We are global private markets specialists delivering tailored investment solutions, advisory services, and impactful, data driven insights to the world’s investors. Leveraging the power of our platform and our peerless intelligence across sectors, strategies, and geographies, we help identify the advantages and the answers our clients need to succeed.
Position Overview
The VP will play a key role within the Investment Operations team, helping to transform and scale the Private Debt operating model. The role will develop a deep understanding of the platform's processes, stakeholders, systems and controls, while combining hands-on operational involvement and deputy review responsibilities with the leadership of cross-functional initiatives focused on automation, standardization and long-term operational efficiency.
Essential Job Functions:
- Develop a strong understanding of the Private Debt platform operating model, including key processes, stakeholders, systems, and controls and act as a deputy reviewer.
- Identify and implement opportunities for process automation, workflow optimization, and operational efficiency improvements.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance operational procedures, control frameworks, documentation standards, and governance processes.
- Drive process standardization, harmonization, and best practice adoption.
- Lead the coordination and delivery of multiple concurrent initiatives and workstreams.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to implement operational enhancements and support strategic business initiatives.
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
- 8+ years of relevant experience within Investment Operations, Fund Operations, Middle Office, or Private Markets Operations, with significant exposure to Private Debt, Private Credit, or alternative investments.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline.
- Strong understanding of private debt, loan allocation methodologies, fund cash management, liquidity management, capital calls and distributions
- Demonstrated experience overseeing complex transaction lifecycles, including investment closings, funding coordination, onboarding of investment managers, and operational execution across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions.
- Proven track record leading operational change initiatives, including process redesign, automation, workflow optimization, governance enhancements, and operating model improvements.
- Experience developing and implementing operational controls, procedures, policies, KPI frameworks, and management reporting to support scalable growth and risk management.
#LI-EO1
At StepStone, we believe that our people are our most important asset and crucial to our success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer that strives to create an environment that empowers our employees and allows them to be heard, regardless of title or tenure. Our organizational community features multiple Employment Resource Groups as well as mentorship programs to enhance the employee experience for all.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, StepStone does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.
Candidates must be at least 18 years old to apply.
Developing People at StepStone
Skills Required
- 8+ years of relevant experience in Investment Operations, Fund Operations, Middle Office, or Private Markets Operations
- Significant exposure to Private Debt, Private Credit, or alternative investments
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline
- Strong understanding of private debt, loan allocation methodologies, fund cash management, liquidity management, capital calls, and distributions
- Experience overseeing complex transaction lifecycles, including investment closings, funding coordination, investment manager onboarding, and operational execution across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions
- Experience leading operational change initiatives, including process redesign, automation, workflow optimization, governance enhancements, and operating model improvements
- Experience developing and implementing operational controls, procedures, policies, KPI frameworks, and management reporting
StepStone Group Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about StepStone Group and has not been reviewed or approved by StepStone Group.
-
Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as generous with multiple plan options, and in some cases employee‑only premiums are fully paid. Feedback suggests wellness resources and plan choice enhance the overall value of the package.
-
Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) program that is viewed favorably. Feedback suggests long‑term incentive elements complement core retirement benefits.
-
Parental & Family Support — Parental support includes leave coaching, paid parental leave, and resources for new parents alongside related travel and logistical supports. Feedback suggests these policies are a meaningful part of the benefits package.
StepStone Group Insights
What We Do
StepStone Group (Nasdaq: STEP) is a global private markets investment firm focused on providing customized investment solutions and advisory and data services to our clients. StepStone’s clients include some of the world’s largest public and private defined benefit and defined contribution pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies, as well as prominent endowments, foundations, family offices and private wealth clients, which include high-net-worth and mass affluent individuals.StepStone partners with its clients to develop and build private markets portfolios designed to meet their specific objectives across the private equity, infrastructure, private debt and real estate asset classes.
