Director, Engineering - Digital Engagement

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LendingClub Corporation (NYSE: LC) is the parent company of LendingClub Bank, National Association, Member FDIC. We are the leading digital marketplace bank in the U.S., having helped our nearly 5 million members secure over $90 billion in loans to refinance high-cost debt and achieve their financial goals. Members today have mobile-first access to a growing range of products and services designed to work seamlessly together to deliver value in new ways. Everyone deserves a better financial future, and our team is committed to making that a reality. Join the Club!

About the Role

We are looking for a seasoned Director of Engineering, Digital Engagement to lead our efforts in making engaging, rewarding fintech experiences for our customers. LendingClub is offering new tools to improve the financial lives of our members across our product lines, and this role will lead software development to deliver the foundational elements of this experience. The ideal candidate is a seasoned software engineering leader with hands on skills building web and mobile experiences in fintech. The role will need to be passionate about improving people’s lives through technology, empathizing with customer needs to lead a team of deliver an amazing customer experience, driving better financial outcomes for millions of our members.

What You'll Do

• Drive the long-term technical strategy for our Digital Engagement experiences, helping our customers manage their debt and achieve better results 

• Effective people leader, able to attract, hire, and continuously grow top engineering talent 

• Create a highly collaborative cross functional environment, ensuring technical implementation aligns with business, product, design and other stakeholders, ensuring our designs are both effective and align with risk and information security standards 

• Brainstorm with our teams, bringing the “art of the possible” to the forefront of what technology can do for our members 

• Clearly and continuously articulate “What’s Important”, to ensure we focus on the key, critical priorities we need to deliver 

• Provide technical expertise in web and mobile end-to-end engineering throughout all development phases, from conception through to publishing to the app stores 

• Help define and drive platform implementations to support our projects 

• Work closely with product management to deliver cost and time estimates to manage stakeholder expectations, while not sacrificing quality in the process 

• Continuously assess our SDLC, and if necessary, adapt in service to delivering repeatable, sustainable and scalable engineering results. Influence across the organization to leverage best practices 

• Ensure data is at the forefront of our designs, available to support customer needs, and mapping user journeys to the analytics KPIs we need to understand how our products are being effective 

• Drive results through proactively collaborating across organizational boundaries 

About You

• 10+ years of software development and software architecture experience and a bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field of study; or equivalent work experience 

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