Chief Lending Officer
On-site · Sand Springs, Oklahoma, United States
Job Summary
Executive-level CLO role focused on driving safe and sound loan growth across Indirect, Consumer, Mortgage/Real Estate, and Commercial Lending, while maintaining credit quality, regulatory compliance, and member experience. Responsibilities include developing and executing the overall lending strategy, leading pricing strategy to optimize yield, overseeing indirect lending programs and dealer relationships, overseeing mortgage/real estate lending operations, guiding commercial lending strategy, enforcing lending policies and underwriting standards, overseeing collections and recovery functions, ensuring regulatory compliance and audit readiness, monitoring portfolio performance, advancing digital lending improvements, and mentoring lending teams. The candidate should bring a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent), 8+ years in lending with leadership experience, strong underwriting and risk management expertise, strategic leadership, and professional certifications such as CUNA/NAFCU are preferred.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 8+ years of progressive lending experience, including leadership responsibility
- Proven experience leading consumer lending and indirect lending programs
- Strong knowledge of commercial credit underwriting and portfolio management
- Demonstrated expertise in lending compliance, risk management, and regulatory requirements
- Strong strategic leadership and decision-making capabilities
- Preferred Qualifications: Mortgage lending leadership experience, experience within a credit union or community financial institution, secondary market knowledge, professional certifications such as CUNA, NAFCU, or similar
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