Department: Finance and Operations

Job Summary:

Organisation is seeking a Director based in India to lead execution across Private Loan Operations. This role serves as the primary India-based counterpart to U.S. leadership and is responsible for translating U.S.-defined strategy and priorities into consistent, high-quality execution.

The ideal candidate is a strong people manager and operator who can manage teams, enforce operational rigor, and ensure accuracy, scalability, and control across investment and finance workflows while supporting efficient deployment and return of investor capital.

Core Responsibilities:

1. Team Leadership & Execution Management:

- Manages Team-leads and individual contributors across Large Balance Commercial Loans and Small Balance Loan Pools

- Own day-to-day execution, capacity planning, and prioritization across teams

- Establish clear performance expectations, metrics, and accountability

- Coach and develop managers and high-performing individual contributors

- Partner with U.S. leadership on hiring plans, onboarding, and team growth

2. Private Loan Operations:

- Oversee private loan operational execution across distinct loan strategies, ensuring appropriate processes, controls, and scale for each.

- Large Private Loans: Oversee operational execution for large private loans, including deal onboarding, reconciliation support, and portfolio-level analytics.

- Small Balance Commercial (SBC) Loan Pools: Oversee a separate operational workstream focused on the efficiency and scalability of small balance commercial loan pools.

3. Process Discipline & Continuous Improvement:

- Execute U.S.-defined processes while identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and throughput.

- Cross-Border Communication & Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for India-based execution.

- External Counterparties: Regular interaction with servicers, banks, custodians, brokers, and data vendors.

Required Qualifications:

- 13+ years of experience in operations, finance, investment operations, treasury operations, or related roles within financial services, asset management, private credit, or similar environments

- Proven experience managing large, multi-functional teams (approximately 15-25+ people)

- Strong operational background in Private credit and/or loan operations

- Demonstrated ability to execute U.S. defined processes and priorities in a globally distributed organization

- Experience working with external counterparties, such as servicers, banks, custodians, brokers, or data providers

- Strong process orientation, with experience improving controls, documentation, and scalability

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills