-investment/direct opportunities across North America; leading end-to-end transaction execution across multiple concurrent live processes, including diligence planning, stakeholder coordination, negotiation support, documentation review, and closing; conducting detailed trade- and fund-level diligence and underwriting, including analysis of underlying portfolio/company credit risk, manager assessment, structural protections, documentation/covenants, leverage, liquidity, and downside scenarios; preparing and presenting clear, high-quality investment materials (screening notes, investment committee memoranda, and portfolio recommendations) and communicating key risks and decision points to senior stakeholders and the investment committee; partnering with portfolio managers on portfolio construction and post-close monitoring, including performance/risk updates and re-underwriting when needed; helping build and refine scalable underwriting frameworks, diligence playbooks, and execution processes as the strategy grows; engaging with internal stakeholders and participating in select client/investor discussions to articulate strategy positioning and investment rationale; and mentoring and developing junior team members through day-to-day deal leadership.

J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management delivers industry-leading investment management and private banking solutions, providing individuals, advisors and institutions with strategies and expertise that span the full spectrum of asset classes through its global network of investment professionals.