Aven · 1 month ago
Head of Credit
Aven is seeking a highly experienced individual to fill a Credit leadership role focused on predictive modeling and minimizing credit losses. The successful candidate will have a strong background in credit management and risk analysis, and will be responsible for shaping credit trends and engaging with various stakeholders.
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Responsibilities
Proficient in credit modeling
Considered as a go-to-expert for deep insights as well as the first person to be signed up to solve new credit problems for their company
Prolific at switching contexts and operating across the entire stack of work - from loan-level decisions to shipping credit models to engaging soundly with regulators and capital partners
Built and deployed credit risk models to production environments
Thrive in engaging with engineers, data architects, and DevOps colleagues
Shipped models with step-change improvements in AUC/ROC/KS
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in consumer credit modeling or risk management within a major bank or fast growing Neo-bank / Fintech
Previously taken on this responsibility and have demonstrated and established your ability to shape the direction of credit trends in your portfolio
Proficient at SQL and experienced in Python
Deep understanding & experience in statistics, experiment design, and machine learning techniques
Master's degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Mathematics, or EE/ECE from a top tier institution
Proficient in credit modeling
Considered as a go-to-expert for deep insights as well as the first person to be signed up to solve new credit problems for their company
Prolific at switching contexts and operating across the entire stack of work - from loan-level decisions to shipping credit models to engaging soundly with regulators and capital partners
Built and deployed credit risk models to production environments
Thrive in engaging with engineers, data architects, and DevOps colleagues
Shipped models with step-change improvements in AUC/ROC/KS
Company
Aven
Aven's mission is to provide the lowest cost, most convenient, and most transparent access to capital.
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$252MKey Investors
Khosla Ventures
2025-09-09Series E· $110M
2024-07-17Series D· $142M
2022-09-01Series C
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