VP, Data Platforms

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Happen Bank(formerly LendingClub)is built around a simple purpose: to clear the way to help people turn intention into action and action intofinancial progress. That means offering focused products a frictionless mobile-first experience and clear terms with no gotchas. Respect and fairness is part of our DNA and that ideal shapes how we work how we treat each other and how we invest in our employees and our community. Join us in using data bold thinking and a commitment to innovation to help clear the way for millions of Americans to achieve more.

About the Role

What Youll Do

Data Platform Strategy & Architecture

• Define and execute the strategy architecture and roadmap for Happen Banks enterprise data and AI platforms
• Own the customer data foundation including canonical data models and the Customer Data Platform (CDP) enabling a trusted single source of truth across Marketing Lending Credit Risk Fraud Operations and Compliance
• Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of enterprise data from source-system ingestion through canonical modeling certified marts and BI / AI consumption
• Lead modernization of the data ecosystem while balancing business priorities platform resiliency and long-term scalability
• Build platform capabilities that support analytics operational decisioning customer experiences experimentation and AI-powered products

AI & Data Enablement

• Shape Happen Banks AI strategy from a data platform perspective including feature stores model serving MLOps and responsible AI adoption in a regulated environment
• Build self-service analytics and activation capabilities that enable teams to access trusted data without requiring engineering intervention
• Partner with Product Analytics and business leaders to translate business needs into scalable platform capabilities
• Enable AI and machine learning teams through robust data platform and governance capabilities that accelerate innovation while maintaining compliance and risk standards

Governance Reliability & Compliance

• Establish enterprise standards for data governance Critical Data Elements (CDEs) metadata lineage quality privacy and regulatory compliance
• Lead Data SRE observability resiliency production support and operational excellence initiatives that ensure secure reliable and scalable platform operations
• Ensure platforms meet security risk management and regulatory requirements appropriate for a digital bank
• Drive data quality monitoring and governance programs that support trusted business and regulatory reporting

Engineering Leadership

• Lead and develop high-performing teams across Data Engineering Platform Engineering Governance & Enablement ML Platform and Production Support
• Foster a culture of accountability innovation operational excellence and continuous improvement
• Build organizational capabilities succession plans and leadership pipelines that support long-term growth
• Attract coach mentor and retain exceptional engineering leaders and individual contributors

Business & Executive Partnership

• Partner with executive leadership to align data and AI investments with company strategy and measurable business outcomes
• Manage strategic vendor relationships platform investments and technology spend to ensure efficient delivery and responsible economics
• Drive a data-first culture by enabling teams across the organization to make faster better-informed decisions
• Communicate platform strategy investment priorities risks and outcomes to executive leaders business stakeholders and regulators

About You

• 13 years of software engineering experience including 10 years leading and developing engineering teams
• 5 years of experience leading enterprise data platforms data products or data engineering organizations in a public cloud environment
• Demonstrated experience building and scaling data platforms that support analytics machine learning customer experiences and operational decision-making
• Strong understanding of modern data architectures governance frameworks observability metadata management and AI/ML platforms
• Experience building and operating cloud-based data ecosystems using technologies such as Databricks dbt Fivetran data catalogs observability tooling and modern data governance platforms
• Proven success leading large-scale platform modernization and cloud transformation initiatives
• Strong knowledge of production operations reliability engineering incident management and platform support models
• Experience partnering with Product Analytics Risk Compliance and business leaders to deliver enterprise data capabilities
• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to influence business technology and regulatory stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to translate business objectives into platform strategy and measurable outcomes
• Hands-on familiarity with advanced analytics machine learning and data science workflows and the platform requirements they impose
• Experience operating within highly regulated industries such as financial services healthcare or similar environments
• Bachelors degree or higher or equivalent combination of education and experience

Nice to Have

• Experience working in both high-growth organizations and large-scale enterprises
• Understanding of consumer financial products personal financial management or regulated marketing environments
• Experience leading enterprise AI enablement initiatives and modern data platform transformations
• Experience supporting highly regulated consumer products and operating within complex compliance and governance frameworks

Work Location
San Francisco

The above locations are eligible offices for this locations have been determined to foster in-person collaboration with this roles team or the related business lines. We utilize a hybrid work model and our teams are in-office Tuesdays Wednesdays and -person attendance is essential for this roles success and remote placement will not be Bank offers relocation based on actual job level.

Time Zone Requirements
Primarily PT

While the position will primarily work local hours Happen Bank is headquartered in Pacific Time and our ideal candidate will be flexible working across time zones when necessary.

Travel Requirements
As needed travel to Happen Bank offices and/or other locations as needed.

Compensation
The target base salary range for this position is 00 The base salary of the role will be determined by job-related knowledge experience education skills and location. Base salary is just one part of Happen Banks Total Rewards package. You may also be eligible for long-term awards (equity) and an annual bonus (which is based on company performance employee performance and eligible earnings).

Were creating new financial services solutions for our members based on fairness simplicity and heart and we treat our employees the same way. We offer a competitive benefits package that includes 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 and more.

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