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Your New Role

As Portfolio Manager – Credit Research, you’ll lead securitised credit investing across internal public and private portfolios, while expanding the broader credit research and coverage capability within Defensive Assets. This is a senior credit role combining hands‑on investment leadership, portfolio construction and team management, with direct influence on risk‑adjusted outcomes across fixed income and credit income strategies.

• Lead securitised credit underwriting, research and stock selection across public and private portfolios, including RMBS, ABS and warehouse structures.
• Expand credit coverage beyond securitised assets, including financials, corporates and kangaroo issuers, contributing to portfolio construction and macro credit views.
• Evolve and strengthen the public market credit research and relative value investment process supporting internal portfolios.
• Originate, execute and manage new investments, maintaining deep relationships with issuers, originators and brokers.
• Build and lead a small team of analysts, embedding strong research standards, mentoring capability and a robust risk culture.

How do you exceed our expectations?

• The idea of being part of our growth is exciting and you want to play a pivotal role in making super simple.
• 15+ years’ experience in credit analysis and/or credit portfolio management across multiple public and private debt sectors.
• Deep expertise in structured credit, with proven experience across both public markets (RMBS/ABS) and private market structures.
• Strong relative value, stock selection and portfolio construction capability, underpinned by sound quantitative and modelling skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead transactions, negotiate structures and engage confidently in primary and secondary markets.
• Proven leader with a track record of building scalable, repeatable credit research processes and developing high‑performing teams.
• You are balanced in accepting risk in any decision you face. You are curious to understand risk context and choose to speak up as we simplify, learn and grow.

Employee Experience

We understand that not everyone works in the same ways. We value flexibility and know that it helps you manage work and life.

Why you’ll love working at Aware Super:

• Have a super impact: You’ll think big and care deeply to help more Australians live their best lives in retirement.
• Be part of something super unique: You’ll work to reshape super and retirement. We’ll invest in your growth and give you the opportunity to work on career-defining projects.
• Work with super humans: You’ll work hard and innovate, but also have some fun along the way.
• Feel super cared for: We’ll support your wellbeing today, as well as in the future. Enjoy a health & fitness reimbursement, work from home technology reimbursement, salary continuance insurance and organisation-wide meeting free zones.

The Aware Super difference

At Aware Super, we believe that diversity of thought, background and experience creates better outcomes for our members and communities and a stronger sense of belonging for our people. We value a diverse workplace and strongly encourage women, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people with cultural and linguistic diversity, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, and mature-age individuals to apply. We are proud to be consistently recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality and our CEO, Deanne Stewart, is a Pay Equity Ambassador.