Head of Credit

Brigit is a holistic financial health company looking for a Head of Credit to expand and improve its underwriting capabilities and manage its growing credit portfolio. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of experience in retail or consumer lending, with strong experience using alternative data for underwriting and collaboration on model development and deployment.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in retail or consumer lending in a credit, risk management, or underwriting role
• Demonstrated ownership of credit strategy and portfolio performance for scaled consumer lending products
• Strong experience using alternative data for underwriting (non-FICO); bank transactional data experience is a significant plus
• Working experience with data science and machine learning concepts, including collaboration on model development and deployment
• Solid understanding of modeling and ML methods and tradeoffs (e.g., regression, classification, forecasting)
• Comfort writing, reviewing, or closely engaging with code (e.g., SQL, Python), particularly early on
• Experience in building and managing small to medium-sized teams
• Startup or high-growth fintech experience strongly preferred
• Experience working across credit, product, and analytics functions
• Strong interest in building fair, responsible credit products that improve customer outcomes

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible PTO Policy
• 401k plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Physical and mental wellbeing benefits including Wellhub for access to virtual workouts and discounted gym memberships, and Headspace for covered virtual therapy sessions and unlimited on demand health support
• Monthly reimbursements to use against wifi and cell phone bills
• Annual reimbursement for Learning & Development