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Director of Lending Operations

SimpleCITIGarden City, New York🇺🇸United StatesPosted 14 May 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

As the Director of Lending Operations, you will lead critical workflows and drive operational excellence within a growing private lending platform, leveraging your expertise to mentor a team and enhance scalable processes. This role is ideal for a seasoned leader with a passion for optimizing operations and a strong understanding of private lending, offering significant opportunities to shape the future of the company's lending platform. You'll be instrumental in ensuring efficient, compliant, and scalable loan origination and management.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Leader
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
On Site
Location
Garden City, New York, United States
Posted
3 months ago
ComplianceLMSRisk ManagementUnderwriting

Job Description

About SimpleCREDIT

SimpleCREDIT is a disciplined private lending platform focused on DSCR, Bridge and Residential Transition Loans (RTL), backed by institutional capital. We prioritize strong credit, clean execution, and scalable growth.

Responsibilities:
Operations & Workflow Management

  • Oversee the end-to-end credit process for residential bridge and transitional loans, including underwriting, documentation, closings, and post-funding monitoring.
  • Manage workflow pipelines, ensuring efficiency, consistency, and accuracy across the credit team.
  • Implement and maintain SOPs, loan grading systems, and operational playbooks.
  • Monitor KPIs and operational metrics to identify bottlenecks and optimize processes.

Team Leadership & Coordination

  • Lead, mentor, and develop the credit operations team.
  • Coordinate across internal teams (legal, compliance, finance, property management) and external partners (title companies, appraisers, contractors).
  • Foster collaboration between credit, finance, and deal execution teams to streamline loan origination and closing.

Compliance & Risk Management

  • Ensure adherence to internal credit policies, lending guidelines, and regulatory requirements.
  • Collaborate with legal and compliance to maintain documentation standards and audit readiness.
  • Support risk management efforts, including reporting, portfolio monitoring, and process controls.

Platform Development & Strategic Initiatives

  • Identify opportunities to automate, digitize, and scale operations.
  • Drive improvements to loan origination and management systems (LOS/LMS).
  • Develop reporting templates, dashboards, and operational insights for leadership and capital partners.
  • 2+ years of experience in private lending, residential bridge, or transitional lending operations, including team management.
  • Expertise in residential bridge, transitional, construction, or rehab lending operations.
  • Deep understanding of credit underwriting processes, loan structuring, and portfolio monitoring.
  • Strong operational, project management, and process design skills.
  • Experience with lending platforms such as LendingPad, Liquid Logics, or similar LOS/LMS.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
  • Bonus: Experience scaling operations in a private lending or real estate investment platform.

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