Chief Lending Officer

MISSION AND HISTORYHousing Trust is leading the effort to create a strong affordable housing market in the greater Bay Area as one of the region’s highest-volume nonprofit housing lenders. Serving people experiencing homelessness to renters to first-time homebuyers, we assist a wide range of residents with programs across the entire spectrum of housing issues. Since 2000, Housing Trust has invested $555 million – creating over 26,000 affordable housing opportunities serving over 49,000 of our neighbors. Housing Trust has led the way in engaging local corporations and foundations in investing hundreds of millions of dollars to work with us to bring more solutions to the market all while experiencing several years of high growth in our lending business.POSITION OVERVIEWThe Chief Lending Officer (CLO) plays a key role guiding the strategic direction of the organization while leading, coaching, and supervising the Multifamily Lending (MFL) team. The CLO is a member of the senior management team responsible for overseeing the structuring and deployment of capital resources. The position’s responsibilities include new program and product development and financing innovation.The CLO manages the MFL team in developing and delivering financing solutions on behalf of Housing Trust. This position is responsible for developing and refining programs for maximum impact in response to borrower needs and changes in the market.KEY RESPONSIBILITIESDirect and ensure future growth of the organization through strategic oversight of multifamily lending programs teams.Lead the development of new products, programs, and loan funds in the furtherment of Housing Trust’s capital deployment and impact goals.Manage all program activities to achieve program goals, including oversight of marketing the program, supervising, supporting, and motivating staff who have primary program responsibility for business development and loan originations.Cultivate, establish new and maintain and/or grow existing relationships across the CDFI fieldEnhance Housing Trust lending programs by designing new products or improving existing ones, and develop creative ideas to access flexible capital in collaboration with Chief Executive Officer, Chief Credit Officer and Chief Financial Officer.Responsible for developing and implementing, in collaboration with the CEO and other senior management team, the strategic direction of Housing Trust.Support direct reports in talent acquisition, development, and retention of staff, and cultivation of a mission-focused environment of creativity, innovation, agility, and work/life balance.Provide leadership through communication, performance management, professional development, coaching, guidance, encouragement, and recognition of direct reports.Lead efforts to identify and assess new opportunities to fill financing and/or programmatic gaps in the affordable housing sector in alignment with Housing Trust’s strategic direction.Collaborate with CEO and Chief Development and Communications Officer in the development of strategic responses to public and private RFQs, NOFAs, etc.Collaborate with Chief Program and Impact Officer (CPIO) on new program development and implementation.Collaborate with Chief Financial Officer regarding annual budgets, interest rates, cash flow, contract changes, accounting for sales and other finance and compliance areas.Partner with Chief Credit Officer on portfolio and asset management and loan administration matters ensuring compliance with Housing Trust’s lending policies and all applicable laws and regulations.Support the development, management and implementation strategies for raising and deploying new capital sources.In collaboration with the Chief Credit Officer assess training needs of the lending team and develop annual training sessions to address skill and knowledge gaps identified.QUALIFICATIONSBachelor’s degree required, master’s degree in related field preferred.Ten (10) + years of relevant experience, which can include commercial real estate lending, affordable multifamily lending/investing, and affordable housing development.Five (5) years of progressively responsible management experience. Experience working on cross-functional group across departments.Strong knowledge and understanding of various public and private sources of financing available to developers of affordable housing.Commitment to affordable housing for low-income communitiesExperience with development and implementation of annual plan and budgetAbility to work in a fast-paced environment to establish department priorities and adapt to changing circumstances.Strong written and verbal communication, including demonstrated skills with presenting in public, on panels, executive memos, and articles for industry publications.Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and practices.Ability to travel up to 40% of the time and work flexible hours as required.Housing Trust aspires to be a diverse and inclusive organization. We are committed to recruiting, retaining, and promoting diversity in our workforce and leadership to reflect the communities we serve. We believe differences in lived-experiences, cultural backgrounds, and diversity of thought are our strongest assets and contribute to our success.

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