Senior Director, Head of Global Institute of Credit Professionals - New York

About Fitch Learning

Fitch Learning is a leader in financial services training. With unrivalled breadth and depth, we deliver learning solutions for apprentices, graduates and professionals with more than 10 years of experience in financial services. Our offerings include expert faculty, e-learning, coaching and blended assessments, helping to improve individual and collective business performance.

Working at Fitch Learning offers the opportunity to be part of a global leader in financial education, committed to delivering cutting-edge training solutions. You will collaborate with experts dedicated to empowering professionals with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in the finance industry. By joining us, you will be at the forefront of innovation in professional education, contributing to impactful learning experiences that support career advancement and industry success.

Fitch Learning is seeking a Senior Director, Head of the Global Institute of Credit Professionals (GICP), based in either our  New York or London office and reporting to the Managing Director, Institutes and Strategic Partnerships.

About the Team

You will lead the Global Institute of Credit Professionals (GICP) as a globally recognised centre of excellence for the credit profession. The role focuses on advancing professional standards, strengthening GICP’s position in the industry, and building a respected global community for credit professionals.

This position requires a leader with deep practical credit experience and the credibility to engage senior practitioners, employers and industry leaders.

You will chair the GICP Advisory Committee, working closely with senior credit practitioners and industry leaders to ensure that the Institute remains relevant to the evolving credit landscape. In partnership with faculty, practitioners and subject-matter experts, you will help define and evolve the Global Credit Certificate and the broader GICP learning and professional-development offering. You will embed market insight and practitioner experience into qualifications, curriculum, research and member value.

As part of a broader institutes portfolio, you will collaborate closely with the Managing Director, Institutes and Strategic Partnerships, contributing to a coordinated ecosystem strategy across Fitch Learning’s global institute brands.

You will build and lead a high-impact, mission-driven team focused on professional standards, product relevance, member value, thought leadership and global community growth.

How You’ll Make an Impact

Institute Leadership and Strategic Direction

• Lead the evolution of GICP as a global centre of excellence and the professional home for credit practitioners.
• Shape its strategic direction, market positioning and long-term growth.
• Reinforce GICP’s authority across corporate credit, bank credit, commercial lending, capital markets, private credit and related areas of the credit profession.

Curriculum, Qualifications and Product Relevance

• Work closely with practitioners, faculty and subject-matter experts to shape and evolve the Global Credit Certificate and broader GICP learning portfolio.
• Ensure offerings remain practical, rigorous and relevant to the changing needs of credit professionals and their employers.
• Build clear pathways from foundational credit learning to advanced capability, professional recognition and lifelong learning.

Thought Leadership and Industry Engagement

• Establish and lead a differentiated global thought-leadership agenda for GICP.
• Represent the Institute at senior forums, conferences and industry events, strengthening its visibility, reputation and influence.
• Build strong relationships with banks, asset managers, institutional investors, private-credit firms, rating agencies, regulators, corporates, professional bodies and academic institutions.

Membership Growth and Community Development

• Expand and deepen the global GICP community by enhancing member engagement, professional networks and regional presence.
• Develop initiatives that establish GICP as the professional home for credit professionals, supporting lifelong learning, collaboration, peer connection and career progression.

Ecosystem and Partnership Development

• Develop strategic partnerships with financial institutions, employers, academic institutions, regulators and industry bodies to extend GICP’s reach and impact.
• Create clear pathways across relevant credit-learning programmes, qualifications and professional designations.
• Contribute to a coordinated institutes portfolio strategy that strengthens alignment and value across Fitch Learning’s institute brands.

Member Value, Professional Standards and Career Progression

• Strengthen the GICP member proposition through high-quality content, research, events, professional networks, career resources and continuing professional development.
• Advance professional standards across the credit industry.
• Strengthen recognition of the Global Credit Certificate and GICP membership as credible indicators of applied credit capability, judgement and professional standing.

Commercial Growth, Governance and Organisational Leadership

• Develop a sustainable commercial and operating model for GICP that balances market impact, professional credibility, member value and financial growth.
• Establish effective governance and quality frameworks.
• Chair the GICP Advisory Committee.
• Build a high-performing, mission-driven team with strong cross-functional alignment across Fitch Learning and the wider Fitch Group.

You May Be a Good Fit If You

• Are an experienced credit practitioner with significant experience in credit analysis, credit risk, lending, investment or credit portfolio management.
• Bring 15 or more years of progressive experience across credit, banking, private credit, ratings, risk, institutional investment or another relevant area of financial services.
• Have strong technical knowledge of corporate and/or bank credit analysis, with broader familiarity across commercial lending, private credit, debt capital markets, structured finance or credit portfolio management.
• Have the technical credibility and gravitas to engage chief credit officers, senior risk leaders, investment professionals, regulators, institutional clients and other experienced credit practitioners.
• Understand the evolving global credit landscape and the professional-development needs of credit practitioners and their employers.
• Have a strong interest in developing or commercialising qualifications, certification products, professional-development programmes, membership propositions or learning pathways.
• Possess strong strategic, analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate a clear vision into executable plans and measurable outcomes.
• Have experience building and leading high-performing teams while driving organisational growth and change.
• Demonstrate strong commercial acumen, including experience identifying market opportunities, developing propositions and building sustainable business models.
• Are a highly collaborative and entrepreneurial leader who is comfortable with ambiguity and able to operate autonomously within a matrix organisation.
• Have excellent communication, relationship-management and presentation skills, including experience representing an organisation at senior industry forums.
• Demonstrate a high level of professionalism, integrity and commitment to quality, serving as a credible ambassador for GICP and the wider credit profession.
• Have experience establishing, participating in or chairing advisory boards, technical committees or governance forums.

What Would Make You Stand Out

• Significant experience as a senior credit practitioner, such as a credit officer, credit analyst, credit-risk leader, lender, credit investor, portfolio manager or ratings professional.
• An established global network across banking, asset management, ratings, private credit, credit risk, regulation or the wider credit community, with a demonstrated ability to influence at senior levels.
• Thought-leadership credentials in credit through published research, market commentary, speaking engagements, teaching or industry recognition.
• Experience developing professional standards, qualifications, accreditation frameworks or continuing professional-development propositions.
• A track record of building and scaling new initiatives from concept through to sustainable revenue generation.

Why Choose Fitch?

• Hybrid Work Environment: Three days per week in the office and two days remote.
• A Culture of Learning and Mobility: Dedicated training, leadership development and mentorship programmes designed to make your time at Fitch a continuous learning opportunity.
• Investing in Your Future: Retirement planning and tuition-reimbursement programmes that support your short- and long-term goals.
• Promoting Health and Wellbeing: Comprehensive healthcare offerings that support physical, mental, financial, social and occupational wellbeing.
• Supportive Parenting Policies: Family-friendly policies, including a generous global parental leave plan, designed to help you balance career and family life effectively.
• Inclusive Work Environment: A collaborative workplace where all voices are valued, supported by Employee Resource Groups that connect and empower colleagues around the world.
• Dedication to Giving Back: Paid volunteer days, matched funding for donations and opportunities to volunteer in your community.

Fitch is committed to providing global securities markets with objective, timely, independent and forward-looking credit opinions. To protect Fitch’s credibility and reputation, our employees must take every precaution to avoid conflicts of interest or any appearance of a conflict of interest. Should you be successful in the recruitment process at Fitch you will be asked to declare any securities holdings and other potential conflicts prior to commencing employment. If you, or your immediate family, have any holdings that may conflict with your work responsibilities, you may be asked to divest yourself of them before beginning work. 

Fitch is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law. 

FOR NEW YORK: Expected base pay rates for the role will be between $185,000 USD and $205,000 USD per year. Actual salaries will be determined on an individualized basis and may vary based on factors including but not limited to education, training, experience, past performance, and other job-related factors.  Base pay is one part of Fitch’s total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, long-term incentives, and other benefits sponsored by Fitch.  

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