Senior Manager, Underwriting

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SoFi is seeking a dynamic Underwriting leader to join our Frisco TX management team to build the future of home this high-impact role you will lead our strategic expansion by recruiting onboarding and leading an elite team of underwriters for Conventional Government Jumbo Portfolio and Non-QM home loans. You are responsible for ensuring every decision delivers quality and accuracy. You will also contribute to our technology roadmap and manage the digital tools that drive industry-leading speed and service. This is a rare opportunity to move beyond the routine to engineer a high-performance department within a fast-paced innovative culture.

What Youll Do

• Build and Lead: Recruit onboard and mentor an underwriting team fostering a high-performance culture that aligns with SoFis values and behavioral expectations.
• Strategic Oversight: Manage the underwriting lifecycle for a diverse product suite to ensure every decision meets quality and accuracy standards.
• Authority and Calibration: Establish and allocate underwriting authority levels for staff while personally providing expert review and approval for highly complex or high-exposure cases.
• Performance Optimization: Train and coach the team to consistently exceed production and quality goals utilizing data-driven insights to balance industry-leading speed and precision.
• Tech Roadmap Influence: Partner with product and engineering teams to influence the technology roadmap adopting and managing the digital tools necessary to automate and streamline the underwriting process.
• Cross-Functional Synergy: Build and maintain strong partnerships across Sales Credit Risk and Operations to influence workflows resolve bottlenecks and achieve organizational goals.
• Risk and Quality Control: Monitor Quality Control reports to identify error trends and implement corrective action plans ensuring all guidelines remain compliant with GSE and investor requirements.

What Youll Need

• 8 years of mortgage underwriting experience.
• 5 years of experience in leading Mortgage Underwriting Teams.
• Experience underwriting jumbo high net work and complex credits with relevant approval authorities
• Knowledge of federal state and FDIC real estate regulations and statutes
• Comprehensive knowledge of mortgage products services and industry trends.
• Excellent written spoken active listening and interpersonal communication skills with a high level of diplomacy in directing production staff.
• Strong motivation and management skills required to lead an experienced mortgage underwriting team geared to meet production and quality goals.
• Critical decision-making skills and sound judgment to address and resolve issues.
• Technical proficiency with a high-level knowledge of computer systems including Encompass and Microsoft Office applications including Outlook Word and Excel.
• Effective time management skills include prioritizing responsibilities and organizing work tasks.

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