Director of Strategy & Analytics, Mission Lane

• Proven ability to problem solve end-to-end: from framing the question and forming a hypothesis, to analyzing the data, to communicating and debating the answer with other stakeholders
• Familiarity with SQL, python, or other tools for data analysis
• 7 - 12 years of experience in a highly analytical role
• Bachelor’s or Masters in Economics, Finance, Engineering, Mathematics, or similar quantitative field with record of strong academic performance

Desirable

• Mission Lane’s Credit Team is looking for an experienced professional to join our geographically diverse team. Our headquarters are in Richmond, VA but this team is located across the country
• At Mission Lane, our analysts work on initiatives that touch all facets of the business and have the opportunity to work on different teams within the organization as their careers develop
• The Credit Team is responsible for matching prospective customers with the right product terms, owning the underwriting process throughout the lifetime of the customer, understanding lifetime value, and creating pathways to customer graduation all while staying true to our mission
• Since our customers have faced credit challenges, we begin with lower credit lines and increase them over time as they demonstrate good credit behavior
• Manage P&L for the credit limit increase program dedicated to customers who have been with Mission Lane for more than a year
• Lead and mentor a team of analysts to their full potential
• Optimize account management strategies in response to customer behavior and changing marketplace conditions
• Develop a roadmap that will help move forward the credit limit increase program to enable step changes in the company’s growth trajectory
• Engage with senior management regularly to articulate the strategy and the opportunities of the program
• Collaborate with cross functional teams across product, data science, engineering and capital markets to bring strategies to market