Director of Data & Analytics
Farmington, NM - USA
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Job Summary
Director of Data & Analytics - Farmington UT
Why LoanPro:
We want to change how the future of finance works. Were working to change finance to be highly personalized. It changes who has access to capital. It changes personal finances. It can have a ripple effect on everything you do. LoanPro unlocks finance. -Rhett Roberts CEO
At LoanPro were more than just a fintech companywere transforming the lending landscape. With over $18 billion in loans managed across North America LoanPro isnt just growingits leading the industry transformation.
How we do what we do:
Steve Jobs was once asked what he was most proud of at Apple. Was it the iPhone Was it the iPad Steve Jobs replied it was the team that built Apple. Thats what Im most proud of
here at LoanPro- the team that builds LoanPro. We do what we do because of our people. -Rhett Roberts CEO
At the heart of our success are our exceptional employees whose talent passion and dedication fuel the growth and profitability of our company. As a next-generation SaaS platform we deliver core lending infrastructure that empowers mid-market and large lenders to operate more efficiently quickly and effectively. Our cloud-native solution helps clients streamline operations enhance organization and drive unparalleled performance in their lending processes.
What you own:
The Director Data & Analytics leads LoanPros internal analytics function setting the strategic direction for how data is organized governed and used to support decision-making across the business. This is a hands-on role: the Director is an active builder and practitioner who designs and delivers analytics solutions develops and maintains dashboards and data models and also owns the roadmap and strategic direction of the function.
The analytics function sits at the intersection of Finance Operations and Engineering. The Director Data & Analytics translates business needs into working data solutions maintains trusted metric definitions and evaluates the tools and architecture that make internal data accessible and reliable. As the function grows this role will expand from individual contributor leadership to managing an Analytics Engineering team.
This role partners closely with Cloud Engineering on the data platform and shared standards and serves as the primary analytics voice in LoanPros cross-functional Data Chapter.
Essential Job Functions:
- Analytics development and delivery:Design build and maintain the suite of dashboards reports and data models that Finance Operations and Leadership rely on for decision-making. This includes hands-on SQL development data pipeline management connector configuration and iterative dashboard development. The majority of time in this role is spent in active development building and improving analytics solutions that are accurate clear and decision-ready.
- Analytics strategy and roadmap: Own the direction and prioritization of the internal analytics function. Evaluate and recommend the right approach to data transformation metric governance and visualization balancing architectural soundness with team capacity and business need. Align the analytics roadmap with company objectives in partnership with the CFO and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Internal metric governance: Define document and maintain authoritative definitions for LoanPros core business metrics including financial operational and sales KPIs. Ensure metrics are consistently applied across reporting and that stakeholders have a trusted accessible source of truth. Own the business metric layer in coordination with Cloud Engineering who own product and application metrics.
- Stakeholder partnership: Serve as the primary analytics resource for Finance Operations and Leadership. Translate business questions into scoped analytics work. Conduct exploratory analysis to surface insights that inform planning and decision-making. Maintain a proactive reporting cadence not only respond to ad-hoc requests.
- Data Chapter participation: Represent the Data & Analytics function in LoanPros Data Chapter a cross-functional community of practice connecting Cloud Engineering and Analytics. Contribute business metric requirements analytics development standards and consumption layer perspective. Collaborate with Data Engineering on shared dimension design catalog tooling and data quality standards.
- Tool evaluation and vendor management: Evaluate and govern the analytics tool stack including visualization transformation and catalog tooling. Make recommendations that reduce vendor dependency where possible and ensure the analytics layer is maintainable over time. Manage vendor relationships including current platform contracts and any future tool transitions.
- Team development: Determine the timing and structure for growing the analytics function. Currently operating as an individual contributor while building the foundation. Will hire and manage an Analytics Engineer as the function matures and architectural direction is established.
What you need for success:
- 10 years of experience in analytics data engineering or a closely related field with a track record that spans both hands-on development and strategic leadership in SaaS or Fintech environments
- Deep SQL fluency and proven experience building data models pipelines and transformation logic directly in cloud data warehouses
- Demonstrated experience designing and delivering dashboards and reporting solutions that non-technical stakeholders trust and use
- Strong grasp of financial operational and sales metrics able to translate business questions into well-structured data solutions
- Effective across functions equally comfortable in an architecture conversation with a senior engineer and a strategic planning conversation with a CFO
- Sound judgment on tooling and architecture decisions knows what to build what to buy and what to defer especially in a lean environment
Benefits of the Role:
- 80% Medical/Dental
- PTO and Holiday Schedule
- HSA and 401K Match
- Wellness Rewards and EAP
At LoanPro we have the ability to make a real difference. LoanPro offers a value-based innovation-focused learning culture and endless opportunities for growth. Come help us build LoanPro.
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About Company
Modern loan management software that automates every step of the loan lifecycle — trusted by 600+ lenders to service 30M+ lending and credit accounts.