Principal, Structured Products & ABF

COMPANY OVERVIEW KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management as well as capital markets and insurance solutions. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and supporting growth in its portfolio companies and communities. KKR sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR’s insurance subsidiaries offer retirement, life and reinsurance products under the management of Global Atlantic Financial Group. References to KKR’s investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds and insurance subsidiaries. TEAM OVERVIEW The Insurance Investments team is a group of 45 dedicated professionals with deep connectivity to the broader KKR platform. A tenured team with experience across market cycles, it operates with direct access to KKR's global resources across Private Equity, Global Macro & Asset Allocation, Real Assets, and Credit & Markets. Global Atlantic's (GA) Co-Chief Investment Officers, together with the Investment Committee, retain ultimate control over the investment portfolio, including strategy and asset allocation for GA's balance sheet and its sponsored third-party vehicles. KKR's investment teams provide the asset-class expertise and scale to directly originate high-quality assets suited to insurance balance sheets, based on the strategies and guidelines GA sets. ROLE OVERVIEW This is a senior role on the KKR Insurance Investments Structured Credit team reporting directly to the Portfolio Manager. The team oversees capital deployment and portfolio management across a wide variety of asset classes spanning the risk/return and liquidity spectrum, including residential real estate, consumer finance, small business, transportation, equipment, renewable energy, infrastructure, commercial real estate, and CLOs, expressed across securities, whole loans, direct lending, whole assets, and platform investments. This individual will be integrally involved with all aspects of the investment process for all structured and asset-backed credit, including: evaluating potential investments and executing transactions, developing strategies to increase origination, tracking markets, assessing relative value across asset classes, determining asset allocation and portfolio construction, designing portfolio rotation trades, and managing existing positions. As the primary point of interface between the Insurance business, KKR PMs, and KKR structured credit traders, they will drive execution of Global Atlantic's (GA) investment strategy within structured credit and enable firmwide collaboration across structured credit asset classes. Ideal candidates have ~6 - 10 years of experience across structured products asset classes in an investments role (e.g. trading, portfolio management, or investment/asset management). The ability to analyze relative value across products and present and communicate ideas in group settings is essential. We are looking for candidates with exceptional technical and interpersonal skills and strong relationships across the street and investor community, with a preference for a strong background in residential and commercial real estate. RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Tracking Markets & Generating Relative Value Views Continuously monitor structured products markets (RMBS, CMBS, ABS, CLO) as well as adjacent liquid and illiquid sectors, tracking spreads, new issue economics, technicals, and relative value across asset classes Regularly consume research and form market views, including an understanding of where peers are allocating capital Generate cross-sector relative value ideas through market research and coordination with KKR structured credit traders Distribute regular market color and relative value commentary to the broader investment team and firm stakeholders Present market themes, positioning recommendations, and relative value analysis to internal committees and senior leadership 2. Asset Allocation & Portfolio Construction Translate market views and relative value analysis into actionable asset allocation recommendations (e.g., which sectors to overweight/underweight, duration positioning, fixed vs. floating rate mix, liquidity) Support the PM in designing GA's capital deployment strategy across structured credit, incorporating economics, capital efficiency, and ALM considerations Track the new issue pipeline and market themes to ensure alignment with deployment objectives 3. Portfolio Rotations & Active Positioning Design and recommend portfolio rotation trades to improve yield, capital efficiency, and ALM positioning (e.g., shifting sector allocations, rotating short-term positions into permanent allocations, extending or shortening duration) Monitor the existing portfolio for risks and opportunities, identifying positions to trim, hold, or add to based on evolving market conditions Collaborate with the PM and KKR structured products traders to execute portfolio trades 4. Dealer Engagement & Market Interface (External) Regularly interface with the dealer community to understand product flows and market dynamics, and communicate KKR Insurance objectives and axes to the Street Gather intelligence on peer positioning (other insurers, asset managers, banks) and communicate that competitive intelligence internally Flag time-sensitive opportunities and actionable new issue deals to the PM for decision-making 5. KKR Interface & Deal Support (Internal) Serve as the primary point of interface with KKR investment as they screen opportunities, iterating on needs and axes, assessing how trades fit the broader investment plan, and providing real-time feedback to accommodate deal timelines Supply market context and comparables for deals the team is evaluating (both traded and privately originated) Col