# Senior Manager, Whole Loan Trading & First-Line Model Governance at Upstart

- Company: Upstart
- What the company does: Explore lending solutions through Upstart, including personal loans, debt consolidation, short-term relief, Cash Line, and HELOC. Check your rate today! Backed by Khosla, Kleiner Perkins and NEA.
- Company website: https://www.upstart.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: United States | Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-09-15
- Apply by: 2026-10-30
- Apply: https://careers.upstart.com/jobs?gh_jid=8204339
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/upstart-senior-manager-whole-loan-trading-and-first-line-model-governance/

## About the role

As the Senior Manager, Whole Loan Trading & First-Line Model Governance at Upstart, you will own this function end-to-end, reporting directly to the Head of Secured Lending. You will lead a small team of analysts and partner closely with Credit Risk, Capital Markets, Model Risk Management, Product, Engineering, Compliance, Legal, Operations, and bank partners to establish the methodology, monitoring cadence, governance materials, and reporting routines that keep Upstart’s secured lending portfolio within risk...

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years of experience in business-line credit risk, loan quality, asset-backed or secured lending operations, or first-line model governance supporting secured or asset-backed consumer lending products
- Experience with first-line model oversight, production model monitoring, model implementation governance, model inventory documentation, or model performance escalation processes
- Experience leading analysts, managing a review function, or owning cross-functional loan salability, asset quality, credit, or first-line model governance programs

Tags: Risk & Compliance Department