Home Lending Transformation Executive

About this role:

We are seeking a visionary and results-driven Senior Product Executive to lead our home lending technology product portfolio. This executive will be responsible for shaping the strategic direction driving innovation and delivering exceptional customer and business outcomes across a large distributed team. This role is critical for a large bank looking to remain competitive and deliver seamless personalized lending experiences in an increasingly digital landscape.

In this role you will:

• Strategic Leadership: Define and execute a comprehensive product strategy that aligns with enterprise goals and regulatory frameworks. This includes understanding market trends competitor products and emerging technologies to identify opportunities for innovation and differentiation.
• Product Development Leadership: Oversee the entire product lifecycle from ideation and user research to design development launch and performance monitoring of digital home lending products and features. Deliver differentiated lending products and digital experiences that meet evolving customer needs. Proven experience leading product teams defining product backlogs and developing roadmaps for customer-centric solutions. They should be adept at turning vision into reality and driving innovation.
• Team Leadership: Lead and develop a high-performing global team across product strategy technology and operations. Build and mentor high-performing product and technology teams potentially involving training existing employees in agile techniques and recruiting new talent with digital capabilities.
• Technology Modernization: Guide the migration of existing data ecosystems to cloud-based platforms and implementing advanced analytics and AI/ML capabilities to drive insights and enhance decision-making.
• Operational Transformation: Streamline mortgage processes reducing manual work and improving efficiency through automation and digital solutions ultimately leading to lower origination costs and faster cycle times. Champion agile methodologies and product thinking across teams fostering a culture of continuous improvement empowerment and rapid iteration.
• Profitability and Financial Acumen: Manage the full product lifecycle with accountability for financial performance including revenue cost and risk.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with technology compliance marketing and servicing teams to ensure seamless execution. Exceptional skills in collaborating with diverse stakeholders across business technology and operations to break down silos and ensure alignment and successful execution of digital initiatives.
• Regulatory & Risk Alignment: Ensure compliance with global and regional regulatory requirements and maintain strong governance.
• Market Intelligence: Monitor competitive trends and emerging technologies to inform product strategy.
• Stakeholder Management: Communicate product progress challenges and priorities to senior leadership and other key stakeholders while also building strong relationships with business units to ensure joint accountability.
• Digital Transformation Expertise: A strong track record in leading digital/tech transformation initiatives within a large organizational context specifically within the banking or mortgage industry. This includes accelerating the adoption of digital technologies to streamline processes improve efficiency and enhance customer experience.
• Technology Acumen: A robust understanding of modern technology stacks including cloud platforms (AWS Google Cloud Azure) big data technologies (Hadoop Spark) and the application of AI/ML for advanced analytics customer segmentation and personalization

Required Qualifications:

• 8 years of Product Management experience or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience training military experience education
• 4 years of Management experience

Desired Qualifications:

• 15 years of leadership experience in mortgage or home lending including 5 years in a global product executive role.
• Proven success in leading large-scale transformation and delivering measurable business results.
• Deep knowledge of mortgage origination servicing capital markets and regulatory environments.
• Strong financial acumen and experience managing large P&Ls.
• Executive presence with excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with institutions such as JPMorgan Chase Bank of America or similar top-tier financial firms is highly desirable.
• Preferred Attributes
• Global mindset and experience managing diverse distributed teams.
• Passion for customer experience digital innovation and operational excellence.
• Ability to influence at the C-suite and Board level

Pay Range

Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements skills experience or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.

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