MQ Referrals

Financial Services

CreditRiskSeniorManager

$154–226k United States Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Credit Risk Senior Manager at MQ Referrals. Skills: Credit risk, Pricing strategy, Credit card programs. Lead credit risk strategy. Lead pricing strategy”

What You'll Achieve.

Drive KPIs; Increase approval rates; Increase new accounts; Decrease loss rates; Increase profit margin

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Data-driven decision making

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ years credit card risk, Bachelor's degree in Finance, Bachelor's degree in Business, Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Bachelor's degree in Economics, Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Bachelor's degree in Math, Bachelor's degree in related field

Nice to Have

Fintech experience preferred, Consumer underwriting experience preferred, Commercial underwriting experience preferred

What You'll Do.

Lead credit risk strategy

Lead pricing strategy

Launch credit programs

Scale credit programs

Drive innovation for credit strategies

Establish credit strategies

Shape credit risk strategy

Develop acquisition strategy

Develop account management strategy

Develop pricing strategy

Develop performance strategy

Develop portfolio monitoring strategy

Own credit strategy initiatives

Design credit framework

Implement credit framework

Monitor credit framework

Build credit risk models

Review credit risk models

Refine credit risk models

Build cash flow models

Review cash flow models

Refine cash flow models

Develop credit stacks

Develop data strategies

Support securitization structures

Support warehouse lines

Support forward flow deals

Provide analytical support

Provide loss forecasts

Provide profitability analysis

Draft underwriting documentation

Draft risk documentation

Support model validation

Report risk performance

Serve as risk consultant

Recommend strategy improvements

Collaborate across Banking

Collaborate across Product

Collaborate across Finance

Collaborate across Capital Markets

Serve as strategic resource

Serve as external advisor

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Internal stakeholders; External bank partners; Customers; Cross functional teams; Product teams; Engineering teams; Sales teams; Operations teams; Data scientists; Capital markets; Co-brand partners; Bank partners; Customers; Banking; Product; Finance; Capital Markets

Communication Scope

Translate complex concepts; Executive communication; Partner communication; Cross-functional communication; Written communication; Verbal communication

Full Job Description

As Marqeta’s Credit Risk Senior Manager, you will lead our credit risk and pricing strategy, helping us launch and scale credit programs from the ground up. You will drive innovation to establish best in class credit strategies in partnership with internal stakeholders and external bank partners and customers. You will create something unique in the embedded credit space: a marketplace that enables fintech apps, wallets, and merchants to offer credit products at scale. Embedded within finance, this role will support Marqeta’s evolving managed credit card programs by shaping credit risk strategy across acquisition and account management, pricing, performance and portfolio monitoring, in partnership with cross functional execution teams across product, engineering, sales, operations and other functional areas. We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely in the United States, only in one of our Premium or National locations, which you can review here. The Impact You’ll Have Credit Strategy & Policy Own end-to-end credit strategy initiatives — from framework design through implementation and ongoing monitoring Build, review, and refine consumer and commercial credit card risk and pricing strategies Proactively adjust credit card policies based on portfolio performance and risk trends Establish strategies that directly drive KPIs: approval rates, new accounts, loss rates, profit margin, and more Modeling & Data Partner with data scientists to build best-in-class credit risk and cash flow models Work with product to develop modern credit stacks and data strategies leveraging financial, bank, and third-party datasets — enabling underwriting automation at scale Capital Markets & Partners Partner with capital markets on securitization structures, warehouse lines, and forward flow deals Provide analytical support to co-brand partners, including loss forecasts and profitability analysis Governance & Reporting Draft underwriting and risk documentation Support ba

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