Senior Manager Closing Operations, Home Lending

Upstart · Columbus, OH, USA

  • Senior
  • Full-time
  • $104,800 – $145,000
  • Posted 2026-09-23
  • Confirmed live on 25 September 2026

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Job description

About Upstart

At Upstart, we’re united by a mission that matters: to radically reduce the cost and complexity of borrowing for all Americans. Every day, we bring creativity, experimentation, and advanced AI to reshape access to credit, helping millions move forward financially with clarity and confidence.

As the leading AI lending marketplace, we partner with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit through technology that’s both radically intelligent and deeply human. Our platform runs over one million predictions per borrower using more than 3,000 signals, powering smarter, fairer decisions for millions of customers. But the numbers only hint at the impact. Every idea, every voice, and every contribution moves us closer to a world where credit never stands between people and their financial progress.

We’re proudly digital-first, giving most Upstarters the flexibility to do their best work from wherever they thrive, alongside teammates across 80+ cities in the US and Canada. Digital-first doesn’t mean distant. We’re intentional about in-person connection through team onsites, planning sessions, and moments that spark creativity and trust. And whether you choose to work primarily from home or collaborate in-person from one of our offices in Columbus, Austin, the Bay Area, or New York City, you’ll have the support to work in the way that works best for you.

If you’re energized by tackling meaningful problems, excited to innovate with purpose, and motivated by work that truly matters, we’d love to hear from you.

The Team:

Upstart’s Home Lending Operations team supports customers throughout the home equity lending process, helping ensure loans move efficiently, accurately, and compliantly from application through closing. Within Operations, the Closing team owns the operational execution required to complete loan closings and works closely with internal partners and third-party vendors that support closing and related functions.

As the Senior Manager Closing Operations, Home Lending, you will lead the operations of the Closing team and oversee day-to-day execution of external vendors Upstart uses to support closing activities. You will be accountable for team performance, closing quality and productivity, vendor execution, and the continued development of scalable processes and controls. You will also serve as a subject matter expert and cross-functional partner, using operational data and lending expertise to identify risks, resolve complex issues, and improve how Upstart executes closings.

How you’ll make an impact

• Lead the day-to-day operations of the Closing team, setting priorities, managing capacity, and ensuring the team consistently delivers against closing quality, productivity, service-level, and turn-time expectations.

• Manage, coach, and develop team members by establishing clear performance expectations, providing regular feedback, identifying skill gaps, and creating opportunities that support individual development and team performance.

• Own operational performance across internal and third-party closing functions by establishing and monitoring metrics, identifying performance gaps and bottlenecks, and holding internal teams and vendors accountable for measurable outcomes.

• Lead the investigation and resolution of complex or high-risk closing issues, using root-cause analysis and operational data to implement durable process improvements, controls, and preventative solutions.

• Oversee day-to-day execution of third-party closing vendors, including escalations, issue resolution, and ongoing accountability against operational expectations.

• Partner with Product, Compliance, Legal, Risk, and other Operations leaders to anticipate operational needs, evaluate tradeoffs, improve closing workflows, and plan for changes in volume, process, policy, or technology into the future.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in mortgage, home equity, or residential lending operations with a deep understanding of home lending closing operations, settlements, and county lien recording.

• 3+ years of direct people management experience.

• Professional experience leading mortgage or home lending operations at a bank, credit union, mortgage lender, fintech, or other regulated financial institution.

• Experience managing third-party vendors or service providers supporting mortgage closing, title, settlement, notary, recording, funding, or related lending functions.

• Experience managing an operational team through defined productivity, quality, service-level, turnaround-time, or other performance metrics, including responsibility for capacity planning and performance management.

• Experience applying residential lending closing requirements, operational controls, and regulatory or compliance processes to resolve escalations and manage operational risk.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting HELOC or other home equity lending products and knowled

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