Private Equity Intelligence Lenders Associate

Who are we

Gain is on a mission to provide global visibility into private markets. Our industry-leading platform combines advanced AI technology with local-for-local research delivering the highest quality intelligence on the companies and investors that matter most.

We serve 100% of MBB/Big Four advisories clients representing over $1 trillion of private capital and more than 70% of the top-20 global M&A houses. Trusted by names like Blackstone McKinsey and Goldman Sachs we lead the market in client satisfaction with an NPS of 80.

With offices in New York Amsterdam London Frankfurt Warsaw and Bangalore we are one of Europes fastest-growing companies recognized in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2024 and the FT1000: Europes Fastest Growing Companies.

About the Lenders Team:

• Private credit and fixed income sit at the center of how capital moves through private markets and today theres no single source of truth connecting lenders credit and the companies they finance. Gain is building that layer.

• The Lenders Team part of Gains Private Equity Intelligence (PEI) group gives Gain users a structured view into the global credit and debt markets including:
  - Comprehensive lender profiles covering credit and debt details with breakdowns by sector region and type
  - Credit data linked to companies deals and investors
  - A growing roadmap of coverage across BDCs broadly syndicated loans corporate bonds CLOs and credit ratings

• This is still a young foundational vertical. The data model taxonomy and vendor integrations are being defined now in close partnership with Product and Engineering which means this role has real say in how the product gets built not just how it gets maintained.

What will you do

• Own the Lenders data domain end-to-end across BDC BSL corporate bonds CLO and MML the core building blocks of private credit and fixed income.

• Act as the subject matter expert on credit and fixed income data (capital structure pricing mechanics instrument and holder taxonomy) for the rest of the org.

• Shape and prioritize the Lenders product roadmap balancing new coverage against the depth and quality of whats already live.

• Work with vendors to understand their data translate it into Gains data model and take end-to-end ownership of linking it to Gains company deal and investor assets.

• Resolve open data modeling questions end-to-end rather than just flagging them.

• Lead process optimization for the team using AI and automation to keep data workflows and trackers running cleanly as data volume scales.

• Set priorities sequence workstreams and keep delivery on pace against business priorities across the vertical.

• Hire coach and manage Analysts and Senior Analysts as the team grows and set the processes and quality bar they work to.

• Partner cross-functionally with Product and Engineering and represent the Lenders vertical in broader leadership conversations.

Who are you

• 6 years of relevant experience in private credit lending or fixed income data gained in a research data management or investment operations role.

• Demonstrated hands-on experience with lender credit or debt data such as BDCs broadly syndicated loans CLOs or corporate bonds.

• Strong project management skills: comfortable setting priorities managing dependencies across vendors and engineering and driving structured work in an ambiguous still-being-built environment.

• Strong people management skills: proven experience managing or building a team beyond informal mentoring.

• Comfortable working in structured data environments (internal data systems spreadsheets and vendor feeds) with high attention to detail.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills comfortable conveying structured decisions and feedback to both your team and leadership.

• Proactive self-driven and thrives in a fast-paced high-accountability environment.

What do we offer

• Ownership of a foundational high-visibility vertical with direct exposure to how leadership thinks about Gains private credit and fixed income offering.

• A ground-floor seat in defining how credit and lending data gets modeled and scaled at Gain not just executing against an existing playbook.

• A clear path from owning the data to building and running the team behind it.

• Regular collaboration with Product Engineering and senior leadership on a vertical thats still being actively shaped.

• Competitive compensation with a performance and OKR-linked annual bonus.

• A flexible hybrid working model based out of our Bangalore office.

Does this sound like a perfect match

We are proud of our wonderful product and believe it has lots of potential. We are growing fast and having fun while building our platform and company. Does this sound like a team you would like to become a part of Reach out to us we are excited to get to know you and show you what we do!

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