Principal Operations Strategy - Home Loans Originations

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Job Description:

What You’ll Do

Responsible for providing strategic and tactical direction for home loan operational activities to support the business. Ensures efficient and compliant originations operations while ensuring world class customer experience.

How You’ll Do It

• Serves as the primary liaison between business partners and field operations teams for originations processes.

• Collaborates with business partners on process enhancements; communicate operational implications; suggest alternatives that may achieve the same objectives but with more favorable impact to operations (e.g., lower cost, less complexity); commit to approaches selected by leadership and lead their implementation.

• Relationship management with business partners and management of system related projects from idea to implementation.

• Ensures sound operational processes and procedures are developed and documented.

• Develops any necessary remediation plans and ensure their timely completion.

• Actively monitors originations quality levels, communicate opportunities for improvement and collaborates with field operations to improve service levels.

• Plan, coordinate, and execute activities that support business partner initiatives across the organization and ensure operations expectations for timeliness, quality and efficiency are delivered in conjunction internal and external parties.

• Support audit management, vendor management, control execution, with the aim to ensure compliance with all applicable regulations.

Qualifications You’ll Need
The Basics

• Bachelors Business Administration and Management, Social Sciences, or related.

• 6+ years Financial Services Operations, Customer service, or Related

• In lieu of degree, 8+ years Applicable line of business [Home Loans, Deposits, Personal Loans, Student Loans], or related experience

Physical and Cognitive Requirements
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by federal, state, and local laws:

• Primarily remain in a stationary position.

• No required movement about the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job.

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• Primarily performed indoors in an office setting.

• Ability to operate office equipment such as but not limited to computer, telephone, printer, and calculator.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Experience in the Mortgage Industry

• Masters Business Administration and Management, Arts or Social Sciences

Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Application Deadline:

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on May-11-2025. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.

Compensation:

The base pay for this position generally ranges between $91,000.00 to $153,400.00. Additional incentives may be provided as part of a market competitive total compensation package. Factors, such as but not limited to, geographical location, relevant experience, education, and skill level may impact the pay for this position.

Benefits:

We also offer a range of benefits and programs based on eligibility. These benefits include:

• Paid Parental Leave

• Paid Time Off

• 401(k) Plan

• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account

• Short and Long Term Disability, Life, and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurances

• Recognition Program

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