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Pylon

Head of Processing

Pylon

. Own processing domain expertise from submission through underwriting readiness .

Posted 10/20/2026full-timeUnited StatesLeadWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in mortgage processing leadership, focusing on workflow optimization, automation, and operational efficiency. Capable of translating complex processing requirements into actionable product specifications while establishing metrics for performance improvement.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Mortgage Processing Leadership ExperienceWholesale Mortgage ExperienceOperational JudgmentWorkflow Design ImprovementAutomation Implementation

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Hard Skills
Processing Domain ExpertiseWorkflow TranslationMetrics EstablishmentRoot Cause DiagnosisCycle Time Improvement
Soft Skills
Analytical SkillsCollaborationCommunication
Tools & Technologies
Human-Review QueuesSLA ManagementEscalation Path Development
Industry Keywords
Mortgage ProcessingUnderwriting ReadinessLoan ManagementOperational Efficiency

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own processing domain expertise from submission through underwriting readiness
  • Identify repetitive processing work that should be standardized, automated, or eliminated
  • Translate processing workflows, edge cases, and expert judgment into product requirements and operating rules
  • Build human-review queues, SLAs, escalation paths, and controls for unsupported or ambiguous cases
  • Establish metrics for cycle time, manual touches, aging, exception rates, quality, and automated workflow coverage
  • Partner closely with Account Management, Underwriting, Product, and Engineering
  • Diagnose root causes behind aging, rework, bottlenecks, and automation failures
  • Build training and operating systems for the human exception layer as volume grows

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Significant mortgage processing leadership experience at a scaled lender
  • Strong preference for wholesale mortgage experience
  • Experience operating at hundreds or thousands of loans per month
  • Strong analytical and operational judgment
  • Proven ability to improve throughput, quality, cycle time, or workflow design
  • Comfortable making implicit operational knowledge explicit enough for technical teams to encode