Senior Director, Head of Real Estate Lending Technology

The position is described below. If you want to apply, click the Apply Now button at the top or bottom of this page. After you click Apply Now and complete your application, you'll be invited to create a profile, which will let you see your application status and any communications. If you already have a profile with us, you can log in to check status. Need Help? If you have a disability and need assistance with the application, you can request a reasonable accommodation. Send an email to Accessibility (accommodation requests only; other inquiries won't receive a response). Regular or Temporary: Regular Language Fluency:  English (Required) Work Shift: 1st shift (United States of America) Please review the following job description: We are seeking an experienced Real Estate Technology Leader to define and execute the technology strategy for our real estate lending business. This leader will be accountable for modernizing the real estate lending technology ecosystem, improving business outcomes, and delivering secure, resilient, and scalable platforms across the full lending lifecycle. The successful candidate will combine deep knowledge of real estate lending products and platforms with strong experience leading global teams, establishing product-centric operating models, managing strategic vendors, and applying data and AI to simplify processes and improve client and teammate experiences. The Head of Real Estate Lending Technology is responsible for defining and executing the technology vision, strategy, and modernization roadmap for the real estate lending business. This executive leads global teams across engineering, architecture, product management, data, quality engineering, platform operations, and production support, driving the adoption of a product-centric operating model that aligns technology investments with business outcomes. The role partners closely with business, operations, risk, compliance, and finance leaders to modernize legacy platforms, accelerate cloud and API adoption, and leverage AI capabilities to improve efficiency, underwriting, servicing, risk management, and customer experience. Additionally, this leader oversees data strategy, technology portfolio economics, vendor management, cybersecurity, platform resilience, and regulatory compliance while fostering a high-performance culture focused on innovation, accountability, operational excellence, and measurable business value. Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time. 1. Lead a technology job area that may include several teams specializing in engineering, infrastructure, architecture, security, operations, or analytics. 2. Develop and implement short‑ to mid‑term operational plans, ensuring alignment with departmental and enterprise technology strategies. 3. Drive enhancements of processes, systems, and platforms to improve job area performance and contribute to department-level results. 4. Solve difficult, multi-team problems requiring investigation, detailed analysis, and expert interpretation of data, system behavior, or technical landscapes. 5. Communicate across the job area and with internal/external stakeholders, influencing decisions and advocating for modernization or optimization initiatives. 6. Lead job area workforce planning, talent development, and performance management. 7. Steward budget and operational costs associated with the job area. 8. Ensure compliance with enterprise technology governance, risk, and security policies. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time. 1. Lead a technology job area that may include several teams specializing in engineering, infrastructure, architecture, security, operations, or analytics. 2. Develop and implement short‑ to mid‑term operational plans, ensuring alignment with departmental and enterprise technology strategies. 3. Drive enhancements of processes, systems, and platforms to improve job area performance and contribute to department-level results. 4. Solve difficult, multi-team problems requiring investigation, detailed analysis, and expert interpretation of data, system behavior, or technical landscapes. 5. Communicate across the job area and with internal/external stakeholders, influencing decisions and advocating for modernization or optimization initiatives. 6. Lead job area workforce planning, talent development, and performance management. 7. Steward budget and operational costs associated with the job area. 8. Ensure compliance with enterprise technology governance, risk, and security policies. Qualifications Required Qualifications The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 1. Bachelor’s degree or higher in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field. 2. Minimum of 12 years of progressive experience in technology operations. 3. Broad leadership and management experience leading complex technology operations teams. 4. Proven ability to manage complex operational initiatives across multiple teams. Preferred Qualifications 1. Extensive leadership experience in real estate lending technology or a related secured lending environment, with deep expertise across the full lending lifecycle from origination through servicing and loss mitigation. 2. Comprehensive knowledge of real estate lending products, platforms, and ecosystems, including loan origination, underwriting, pricing, servicing, digital customer engagement, data services, and third-party integrations. 3. Proven tr