Vice President, Mortgage Technology - Onsite

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Vice President, Mortgage Technology - Onsite position with a Financial Services Organization located in Anaheim, CA. This is a direct hire opportunity.

Salary range $180,000 - $220,000 + Bonus, DOE

As the Vice President of Mortgage Technology, you will own the technology that runs the loan origination business. You will lead the Mortgage Technology team—comprising a Development Lead, developers, system administrators, and Business Analysts—and be accountable for the stability, security, and evolution of the loan origination system and its surrounding ecosystem. This is a leadership role with a technical focus, balancing people management, delivery, and strategy to bridge the gap between business goals and the technology platform.

Responsibilities:

Strategy and Business Alignment

• Participate as a technology leader in strategic business discussions and translate business goals into a mortgage technology roadmap
• Own and communicate a multi-quarter roadmap for the platform and its integrations
• Establish and run an intake and prioritization process for technology requests
• Lead build-versus-buy and build-versus-configure decisions
• Define and set direction for platform modernization initiatives, including migrating from legacy SDK to cloud-native APIs and event-driven architecture
• Maintain the relationship with technology vendors and stay ahead of the product roadmap
• Report on technology performance to executive leadership

Loan Point-of-Sale (POS) and Loan Origination System (LOS) Leadership

• Lead the ongoing administration, enhancement, and optimization of mortgage loan point-of-sale platforms
• Drive improvements in borrower and loan officer experiences through digital self-service and automation
• Lead LOS modernization efforts to improve loan processing efficiency, quality, and compliance
• Oversee integrations with underwriting, pricing, document management, and other third-party vendor platforms

People Management and Team Development

• Lead, manage, and develop the Mortgage Technology team
• Own the full people-management cycle: hiring, goal setting, coaching, performance reviews, and compensation
• Plan team structure and headcount, managing a mix of employees and contractors
• Build career paths and development plans for team members
• Establish succession and coverage plans to eliminate single points of failure

Technology Delivery and Execution

• Own end-to-end delivery for the Mortgage Technology portfolio, committing to dates and meeting them
• Establish and manage the department's delivery cadence, including sprint or Kanban practices
• Review and approve estimates, delivery plans, and resource allocation
• Own production stability, including incident command for major issues and root-cause analysis

Engineering Standards, CI/CD, and Change Governance

• Create and maintain the department's standards for the software development lifecycle
• Define and own the CI/CD strategy for customizations and integrations
• Establish and document the change management process
• Set standards for configuration governance and technical documentation

Risk, Audit, and Compliance

• Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external audits, regulatory examinations, and due diligence requests
• Fulfill audit requests and manage remediation of any findings
• Own periodic user access reviews and entitlement recertification
• Ensure technology practices support the company's regulatory and compliance obligations

Requirements:

• 10 years in software development and technology delivery, including 5 years directly managing technical teams
• 5 years working with a major mortgage technology platform, with depth in both development (SDK and/or APIs) and administration
• Hands-on background in C#, VB NET and JavaScript
• Demonstrated ownership of a technology delivery portfolio
• Experience defining and implementing SDLC standards and CI/CD practices
• Experience serving as a technology point of contact for audits and examinations
• Experience owning a departmental budget, including planning and vendor negotiation
• Strong understanding of the mortgage industry, including the loan life cycle and regulatory environment
• Ability to communicate credibly with both executive and technical audiences
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent work experience
• Regular on-site attendance

Desired skills:

• Experience leading technology for a mortgage lender, bank, or fintech in a regulated environment
• Mortgage technology platform certifications (Administrator and/or Developer)
• Experience with the broader mortgage technology product family and third-party platforms
• Experience leading a legacy-to-cloud or SDK-to-API modernization program
• Experience with SOC, SOX, GLBA, CFPB examination, or investor audit processes
• Experience with data warehouse, reporting, and analytics delivery built on origination data
• Experience managing distributed teams or consulting partners

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

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• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
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• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

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