Strategy Enablement Manager, Lending Club

• 3+ years of experience in strategy, management consulting, corporate development, finance, or related roles
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Strategy, or a related field; or equivalent work experience
• Proven experience evaluating strategic opportunities and building complex, data-driven business cases
• Strong financial modeling skills and comfort working with unit economics and capital allocation decisions
• Demonstrated ability to translate strategy into execution in cross-functional, fast-moving environments
• Ability to influence and align stakeholders across functions without direct authority
• Exceptional communication skills, including executive-level storytelling

Desirable

• The Strategy Enablement Manager plays a critical role in shaping and executing LendingClub’s enterprise strategy
• This role is responsible for evaluating strategic opportunities, developing investment-grade business cases, and enabling disciplined execution of approved initiatives across the company
• Operating at the intersection of strategy, finance, product, risk, and operations, this role partners closely with senior leaders to assess growth opportunities, optimize capital allocation, and ensure strategic priorities are translated into measurable business outcomes
• The ideal candidate combines strong analytical and financial acumen with the ability to drive cross-functional alignment and execution in a regulated financial services environment
• Evaluate strategic opportunities across LendingClub’s product portfolio, partnerships, platform capabilities, and operating model
• Conduct market, competitive, customer, credit, and unit economics analyses to inform strategic decisions
• Develop rigorous, data-driven business cases, including financial modeling (NPV, IRR, payback), ROI analysis, and scenario sensitivity analysis
• Partner closely with Finance, Risk, Product, and Legal/Compliance to validate assumptions, regulatory considerations, and capital impacts
• Clearly frame trade-offs and recommendations for senior and executive leadership, highlighting growth, risk, profitability, and execution implications
• Translate approved strategies and investments into clear initiatives, roadmaps, and execution plans
• Define success metrics, milestones, OKRs, and KPIs aligned to LendingClub’s financial, customer, and risk objectives
• Ensure initiatives are appropriately scoped, resourced, and aligned with enterprise priorities
• Design and support strategy execution frameworks and operating rhythms such as annual planning, quarterly business reviews, and portfolio reviews
• Prepare executive materials, performance updates, and decision memos for governance and leadership forums
• Create clarity around ownership, decision rights, interdependencies, and escalation paths
• Serve as a connective partner across Product, Engineering, Finance, Risk, Marketing, Operations, and Banking teams
• Facilitate cross-functional working sessions to align on priorities, timelines, and trade-offs
• Ensure teams understand how strategic decisions translate into execution expectations and outcomes
• Track progress and performance of strategic initiatives and investments against defined KPIs
• Develop executive-ready dashboards, narratives, and insights to support ongoing decision-making
• Identify risks, execution gaps, and dependencies, and proactively recommend corrective actions
• Support leaders in driving adoption of new strategies, operating models, or capabilities
• Partner on change management efforts, including communications and enablement materials
• Act as a trusted advisor to teams navigating strategic and organizational change
• Identify opportunities to improve strategic planning, investment evaluation, and execution processes
• Capture lessons learned to strengthen future business cases and execution effectiveness
• Stay current on fintech, consumer lending, banking, and strategy execution best practices