Mortgage Operations Director Hybrid


Job Location:

Lubbock, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 105000 - 125000
Posted on: 30+ days ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Position: Mortgage Operations Director
Location: Lubbock Texas
Work Model: Hybrid preferred. Remote may be considered for candidates residing in Texas with occasional travel to the office for meetings and company events.
Compensation: $105000-$125000 base salary no bonus at this time
Schedule: Full-time Monday-Friday generally 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Benefits: Health and dental coverage after 60 days; 401(k) with up to 6% employer match after 90 days; company-paid group life insurance subject to waiting periods; PTO accrued per company policy; company-paid holidays
Overview
This role serves as the senior operational leader for a mortgage platform and is responsible for the end-to-end execution scalability and performance of mortgage operations. The position oversees how loans move from application through post-closing with a strong focus on operational excellence sound risk management team leadership and a strong borrower and employee experience.
Responsibilities
  • Provide leadership across underwriting processing closing post-closing quality control and lock desk operations.
  • Build and maintain an operational structure that supports growth while protecting quality compliance and culture.
  • Establish clear ownership escalation paths and performance expectations across operational teams.
  • Guide the transition from hands-on execution to a sustainable leader-led operating model.
  • Oversee underwriting capacity planning workflow segmentation and exception frameworks.
  • Drive improvements in turn times throughput and quality by optimizing workflows and accountability.
  • Oversee quality control defect trends audit outcomes and corrective action planning.
  • Support lock desk operations and investor delivery while maintaining alignment with secondary market execution requirements.
  • Partner with executive leadership on staffing strategy hiring development retention and technology readiness.
  • Own operational reporting across quality capacity cost turn times and borrower experience metrics.
  • Coach and develop senior operational leaders while building a culture of accountability clarity and continuous improvement.
Qualifications
  • 10 years of mortgage industry experience with progressive leadership responsibility.
  • Leadership experience within mortgage operations at a credit union bank or mortgage company.
  • Strong background in systems thinking operational analytics and process design.
  • Experience leading change modernizing operations and improving legacy workflows.
  • Strong people leadership skills including experience managing senior leaders.
  • Comfort working in a growth-oriented performance-driven environment.
  • Proficiency in Encompass Optimal Blue and Microsoft Office.
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Position: Mortgage Operations DirectorLocation: Lubbock TexasWork Model: Hybrid preferred. Remote may be considered for candidates residing in Texas with occasional travel to the office for meetings and company events.Compensation: $105000-$125000 base salary no bonus at this timeSchedule: Full-time...

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