Senior Delivery Manager, Data & Models

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the delivery roadmap for data and model initiatives across all business sectors, including milestones, dependencies, and sequencing.

• Maintain a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of all data and model initiatives currently in progress, detailing status, risks, and next steps.

• Collaborate with data engineering, data science, credit, risk, and compliance teams.

• Facilitate the resolution of cross-team issues and identify dependencies and uncertainties at an early stage.

• Develop a delivery playbook for model development, validation, deployment, credit policy updates, and approval processes.

• Ensure readiness for model governance and avoid bottlenecks in the approval process.

• Set up delivery practices for data pipelines, platforms, data product releases, and data quality remediation.

• Act as the operational point of contact for second-line credit and model risk management bank oversight.

• Continuously enhance planning and delivery through the use of delivery data and retrospectives.

• Provide informal guidance to less experienced delivery team members.

• Report directly to the Senior Director of Portfolio Prioritization & Delivery.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in program or project delivery, preferably in the financial services, fintech, or data-intensive environments.

• Proven ability to lead multiple concurrent initiatives involving three or more cross-functional teams, including technical teams.

• Familiarity with the data and model development lifecycle, encompassing data engineering, development, validation, deployment, and monitoring.

• Experience in model governance, model risk management, or formal review and approval processes in a regulated setting.

• Background in constructing delivery structures, processes, or standards that have been embraced and maintained by teams.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Proven experience in calibrating escalations to senior leaders.

• Experience in informally guiding or coaching peers without formal managerial authority.

• Willingness to travel approximately four or more times a year for in-person collaboration.

• Direct experience with second-line oversight or bank regulator expectations for model risk management, such as SR 11-7, including preparation for model validation or regulatory examinations (preferred).

• Experience in delivering data platforms, pipelines, or analytics initiatives in conjunction with credit risk or other financial models (preferred).

• Experience in establishing a new function or process where no previous approach existed (preferred).

• Please note that Mission Lane is not sponsoring employment authorization for new applicants.

🏝️ Benefits

• Participation in the annual incentive program.

• Equity programs.

• Paid time off.

• 401(k) match.

• Monthly wellness stipend.

• Options for health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Disability coverage.

• Paid parental leave.

• Flexible spending account for childcare and healthcare.

• Life insurance.

• Remote-first work environment.