London (Mayfair) | Contract (Outside IR35) | 6 Months Initially

A boutique private credit investment manager is seeking an experienced operations leader to join on an interim basis during a key phase of transformation and growth.

This is a senior, broad-ranging mandate working directly with executive leadership, offering genuine influence over the firm’s operating model across investment operations, finance, and technology/vendor management .

The firm is a lean, high-performing alternative asset manager undergoing strategic change – including fund rationalisation, new product launches, and infrastructure evolution. This role will provide hands-on leadership and oversight , ensuring operational stability while helping shape a scalable platform for future growth.

Investment Operations

1. Oversee a small in-house operations team across middle/back office
2. Enhance processes, controls, and scalability
3. Review the current operating model, including potential outsourcing
4. Act as senior escalation point and manage external service providers

Technology & IT Oversight

1. Own the relationship with outsourced IT vendors
2. Evaluate systems and technology strategy from a commercial perspective
3. Ensure infrastructure supports ongoing business evolution

Finance Oversight

1. Supervise existing finance resource and outputs
2. Assess capability vs. fund finance and investor reporting requirements
3. Ensure robust, timely financial and regulatory reporting processes

Wider Operational Leadership

1. Provide broad COO-style support across the business
2. Lead key operational initiatives (e.g. office relocation)
3. Act as a stabilising senior presence during organisational change

1. Senior operations generalist from private markets, private credit, or alternatives
2. Experience operating in small, entrepreneurial asset managers
3. Strong exposure to outsourced providers / fund administrators
4. Proven ability to manage teams and vendors effectively
5. Commercial, pragmatic decision-maker with strong stakeholder communication skills
6. Sufficient technical awareness to oversee IT vendors (non-hands-on)
7. Comfortable operating in a dynamic, evolving environment

1. Immediate start preferred
2. Direct exposure to senior leadership
3. Significant scope to shape operating model and infrastructure