Manager, Mortgage Loan Underwriting
Core
Lead a team of mortgage underwriters to assess loan risk, ensure high-quality credit decisions, and maintain compliance with investor and regulatory guidelines.
Role type
Manager, Mortgage Underwriting
Builds
Consistent underwriting standards, workflows, and quality controls for mortgage loans.
Domain
Real Estate / Mortgage Lending / Risk Management
Required skills
Mortgage underwriting, risk assessment, regulatory compliance, team leadership, cross-functional partnership, process improvement, performance metrics analysis, change management.
Preferred skills
VA underwriting experience, deep knowledge of conventional and FHA underwriting.
Responsibilities
Lead and coach a team of underwriters; oversee complex underwriting decisions and escalations; establish and refine underwriting standards and quality controls; partner with Operations, Sales, and Compliance; analyze performance metrics to identify trends and improve processes; represent underwriting in key initiatives and projects; communicate underwriting policies and rationale to internal partners.
Seniority
Manager, team leadership