Credit Risk Review – Strategic Insight Team Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Ohio.

📋 Description

• Lead the design and ongoing enhancement of the Credit Risk Review’s operating model, governance, organizational responsibilities, processes, tools, and infrastructure.

• Establish the strategic agenda for CRR and convert priorities into coordinated initiatives, milestones, ownership, dependencies, communications, and measurable outcomes.

• Spearhead strategic planning, annual risk-based coverage planning, risk assessment recalibration, capacity analysis, staffing scenarios, and prioritization.

• Oversee performance management infrastructure, including KPI design, data integrity, thresholds, governance, reporting, and escalation.

• Utilize credit-risk judgment across commercial and consumer credit, portfolio management, underwriting, monitoring, problem credit management, sampling, and credit review practices.

• Direct Risk Intelligence, ongoing monitoring, red-flag analytics, dashboards, and reporting for executives, regulators, and the Board.

• Supervise Quality Verification and enhance methodology, training, tools, guidance, and execution.

• Act as the business sponsor and product owner for CRR tools and data solutions, promoting responsible automation and AI integration.

• Manage GRC, RCSA, controls, findings and remediation, records retention, disaster recovery, and associated activities.

• Function as the CRR Policy Manager and oversee updates to policy, standards, procedures, methodology, and guidance.

• Represent CRR in regulatory updates and examinations, Internal Audit, external quality assessments, and third-party reviews.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary team across strategy, quality, operations, technology, AI enablement, data, and reporting.

• Cultivate stakeholder relationships, support change management, and maintain CRR's independence and constructive challenge.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Data/Analytics, Risk Management, or a related discipline is required.

• A Master’s degree or another advanced qualification is preferred.

• 15+ years of pertinent experience in credit risk, credit review, portfolio management, risk management, strategy, analytics, banking operations, consulting, or a related field is preferred.

• Proven success in leading teams and managing a complex strategy, transformation, operations, or risk governance function is required.

• Experience in designing or significantly reconstructing an operating model, governance framework, enterprise program, or execution infrastructure is strongly preferred.

• Extensive experience managing multiple concurrent, interdependent initiatives with competing deadlines and senior-level visibility is required.

• Proficient in translating credit, risk, data, quality, operational, and regulatory information into executive-level recommendations and communications is required.

• Experience presenting to senior management, governance committees, regulators, auditors, or boards is strongly preferred.

• Direct experience in Credit Risk Review or loan-review leadership, along with experience in an independent Second or Third Line function, is strongly preferred.

• Familiarity with annual risk-based planning, risk assessment, capacity modeling, KPI frameworks, quality programs, GRC, controls, issues management, technology tools, automation, or AI-enabled workflows is preferred.

• Strong understanding of commercial and consumer credit, portfolio management, risk ratings, underwriting, ongoing monitoring, problem credit management, sampling, and credit review practices.

• Advanced data and technology literacy; experience with Power BI, SQL, Python, or automation tools is advantageous.

• Credit risk or banking credentials, such as the RMA Credit Risk Certification (CRC) or equivalent, are preferred.

• Relevant credentials in project management, data/analytics, risk management, technology, or process improvement are beneficial.

🏝️ Benefits

• Base salary range of $128,000.00–$268,000.00 annually.

• Eligibility for incentive compensation, which may include production, commission, and/or discretionary incentives.

• Flexible work options where roles can be effectively performed in a mobile environment.

• Benefits applicable to the position (specific benefits list linked in the posting).