Senior Director, Credit Risk

As Marqeta's Senior Director, Credit Risk, you will lead our underwriting team and be responsible for developing and designing strategy to help us launch and scale successful credit programs. You will be the person who scales our credit underwriting organization leveraging our early beginnings and progress to date - establishing Marqeta as a disruptive force in the credit space with our differentiated vision and approach. You will mentor and develop a world-class team of credit risk professionals and drive innovation to establish best-in-class credit strategies and underwriting models. This role requires someone who can represent Marqeta at the highest levels with customers and partners as our head of underwriting and credit risk strategy. You will work closely with internal stakeholders including Product, Risk Operations / Servicing, Finance, and Data while partnering and building strong relationships with external bank partners and customers. Scale and lead Marqeta's credit organization as a foundational role for our credit business. Build, review, and refine Marqeta's consumer and commercial underwriting models leveraging advanced statistical modeling and data science. Proactively monitor and adjust Marqeta's credit policies based on performance and risk trends across multiple portfolio types and risk segments.