Associate, Private Credit & Digital Asset Lending
About The Position
Galaxy is seeking a private credit professional to support origination and execution across its growing lending platform. This role involves structured and asset-based lending, acquisition and event-driven financing, and bespoke payments-infrastructure facilities. The associate will play a key role in structuring and executing transactions across a varied product set as the credit function builds out. The company is a global leader in digital assets and data center infrastructure, aiming to transform how value moves through the world. Their institutional digital assets platform includes trading, investment banking, asset management, staking, self-custody, and tokenization technology. They also invest in and operate data center infrastructure for AI and high-performance computing. Galaxy values a culture of builders and overachievers, emphasizing high performance, transparent feedback, and a mission-first approach.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in private credit, structured credit, or acquisition/leveraged finance, with direct exposure to transaction execution from origination through close.
- Working knowledge of secured lending structures and collateral protection frameworks.
- Experience supporting negotiations with outside counsel on complex transaction documents.
- Strong judgment and communication skills, with comfort preparing materials for senior stakeholders and risk committees.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent transactions in a fast-paced environment.
- Genuine interest in digital assets.
Nice To Haves
- Exposure to acquisition finance or event-driven credit (bridge loans, take-private financing).
- Direct experience in crypto-collateralized lending or payments/settlement finance.
Responsibilities
- Support origination and structuring across a broad product set: digital asset-collateralized warehouse facilities, receivables finance, acquisition and event-driven financing (LBOs, take-privates, bridge facilities), and payments/settlement-gap products spanning cross-border payments, card-network settlement, and stablecoin infrastructure.
- Help develop the collateral, perfection, and structural frameworks that protect the firm across this range of deal types, jurisdictions, and payment rails.
- Contribute to credit enhancement, risk-sharing, and closing mechanics (make-whole, MAC triggers, guaranty and intercreditor provisions) appropriate to each transaction.
- Work with sponsors, platforms, and counterparties to help design bespoke financing structures as the platform expands into new products and counterparty types.
- Support negotiation of transaction documents in partnership with outside counsel and senior deal leads.
- Help manage negotiation priorities across multiple concurrent transactions spanning different products and structures.
- Support the credit approval process, including preparing recommendations and structural analysis for the risk committee.
- Conduct diligence on counterparties, collateral, and portfolio performance.
- Help manage and prioritize a broad, concurrent transaction pipeline.
- Partner with legal, risk, markets, and treasury teams to support the firm's lending strategy.
- Contribute to internal and external communications on behalf of the credit function.
- Embrace and champion the thoughtful adoption of AI to improve team performance and business outcomes.
- Leverage AI tools (e.g., generative AI, automation platforms, data copilots) to improve productivity, decision-making, and output quality in your day-to-day work.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus
- Hybrid/Flexible Working Arrangements
- Flexible Time Off (paid)
- 3% 401(k) company contribution
- Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees, partners, and other dependents
- Generous paid Parental Leave
- Competitive family planning benefits for US employees
- Opportunities to learn about the Crypto industry
- Smart, entrepreneurial, and fun colleagues
- Free daily snacks and weekly breakfasts/lunches
- Employee Resource Groups
- Free coaching and counseling sessions through Headspace
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
