Product Quality Manager, Home Lending & Auto

Upstart

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$145,100–$201,100 / yr
Posted
94 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Dec 8, 2026

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Similar $188k
This role $173k
$136k most similar roles pay here $229k

This role pays less than 65% of similar roles. Most pay $160,400–$214,900 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $173k versus about $188k for comparable roles.

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Upstart is an AI lending platform that partners with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit using non-traditional variables.

Upstart currently has 73 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $166,900–$230,450 across 72 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Product Quality Manager, Home Lending & Auto

Product Quality Manager, Home Lending & Auto joins the Secured Lending Quality team to build and operate a first-line defense quality control program for home and auto lending products. This role involves leading execution across origination, servicing, and collections, including pre-close and post-close reviews, compliance testing, investor defect analysis, and non-performing loan monitoring. The manager serves as the product owner for the QC Engine, manages sampling methodologies, performs root cause analysis, and develops executive dashboards to track defect trends and corrective actions. Key responsibilities include preparing the function for regulatory exams and partnering with legal, risk, and operations teams. Required expertise includes experience in consumer lending regulations, quality control, compliance testing, and risk management. The role addresses the challenge of ensuring loan accuracy and salability within a fast-moving, data-driven environment using AI-powered technology to provide scalable assurance.

What you'll do

  • Lead the execution of quality control programs across origination, servicing, and collections for secured lending products.
  • Oversee risk-based sampling methodologies to ensure statistically sound data for regulatory compliance.
  • Serve as product owner for the QC Engine by managing rules, threshold calibration, and performance reporting.
  • Conduct root cause analysis and remediation for defects, investor kickouts, and repurchase demands.
  • Develop dashboards and trend reports regarding defect rates and corrective actions for senior leadership.
  • Prepare the quality function for audits and regulatory examinations through robust documentation and evidence management.
  • Oversee third-party and subservicer quality reviews to ensure compliance with consumer lending requirements.
  • Support model risk monitoring by reviewing credit decisioning, adverse action accuracy, and early default trends.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 7+ years of experience in quality control, compliance testing, or risk management in consumer lending for secured products like mortgage or auto.
  • 2+ years of experience leading a QC team or managing quality analysts and auditors.
  • Experience conducting pre-close and post-close file reviews, defect identification, root cause analysis, and corrective action management.
  • Experience with regulatory exams and responses involving agencies such as the OCC, FDIC, CFPB, or state regulators.
  • Experience designing or implementing risk-based and random QC sampling methodologies.
  • Experience with non-performing loan reviews, early default analysis, repurchase reviews, or servicing quality oversight.
  • Working knowledge of key consumer lending regulations applicable to secured products.

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