Principal, Portfolio Management

Apollo

• $300K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8-12 years in investment banking, capital markets, or buy-side experience (Leveraged Finance, Financial Sponsors, Restructuring, or M&A preferred)
  • Bachelor's degree with a strong academic record
  • Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rigorous environment with competing deadlines
  • Proactive attitude and ownership of responsibilities
  • Interest in Corporate Credit
  • High proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Bloomberg.
  • MBA/MS degree is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Design and govern customized client and investor reporting for quality and insight.
  • Lead advanced portfolio analytics and risk assessments to inform allocation strategies.
  • Contribute to investment committee processes by synthesizing portfolio insights and risk considerations.
  • Develop and oversee frameworks for screening and evaluating investment opportunities.
  • Partner with sector analysts on underwriting and execution, ensuring efficient communication.
  • Maintain oversight of investment activity, identifying concentrations and risks for performance optimization.
  • Act as liaison for the Global Corporate Credit team on initiatives and projects.
  • Drive cross-functional initiatives and mentor junior team members to enhance execution standards.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive coverage for employees and their families
  • Opportunities for learning and career growth
  • Access to a collaborative and inclusive work culture
  • Participation in meaningful projects that have a positive impact
  • Work-life balance initiatives to promote personal well-being
Full Job Description
Position Overview

We are seeking a Portfolio Management Principal to support the management of a diversified portfolio of performing credit investments, with a primary focus on direct lending strategies. The role will oversee and conduct portfolio construction, monitoring, reporting, and performance analysis across private and syndicated credit investments.

This is a highly analytical, detail-oriented role that provides broad exposure to portfolio management, credit risk, and investor-facing processes within a growing private credit platform

Primary Responsibilities
  • Own the design, production, and governance of customized client and investor reporting, setting standards for quality, consistency, and narrative insight across internal and external audiences; serve as a senior point of escalation for complex client requests.
  • Lead advanced portfolio analytics and risk assessment, partnering with portfolio managers to shape allocation strategy, rebalancing decisions, and forward-looking scenario analysis across market cycles.
  • Act as a core contributor to investment committee processes, synthesizing portfolio-level insights, credit views, and risk considerations; document, challenge, and track investment decisions to ensure alignment with strategy and accountability.
  • Develop and oversee investment screening frameworks to identify, prioritize, and evaluate opportunities, directly influencing trade construction and execution in collaboration with portfolio managers and traders.
  • Provide senior-level partnership to sector analysts on underwriting, amendments, and restructurings, exercising independent judgment and coordinating with trading teams to drive efficient execution and clear communication with bank counterparts.
  • Maintain holistic oversight of existing and prospective investment activity across Global Corporate Credit, proactively identifying portfolio concentrations, emerging risks, and opportunities to optimize performance.
  • Serve as a strategic liaison for the Global Corporate Credit team, leading coordination on credit-platform initiatives and firm-wide projects and representing portfolio management perspectives with senior stakeholders.
  • Drive complex, cross-functional initiatives and special projects, operating with minimal oversight and mentoring junior team members to elevate analytical rigor and execution standards.


Qualifications & Experience
  • 8-12 years of investment banking, capital markets, research, sales and trading, or buy-side experience (areas include Leveraged Finance, Financial Sponsors, Restructuring or M&A are a plus)
  • Bachelor's degree with strong academic record.
  • Strong analytical, written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and rigorous work environment; demonstrated ability to prioritize competing demands and meet deadlines
  • Initiative and ownership of responsibilities - must show a proactive, positive attitude
  • Strong interest in Corporate Credit
  • High proficiencies in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Bloomberg.
  • Bachelor's degree required; MBA/MS is a plus


Our Benefits

Apollo relies on its people to keep it a leader in alternative investment management, and the firm's benefit programs are crafted to offer meaningful coverage for both you and your family

Pay Range
$300,000

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