VP Mortgage Strategy and Growth
Neo Financial, Canada
Job Description
Come Build a Better Financial Future for all Canadians
At Neo, we’re building a more rewarding financial experience for all Canadians.
Life at a rapidly expanding tech startup is demanding, exhilarating, and not for everyone
From world-class creative minds to brilliant engineers, it's high-performing people that make Neo a workplace with passion and purpose.
Since being founded in 2019, Neo has built incredible traction and is one of the fastest growing fintechs in Canada.
- LinkedIn’s Top Startup in Canada for 2022 and 2023
- Top-ranked mobile apps and credit cards
- Team of 700+ people
- 1M+ customers in 3 years
- 11K+ retail partners
High Performance at Neo
We recruit, hire, and build our company culture around these attributes:
Teamwork: We trust, respect, encourage, and show up for each other through good times and hard. We’re on this mission not just for ourselves, but also for the people we work with.
Ownership: We all have a stake in Neo’s success so we go out of our way to do what needs to get done. We hold ourselves accountable to deliver on our commitments to our customers, to our partners, and to our team. When we fall short, we find a way to do better in the future.
Professional Integrity: We’re asking millions of Canadians to trust us with their hard-earned money so we hold ourselves (and each other) to the highest standards of integrity.
The Role
We’re looking for a VP Mortgage Strategy and Growth to bring their lending expertise and strategic vision to Neo’s leadership team, based in Calgary, AB. We're strongly focused on someone who can grow our mortgage lending business from the ground up with the goal in mind to become the largest non-bank lender in Canada. This individual will own the Pamp;L of our mortgage business, including strategy, growth, and new product development.
In this role, you can shape the future of banking in Canada. You will have oversight and responsibility for our mortgage lending strategy and growth plans, budget, KPIs and overall impact. You will work with the management team to develop and execute growth strategy and business plans to ensure that the company attains its short and long-term objectives.
What you’ll be doing
- Ownership over the Pamp;L of entire mortgage division
- Lead the growth, strategy, and relationships of our new mortgage business, including developing and executing on the product and go to market strategies
- Drive sales productivity across the various distribution and origination channels, including direct to consumer and broker channels
- Work with the team to streamline the underwriting process using technology and best-in-class processes and training
- Establish and maintain the relevant capital markets partners to support the growth of the business and new products
- Drive and build the mortgage product roadmap alongside the product, technology, and finance teams to provide better accessibility, affordability, and options for all Canadians
Who we are looking for
- A business leader with strong experience building and owning Pamp;L of mortgage portfolios
- A minimum of 10 years of senior leadership experience in the mortgage lending space, building and leading a sales team and underwriting team; having experiences in both is preferred
- Entrepreneurial DNA - comfortable building a business from the ground up, making decisions in the face of ambiguity (but make data-driven decisions when possible) and dealing with major challenges along the way with poise
- Strategic thinker with a strong ‘business sense’
- Excellent EQ - managing relationships with a large external network of partners, as well as building and managing an internal team
- Bias towards action - we’re not looking for just a strategy person - we’re looking for someone to translate that strategy into an actionable plan and flawlessly execute and iterate on it
Working at Neo
At Neo Financial, we're empowering people to accelerate their careers toward hyper-growth and helping them reach their full potential. You’ll have the opportunity to work on exciting projects and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. We encourage our team members to take ownership of their work and to bring their unique ideas and perspectives to the table. Our dynamic and fast-paced environment allows for endless learning and advancement opportunities.
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