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.
We work Flexible First. This role can be performed remotely anywhere within the United States or from our headquarters in Oakland, CA. We’d love for you to join us!

• This is the foundational credit role at Marqeta - you’ll help build our credit organization and execute our strategy
• Work with an established, respected brand that’s ready to disrupt the credit space with a differentiated approach
• Opportunity to make this big - we have the vision, brand recognition, and resources to scale significantly
• Leadership track - path to VP and beyond as the organization scales