Platform Owner, Moody’s Analytics

Location: This role has a hybrid work arrangement (Boston, 2 days/week)

Job Summary:

We are seeking a strategic and technically proficient Platform Owner for Moody’s Impairment and Portfolio Studio to lead the oversight, management, and enhancement of our expected tail loss and impairment modeling and calculation platform. This role is critical to ensuring seamless operations, vendor collaboration, and the optimal use of Moody’s solutions within the financial risk and reporting space.

The ideal candidate will have prior hands-on experience with Moody’s Impairment Studio and related applications within the Moody’s Analytics suite. A deep understanding of financial modeling, regulatory requirements (such as CECL or IFRS 9), and impairment processes is essential. Preference will be given to candidates with prior experience in Moody’s Analytics or a similar ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary product and platform owner for Moody’s Impairment and Portfolio Studio, owning the end-to-end lifecycle, roadmap, and performance of the platform.
• Act as the main liaison with Moody’s Analytics, managing the vendor relationship, contract renewals, issue escalation, and roadmap alignment.
• Collaborate with Finance, Risk, and IT stakeholders to understand business needs and translate them into functional platform enhancements.
• Oversee platform configuration, data integrations, release testing, and overall solution governance.
• Lead incident management and problem resolution in collaboration with Moody’s support and internal technical teams.
• Monitor platform KPIs, usage metrics, and ensure compliance with SLAs, data privacy, and internal audit requirements.
• Stay informed on regulatory changes affecting impairment modeling and partner with the business to ensure platform readiness.
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the full Moody’s product and risk model ecosystem (e.g., Impairment Studio, Portfolio Studio, Scenario Studio, CMM, Data Proxy, EDF-X), including how these tools interact, overlap, or operate independently.
• Act as the internal expert on Moody’s platform integration, guiding cross-functional teams on best practices for leveraging Moody’s suite across data pipelines, risk assessments, and reporting workflows.
• Evaluate new Moody’s offerings and feature enhancements for potential business impact and integration opportunities.
• Liaise directly with Moody’s product and support teams to stay current on platform updates, interoperability limitations, and planned roadmap developments.
• Ensure continuity and data quality when bridging Moody’s products with in-house systems or third-party risk platforms.

• Advanced knowledge of CECL accounting regulations
• Knowledge of expected tail loss models
• 5+ years of experience with Moody’s Analytics or similar platforms
• Investments experience/domain knowledge strongly preferred
• Advanced knowledge of Agile development methodologies as typically acquired through a Bachelors? degree in relevant field (business, computer science, humanities etc, 7 years in business, technology, or consulting with 5 to 7 years direct experience with agile teams
• Master's degree preferred
• High level of proven business expertise needed to set clear priorities for product and understand business value impacts
• Develops strong stakeholder relationships and influencing across multiple organizational boundaries
• Demonstrated experience leading varied audiences through the development of complex ideas, issues and designs
• Ability to lead varied audiences through census building
• Proven experience with Agile practices and expectations
• Comfortable with making decisions with some level of uncertainty
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong experimental mindset to drive innovation amongst uncertainty and exploit market opportunities