Search by job, company or skills

Hyphen Partners

Head of Lending (P&L) - Fintech

7-10 Years
new job description bg glownew job description bg glownew job description bg svg
  • Posted 6 hours ago
  • Be among the first 10 applicants
Early Applicant

Job Description

We're hiring a multiple Heads of Business (P&L) roles to build and scale core lending businesses for a fast growing unicorn fintech.

These role are the in-country owner credit performance, growth and profitability, with full P&L ownership - in essence, we're looking for product-led, P&L-owning credit business builders, that have solid foundations in credit analytics / decisioning - you'll combine deep credit analytics expertise with commercial judgement, operating in a highly data-driven, test-and-learn environment to responsibly grow a profitable lending portfolio.

What You'll Own

  • Full P&L ownership for the lending product, including growth, losses, yield, and lifetime value
  • Lending strategy: target segments, pricing, offer design, and portfolio mix
  • Risk appetite & credit policy, including approval rules, cut-offs, and offer strategies
  • End-to-end credit lifecycle: Acquisition decisioning & fraud strategy, Line and account management programs, Collections strategy across delinquency stages
  • Portfolio performance monitoring and rapid intervention when economics drift

How You'll Build

  • Design and run structured experiments (A/Bs, holdouts, foundational tests) to:
  • Discover new segments
  • Identify model blind spots
  • Improve unit economics and resilience
  • Partner closely with Credit Analytics on scorecards, NPV models, affordability, and decision engines
  • Work with Product, Growth, and Operations to embed credit logic into customer journeys
  • Balance speed and innovation with strong governance and regulatory discipline

Who You Are

  • 7-10+ years in automated, data-driven consumer and/or SME credit roles, with exposure to full credit cycles.
  • Deep expertise in credit analytics / decision science, with real ownership of outcomes
  • Hands-on experience with: Credit scoring models (statistical or ML), NPV / unit economics frameworks, Automated decisioning systems.
  • Comfortable operating in high-growth, ambiguous environments and dynamic scale up environments.
  • Commercially minded: you think in risk-adjusted returns, not just approval rates. A clear owner who takes accountability end-to-end.

More Info

Job Type:
Industry:
Function:
Employment Type:

About Company

Job ID: 139041475