Product/Brand Management Director jobs in Mesa, AZ

About Soaren Management
Soaren Management provides customer-centric alternative lending solutions in consumer markets via proprietary underwriting and loan management systems. With multiple verticals in the financial services industry, Soaren excels in customized portfolio management, software development, customer service, telecommunications, automated application processing, and asset recovery.
We have built top of the line proprietary software platforms to underwrite and manage loans, which we strive to continually innovate upon. And that’s where you come in.

About the Role
Soaren Management is adding a Director, Credit and Operations Risk Management to our Fintech start-up that is stable, profitable, and rapidly growing. We offer great compensation, benefits, environment, and performance-based rewards. The Director has extensive and proven experience managing the credit risk of large loan portfolios, from underwriting through to account management strategies. The Director leads a team of data scientists and analysts. This position collaborates with executives across the business to execute analytical initiatives that assure portfolio growth and performance. The Director integrates credit policy and risk management with operations strategies to facilitate efficient creation and management of volume.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain credit policy across the portfolio lifecycle for all Soaren portfolios.
• Create and implement testing strategies for credit policy in underwriting and account management.
• Assume ownership of Soaren’s critical underwriting logic and processes.
• Effectively manage other credit risk and operations analysts.
• Understand operational key performance indicators, report trends and patterns.
• Manage lead and underwriting costs as part of credit risk and operations.
• Maintain critical decision flows on Soaren platform(s) to ensure operational availability and consistency.
• Collaborate across Operations, Compliance, IT, Finance, or other departments.
• Follow all company policies and procedures.
• Display leadership through punctuality, professionalism while performing required duties.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Statistics, Data Science, Mathematics, Computer Science, or another quantitative field preferred.
• 7 years of proven experience manipulating data sets and building statistical models.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven experience solving complex credit risk and operational analytics problems using statistical techniques and economic logic.
• Strong SQL and data-wrangling skills – experience specifying and completing analyses from scratch.
• Experience using Python and/or R to manipulate data and draw insights from large data sets.
• Experience working in a startup environment is a plus.
• Must meet requirements of company background check policy requirements.

Success Measures

• Ability and willingness to self-start and self-manage in a high volume, data-driven environment.
• Ability to enhance portfolio outcomes through analytics and operational acumen.
• Ability to scope, lead, manage, and execute assigned projects with effective data visualization.
• Achieve goals while promoting a positive attitude true to our mission and core values.

Compensation and Benefits

• Hybrid schedule
• Flexible working schedules
• Unlimited vacation time that you actually get to use
• 401k with generous company matching
• Paid parental leave
• Excellent work-life balance
• Pet-friendly office
• Beautiful office with huge breakrooms, snacks, and a ping-pong table
• Start-up company atmosphere with an established corporate structure
• A fun, casual work environment that encourages innovative thinkers
• A small executive team with promotion opportunities
• Company sponsored medical/dental/vision/life insurance/AD&D
• Highly competitive salary
• Performance based rewards

Our Company Mission
Soaren Management is a forward-thinking fintech company committed to innovating in financial technology with a range of efficient, secure services. Our mission is to merge time-tested business practices with cutting-edge technologies, ensuring broad consumer access to financial products. We prioritize honesty, integrity, compliance, and data security in our operations. Central to our ethos is fostering a culture of curiosity, innovation, and professional growth, driving both our team and clients towards continual advancement.

Vision Statement
Soaren Management works toward a future where all consumers have broad and immediate access to a range of reliable, efficient, and secure financial products and services, expedited by constantly evolving technologies.

Soaren’s Commitment to its Talent
Soaren Management believes our success flows directly from our employees. Our employees are at the heart of our success. As such, it's in our best interest to provide all the support they need to succeed and thrive. For that reason, Soaren Management is expanding its search for fresh talent and developing our current talent. Our commitment to our team ensures value and service to our ever-growing customer base through hiring and growing our people-centric, diverse, and forward-thinking talent. We live in our values of Innovation, Superior Customer Care, Compliance, Community, Balance, and working by the Golden Rule.

EEO Policy
Soaren Management, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Job Type: Full-time