Analytics Strategy Lead-Vice President

Job description

Be an essential member of a diverse team of professionals dedicated to making a lasting impact! Join our Home Lending Decision Science team as we build a stronger Product Strategy function to prioritize the next wave of innovation and optimization. You'll be at the center of it, building crisp executive insights and clear business cases that shape what gets funded and built. As a Vice President, Analytics Strategy Lead in Home Lending Decision Science, you’ll be the analytics partner to Product Strategy, helping leaders choose what to do next and why.

You’ll shape the questions and approach, and deliver executive-ready recommendations with impact sizing, tradeoffs, and business cases. You’ll direct the analysis and own the answer, coordinating across a matrix of teams and analysts to get the right work done. You’ll be expected to ask “why,” challenge weak logic, and drive work to a conclusion.

Job Responsibilities

Own a portfolio of executive-facing analytics for Product Strategy; frame hypotheses, define success metrics, and deliver clear recommendations that help leaders prioritize innovation and optimization work. Anticipate the questions leaders will ask, such as risks, tradeoffs, confidence level, and edge cases, and answer them in the first version of the work. Coordinate across a matrix of analysts; align scope, roles, and timelines, and set the standard for what executive-ready looks like.

Partner with Strategy, Product, Marketing, Originations, Finance, and Technology to source context, data, and constraints, and make sure the analysis answers the real question. Quantify impact and tradeoffs, including ROI where relevant; challenge assumptions and call out what would change the recommendation. Translate complex analysis into concise takeaways and visuals that help senior leaders decide. Conduct targeted research (market, competitor, and internal performance) to support prioritization proposals and business cases.

Manage multiple priorities and tight timelines while maintaining analytical rigor and strong controls around accuracy and results. Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills Strong track record turning analysis into clear, executive-ready recommendations (tight story, clean numbers, clear “so what”). Ability to lead work through influence in a matrixed environment, aligning teams, driving timelines, and raising quality without relying on reporting lines.

Robust analytical foundation

hypothesis-driven problem solving, comfort with ambiguity, and sound judgment on what’s good enough versus what needs deeper work. Advanced SQL and working experience with at least one analytics language or tool (Python, R, or SAS) to self-serve, review work, and guide approach. Ability to guide, influence, and manage stakeholders across multiple organizations is order to earn trust and move work forward. Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills Home Lending or mortgage domain experience (originations, marketing, pricing, credit, servicing, or channel performance).

Experience building business cases (impact sizing, ROI, sensitivities, and tradeoffs) to support prioritization. Experience in strategy, consulting, product analytics, or a comparable role focused on executive decision support. Experience setting analytics quality standards (documentation, peer review, reproducibility) and operating in a strong controls environment.