Head of Market Structure & Platform Development

Apollo Management Holdings•Austin, CO

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Apollo Capital Solutions (ACS) is building the foundational infrastructure for the private credit market. Public and private markets are converging and private credit is scaling rapidly, yet the data, settlement and workflow infrastructure underpinning the asset classes remain manual and fragmented. Apollo, through Alternative Asset Trading (AAT), has already facilitated more than $30 billion in secondary private credit volume and is advancing data, index, pricing and settlement workstreams to close that gap. The firms that help define this infrastructure will lead the market. We are seeking a senior leader, based in Austin, TX, to own the next phase of this buildout: a market structure and platform role covering the institutional trading infrastructure around both traditional and digitally native private assets, spanning liquidity access, execution, custody, collateral, counterparty risk and settlement. Working across business leadership, product, engineering and operations, the individual will commercialize the platform across the private credit ecosystem and assess developments in tokenization and prime-brokerage models. This is a business-building role, reporting to senior ACS leadership.

Requirements

15+ years in private credit, leveraged finance or structured credit, spanning both investment/trading and/or operational/infrastructure roles
Track record of building something from zero to one, whether a new business line, platform or operational capability; this is a buildout role, not a maintenance role
Strong commercial instinct across business models, incentive structures and go-to-market strategies, with comfort owning a P&L and moving from investment phase to revenue
Deep understanding of private credit operational mechanics: assignment agreements, settlement workflows, agent processes and the full lifecycle from origination through secondary transfer and servicing
Experience with institutional electronic trading and its counterparties (market makers, exchanges, custodians and prime brokers) and how they connect for execution, clearing and settlement
Experience with market structure or infrastructure buildouts in adjacent asset classes (syndicated loans, CLOs, ABS); familiarity with LSTA protocols, ClearPar or LXID/CUSIP infrastructure strongly preferred
Familiarity with digital asset market structure (custody, tokenization, on-chain settlement, prime brokerage) and with data-licensing business models; a strong plus as these models mature
Entrepreneurial, collaborative and solutions-oriented, with strong communication skills, high execution discipline and comfort operating with significant ambiguity

Responsibilities

Develop transfer and settlement solutions that move private credit from today's manual, consent-driven assignment process toward automated, near-real-time transfer, with authoritative digital records for each asset
Own the end-to-end lifecycle (origination through secondary transfer and servicing) and remove friction at each node: assignment agreements, agent processes and settlement workflows
Extend custody and collateral mechanics to private assets in both traditional and tokenized form, so positions can be held, financed and mobilized with public-market reliability
Advance settlement models, including delivery versus payment, that reduce counterparty and operational risk
Lead Apollo's market structure strategy across the infrastructure required for private credit to scale: data standardization, index development, secondary trading infrastructure, and digital transfer and settlement
Ensure seamless data integration throughout the asset lifecycle, integrating with ICE Private Credit Intelligence and Apollo's internal systems so deal data stays consistent and operationally useful
Develop the pricing transparency, liquidity access, execution and venue connectivity that let participants transact private assets efficiently, in both traditional and tokenized form
Assess and shape Apollo's approach to tokenization and prime-brokerage models, positioning the platform for the convergence of traditional and digitally native private assets
Interface with market participants and counterparties across the private credit ecosystem, including originators, asset managers, market makers, custodians and prime brokers, to drive adoption of new technologies and platforms
Own the commercial model and P&L across market structure and platform initiatives