
Credit Risk Director
Broadgate, New York, NY, United States
Risk & Compliance Headhunter ‑ Ex‑Military Careers Ambassador
Broadgate is partnering with a fintech lending start‑up to find a Credit Risk Manager / Director and a Fraud Risk Manager / Director.
Base Pay Range
$180,000.00 / yr – $225,000.00 / yr
Key Accountabilities
1. Portfolio Resilience & Risk Control
- Design and execute a credit strategy capable of withstanding significant stress scenarios without materially degrading gross margin.
- Proactively identify emerging loss trends and implement short‑term policy or rule adjustments to mitigate risk.
- Ensure credit losses remain within expected performance ranges at acquisition and through early lifecycle stages.
2. Credit Policy Optimization
- Own and iterate approve/decline logic, credit line assignment, pricing, and loan term policies.
- Use data‑driven experimentation to improve unit economics and portfolio outcomes.
- Continuously test hypotheses through controlled experiments and translate learnings into production policies.
3. Profitability & Experimentation
- Identify and launch experiments that improve gross profit through credit policy changes.
- Deliver measurable, incremental profit impact through disciplined testing and iteration.
- Build a track record of cumulative gross profit generation attributable to policy and strategy enhancements.
4. Analytics & Decision Support
- Perform advanced, end‑to‑end analysis independently, from data extraction to insight generation.
- Ensure analytical outputs are technically accurate and suitable for executive‑level decision‑making.
- Translate complex analyses into clear, actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders.
5. Stakeholder Influence & Communication
- Effectively challenge and defend credit decisions through data and logic.
- Communicate risk trade‑offs clearly and confidently to cross‑functional and senior audiences.
- Balance openness to feedback with the ability to persuade others to adopt necessary but potentially unpopular risk actions.
Required Experience & Capabilities
Experience
- Meaningful experience in consumer credit risk, with exposure to:
- Non‑prime or near‑prime lending and/or
- Emerging market or LATAM consumer lending environments.
- Depth of experience sufficient to operate independently at a senior IC level (typically ~6–12 years overall).
Technical & Analytical Skills
- Advanced SQL and strong analytical self‑sufficiency; work does not require routine validation by others.
- Strong understanding of credit performance, loss drivers, cohort analysis, and profitability trade‑offs.
- Experience designing, running, and interpreting controlled experiments in a lending environment.
Operating Style & Mindset
- Highly autonomous, with strong judgment and a bias toward action once context is understood.
- Naturally risk‑aware and detail‑oriented, with a healthy skepticism toward surface‑level explanations.
- Comfortable operating in fast‑growing, resource‑constrained environments where impact is driven by personal effectiveness.
Communication & Executive Presence
- Clear, structured communicator capable of managing expectations and influencing senior stakeholders.
- Comfortable with constructive challenge and debate, both receiving and delivering feedback.
- Able to present complex risk topics with clarity and confidence.
Seniority Level
Director
Employment Type
Full‑time
Job Function
Finance
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