Senior Director, Head of Global Institute of Credit Professionals - London

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 London or New York 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