Hiring: Managing Director, Originations, Opportunistic Credit Company: Marathon Asset Management Location: New York, NY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 11:37:56 Target Skills & Keywords : Capital Markets About the job Experience: •15+ years of experience in investment banking within a coverage team, or cash flow lending with existing sponsor relationships and originations responsibilities Required Skills: •Lead Marathon’s sponsor coverage initiative within the Opportunistic Credit platform, with a focus on middle-market and upper middle-market private equity sponsors. •Originate differentiated private credit opportunities with a target return of mid-teen gross IRR across industries / capital structure. •Build and maintain strong relationships with sponsors, management teams, and intermediaries to generate proprietary deal flow. •Drive coverage strategy by prioritizing sponsor relationships, implementing tracking systems (CRM), and institutionalizing an effective outreach and follow-up framework. •Partner with investment team colleagues on underwriting, structuring, and executing investment opportunities. •Generate actionable intelligence on portfolio company activity, liquidity needs, and refinancing or recapitalization events. •Represent Marathon in the market with professionalism and credibility, reinforcing the firm’s broader reputation in credit while helping expand its footprint. •Collaborate internally with legal, capital markets, and portfolio operations teams to ensure investment execution and post-close engagement are seamless. Qualifications: •Bachelor’s degree from top tier university •Proven ability to develop and maintain sponsor relationships, with a middle-market / upper middle-market focus preferred •Possess strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication and presentation skills •Demonstrated capacity to work under pressure in a rapidly evolving environment; strong attention to detail with a proven ability to multi-task •Demonstrated strong work ethic, commitment to excellence, and unquestionable integrity •Highly motivated self-starter who is coachable; willing to embrace a collaborative firm culture Compensation: •$200,000 - $300,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!