Sr Credit Strategy Manager

Lending Club • San Francisco, CA

80d • $157,000 - $180,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a Sr Manager, Credit Strategy & Pricing, who is an organized and motivated player-coach, with a strong sense of ownership. As a key member of the credit risk management team, you will be responsible for developing risk strategies, creating, and tracking appropriate KPIs, and serve as an active stakeholder in flawless implementation. You will develop and implement the underwriting and pricing strategy for Partnership channels, an important and growing marketing channel for LendingClub.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in some combination of credit, analytics, risk management, and data science
• Bachelor's degree or higher in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Math, Engineering, Economics); or equivalent work experience
• Must be self-directed, able to work independently, as well as work in a team-oriented and fast paced environment
• Strong technical skills such as SQL, SAS, Python, Tableau, with familiarity with big data and cloud environments
• Strong MS-Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including ability to communicate project scope in documentation and presentation format

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in the financial or fintech industry, preferably in partnership channels is a plus

Responsibilities

• Develop, gain approval, and implement credit risk strategies that involve elements of credit underwriting, pricing, loan amount assignment and verification based on an estimation of probability of default
• Design A/B tests to help understand risk return tradeoffs using hypothesis testing frameworks
• Craft automated dashboards to track KPIs around funnel conversion and strategy/portfolio performance; summarize and present findings to senior management
• Use analytical techniques to mine loan performance data, identify pockets of underperformance, conduct root cause analysis, draw conclusions and help recommend risk mitigation strategies
• Measure credit expansion opportunities to optimize risk-adjusted revenue
• Expand existing set of data used in credit decisioning process by evaluating information, value of non-traditional data sources and by re-engineering use of existing data elements
• Manage and measure data quality, coverage, and freshness
• Taking ownership in developing, executing and driving solutions independently for partnership channels
• Collaborate with partner marketing and product teams to identify key drivers and ensuring overall performance and KPIs are in line with expectations
• Work closely with technology and engineering teams to ensure new strategies are implemented accurately and as designed
• Develop and provide regular reporting on project status and ensure timely communication at senior level meetings
• Partner with cross-functional team to ensure the effective execution of new partnerships managing all stages including partner onboarding, launch, performance monitoring and ongoing tracking of credit performance and optimization

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision plans for employees and their families
• 401(k) match
• Health and wellness programs
• Flexible time off policies for salaried employees
• Up to 16 weeks paid parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees