Senior Underwriting Manager

Overview

The Senior Underwriting Manager will lead a team of Underwriting Managers and their respective Underwriting staff, ensuring consistent application of credit policies, compliance with regulatory standards, and investor guidelines. This leadership role combines day-to-day oversight with strategic responsibility for improving credit quality, scaling operations, and contributing to long-term risk mitigation. The ideal candidate brings deep mortgage underwriting expertise, proven leadership capability, and a forward-looking mindset to drive process innovation, support automation initiatives, and strengthen risk controls.

This is a fully remote position that offers a competitive salary of $154,000, plus an annual bonus. You'll also receive our excellent benefits package, which includes medical coverage starting on day one and a company-matched 401(k).

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Underwriting Managers and their respective underwriting teams to drive performance, engagement, and operational excellence.
• Provide strategic and tactical guidance to strengthen underwriting leadership capabilities, ensure consistent decision-making, and enhance overall team effectiveness.
• Monitor workload allocation and team productivity to meet service-level agreements (SLAs) while maintaining quality and compliance standards.
• Lead initiatives to modernize underwriting processes through automation, digital tools, and data-driven decisioning models.
• Monitor overall production and performance of underwriting operations, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and quality while maintaining compliance standards.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to define and execute underwriting strategies that align with business growth, credit risk appetite, and investor expectations.
• Lead initiatives to transform underwriting processes through automation, data-driven decisioning, and digital tools.
• Review and approve complex and escalated loan files with delegated authority limits.
• Develop and maintain internal controls and quality assurance programs to monitor accuracy, consistency, and risk exposure
• Collaborate with Risk and Credit Policy teams to refine and enhance underwriting standards.
• Ensure consistent adherence to all underwriting policies, investor guidelines, and regulatory requirements.
• Develop and implement strategies and best practices to improve efficiency, quality, and consistency in underwriting processes.
• Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Compliance, Risk, and Training to ensure underwriting practices remain compliant and scalable.
• Oversee adherence to federal, state, agency, and investor guidelines; support internal and external audit requests as needed.
• Provide thought leadership on market trends, regulatory changes, and emerging credit risks to inform policy updates and executive decisions.
• Support change management efforts related to policy rollouts, system enhancements, and regulatory changes.

Qualifications

Lakeview is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All aspects of consideration for employment and employment with the Company are governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

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