Senior Director, Private Capital

At Met Life Investment Management (MIM), the Private Fixed Income team offers the opportunity to apply your expertise in differentiated markets and help drive long-term value for our clients. You will be part of a team investing across private corporate and infrastructure debt, private asset-based finance (ABF) and residential credit, taking a disciplined approach to sourcing and structuring unique high-quality private asset investments for clients.

Recognized as a 2025 Best Place to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments, MIM offers a collaborative environment where innovation and strategic thinking drive customized solutions for clients and meaningful career growth for you.

The Corporate Private Placement team is responsible for directly originating, underwriting, structuring, and managing corporate private credit investments. The team invests across a diversified range of sectors, issuers, geographies, and structures, partnering with borrowers, sponsors, agents, advisors, and institutional clients to deliver tailored private credit solutions.

The team is part of MIM’s Private Fixed Income platform, which manages $143 billion as of December 31, 2025 across corporate private placements, infrastructure debt, asset-based finance, single family rentals, and residential whole loans. The platform is supported by more than 100 years of private debt origination experience.

• Originate corporate private placement opportunities through senior-level relationships with issuers, sponsors, agents, advisors, and investment banks.
• Develop and execute origination strategies across priority corporate sectors, aligned with client mandates, portfolio construction objectives, and risk appetite.
• Lead transaction screening, underwriting, structuring, pricing, and negotiation for investment-grade and select below-investment-grade opportunities.
• Provide clear investment recommendations supported by financial analysis, credit diligence, relative value assessment, and downside risk analysis.
• Oversee investment committee materials, approval processes, and client-facing investment content.
• Manage transaction execution from mandate through closing, coordinating internal stakeholders, external counsel, agents, and borrowers.

• Maintain senior oversight of originated corporate private placement investments.
• Lead negotiations related to amendments, waivers, restructurings, refinancings, and other credit events.
• Participate in issuer management meetings, credit updates, and ongoing surveillance discussions.
• Oversee portfolio monitoring, including annual reviews, credit performance, covenant compliance, ratings migration, and market developments.
• Partner with Client Portfolio Management to align originations with client portfolios and respond to client inquiries, reporting needs, and strategic objectives.

• Lead and mentor a high-performing team across origination, underwriting, execution, and portfolio management.
• Provide coaching, performance feedback, and career development support to investment professionals.
• Promote a strong risk culture, disciplined underwriting standards, and a commercial mindset across the team.
• Contribute to broader Private Fixed Income and MIM initiatives, including product development, cross-platform collaboration, technology enablement, and process improvement.
• Represent MIM with corporate issuers, agents, industry participants, and clients; support marketing, fundraising, and client relationship efforts.

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA and/or CFA strongly preferred.
• 15+ years of experience in…