VP, General Manager Lending

Chicago, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 200 - 240

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Caribou

At Caribou we care about giving people financial freedom so they can focus on whats most important to them. Today less than two percent of Americans refinance their auto loans despite drastic increases in the cost of new and used cars. We see huge potential to help folks reduce their monthly auto expenses as well as increase the predictability of those expenses over time. We do this by building technology to pair customers with community banks and credit unions and ushering them through the process quickly. On average our drivers save $159/month on their car loans while protecting their investment long term.

Caribou is led by leaders from the technology automotive and finance industries. Were proud to be backed by a great team of investors including QED Investors Goldman Sachs Moderne Ventures Accomplice Link Ventures Motley Fool Ventures and others.

About the Role

Caribou is looking for a leader to manage the strategy and relationships that make up our Lending products the core of everything we do to help our customers save money so they can focus on what is important to them. This VP level role reports to our President and will serve as a partner to define our end to end lending strategy. The role encompasses growth and account management of our lender relationships definition and expansion of the products that we offer lenders and ownership over internal decisions affecting our lending portfolio in partnerships with our Product and Technology and Operations teams.

This is a high-impact leadership role with oversight over a team of 10. Youll be responsible for team results and developments with oversight over our lending OKRs as well as ensuring the team is engaged high performing and efficient. Youll work directly with the executive team as well as leaders in Sales Product Finance Legal and Operations to deliver results.

In this role you will

Own our lending strategy in partnership with our President and executive team.Own our 50 lending relationships ensuring were providing the best outcomes for our partners and for Caribou.

Own our core lending KPIs and the impact on our business. You will regularly audit the lending portfolio to identify underperforming segments and proactively pivot strategy to maximize conversion and look-to-book ratios.

Drive cross functional execution internally and externally in service of our core lending KPIs and lead monthly and quarterly business reviews with the team to assess performance and drive cross functional progress against our lending OKRs.

What does success look like

Lender Capacity: Grow lending capacity ahead of business growth through new lender acquisition and growth within current relationships
Lender Optimization: Diversification and optimization of lender mix to create the best outcomes for Customers and Caribou
Lending Products: Definition of new lending products and expansion of current offerings such as our Collateral Protection Products
Team Engagement and Performance: Maintain team NPS > 80 and Performance that consistently meets or exceeds expectations
Team Efficiency: Improvement in team efficiency and velocity by automating or streamlining manual processes based on operational data.

Location

This role can be based out of one of our Caribou offices in Denver CO or Chandler AZ. Alternatively this role may work remotely from a state where Caribou operates with a preference for the Chicago IL or Washington DC metro areas.* This role requires travel up to 50% of the time to attend industry events meet with our partners and attend occasional in person working sessions with the team in our Denver Chicago Phoenix office.

About You

You like us are driven to achieve your goals. At Caribou we have just three core values: Give a damn. Velocity. Make the assist. Were motivated. We race towards our goals. And we help each other along the way.

10 years of professional experience from a mix of senior level operations or strategy related experience management consulting high-growth business / startup
5 years of experience directly managing others
5 years of experience in an enterprise sales or account management environment developing positive and collaborative relationships with partners externally
Experience working in Lending or Financial at a high growth company is preferred
Proven experience building and leading teams in high-growth environments
Metrics-driven with the ability to draw insight from complex data
Excellent interpersonal communication analytical and influencing skills

How we will take care of you

Everyone at Caribou is a valued team member. Our compensation and benefits package includes:

Competitive compensation: $200k - $240k
Eligible for annual performance based bonus
Equity options
401k savings program
Generous paid time off including: Flexible Time Off (FTO) for all employees and 100% paid parental leave for all parents.
Robust wellness benefits including company-paid plans for health dental vision mental health disability and basic life insurance.
Optional benefits to suit your individual circumstances such as HSAs FSAs supplemental life and medical insurance and pet insurance.
Up to $1000 per year for eligible professional development expenses.

Our Core Values

We come from all walks of life and are joined together by our shared values which guide our work and how we work together.

Give a damn. What were doing matters. We show up determined to deliver results and we love it.
Velocity. Were intentional about where were going and we race towards it.
Make the assist. We have diverse strengths. We offer and ask for help so we all win.

Caribou is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability sexual orientation pregnancy status marital status military or protected veteran status genetics or any other characteristic protected by law. This position is not restricted solely to the responsibilities listed above and the scope and responsibilities are subject to change. A pre-employment background check is required as a condition of employment.

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*Caribou does not currently have employee operations in AL AK AR CT DE GA HI IA ID IN KS KY ME MI MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV OH OK PA RI SC SD TN UT VT WV WY.

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About CaribouAt Caribou we care about giving people financial freedom so they can focus on whats most important to them. Today less than two percent of Americans refinance their auto loans despite drastic increases in the cost of new and used cars. We see huge potential to help folks reduce their mo...