Product Management Director jobs at Navient - 875 jobs

**When you join Sallie Mae, you become a champion for all students.** We're on a mission to power confidence as students begin their unique journey. To help them plan their higher education, successfully finish, and prepare for life after school. To help them Start smart. Learn big. Students need guidance navigating this important time in their life. They need someone who acknowledges that their education path is unique. They need a partner willing to evolve and not only meet but surpass their expectations. We're changing. Because students need a better way. We're looking for people who are excited to drive this transformation. To break barriers and think of new ways to adapt, help, and create better experiences for students-and for each other. This is where diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and perspectives matter. It's where you're empowered to bring your authentic self to work. Feeling your best allows you to do your best. Our benefits take care of the whole you-from physical and mental to financial and professional. You'll get opportunities to further your education and career, support for you and your family (including your pets!), paid time off to volunteer for the things that matter to you, and more. We're obsessed with impact and making a real difference. For us, that means putting relationships first, asking "why not?" when tackling challenges, and continuously learning new skills. Come do more than join something, change something. For students, for future generations, for the future of education. **What You'll Contribute** As a Director, Loan Program Management at Sallie Mae, you will apply your strategic and analytical skills to major company challenges. You'll work with top team members to develop and test strategies that impact every area of the business. And you will do it all in a collaborative environment that values your insight, encourages you to dig in, and rewards innovative thinking. In this role, you will work within the Credit team at Sallie Mae and have a first look into how we make decisions for our customers. You will have a chance to bring your core competencies of Integrated Thinking, Analytical Problem Skills and Communication skills to real business problems every day. Responsibilities: + Oversee monitoring and compliance processes for loans serviced and managed, ensuring strict adherence to credit-related terms and conditions. + Coordinate the development and implementation of credit procedures to maintain alignment with regulatory and contractual requirements. + Support the creation and maintenance of analytical dashboards that track credit performance and portfolio risk metrics. + Facilitate forecasting of credit portfolio performance, leveraging historical credit data and professional judgment to anticipate trends and outcomes. + Guide scenario analysis to assess potential outcomes and credit risks associated with loan portfolio management. + Support the maintenance of credit algorithms and models for identifying loans with differentiated performance, ensuring alignment with portfolio strategy and risk appetite. + Provide recommendations on changes to credit criteria and thresholds to senior management, grounded in portfolio analytics and market conditions. + Supervise the execution of ad-hoc credit data analyses to inform portfolio management decisions and portfolio optimization. + Ensure timely delivery of regular and ad-hoc credit reports and presentations for senior management, with a focus on portfolio performance, compliance, and risk insights. + Collaborate with cross-functional teams on related initiatives + Perform other responsibilities as assigned. Key Competencies required to deliver upon this role: **Strategic leadership** : Drive analytical and data-based approach to develop business strategies that will drive growth, inform core decisions, and drive success for Sallie Mae **Teamwork** : Can lead and mentor team of analysts to help solve business problems. **Execution** : Ensure delivery of business intent, build and evaluate business requirements to drive flawless execution of credit and product strategy. Ability to successfully drive multiple projects and programs concurrently **Partnership** : Collaborate effectively with colleagues across Sallie Mae to drive improvement in quality, volume, and service **Analytical Problem Solving** : A proven track record of decision making and problem solving based on analytics. Conceptual thinking skills must be complemented by a strong quantitative orientation. Successfully organize and drive structured thinking for white space business problems **Strong business judgment, leadership and integrity** : He/she should be a tenacious decisionmaker, able to bring a healthy, aggressive, yet responsible approach to business **Strong communication skills** : Impeccable written and oral communications, coupled with strategic influencing skills and the ability to drive agreement through intellect, interpersonal and negotiation skills. Ability to take analysis and integrate into a clear and concise story **Basic Qualifications:** Bachelor's Degree in quantitative field such as Finance, Economics, Physical Sciences, Math, Statistics, Engineering **Preferred Qualifications:** Master's Degree in Business or quantitative field such as Finance, Economics, Physical Sciences, Math, Statistics, Engineering 8+ years of experience in analysis 4+ years of experience in financial services 2+ year of experience in consulting 3+ years of experience in people management **The Americans with Disabilities Act** _The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) prohibits discrimination by employers, in compensation and employment opportunities, against qualified individuals with disabilities who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the "essential functions" of a job. A function may be essential for any of several reasons, including: the job exists to perform that function, the employee holding the job was hired for his/her expertise in performing the function, or only a limited number of employees are available to perform that function._ **Feeling your best helps you do your best:** **Our benefits take care of the whole you-so you can build your work around your life (not the other way around!).** + Competitive base salaries + Bonus incentives + Generous PTO, Floating Holidays and 12 Federal Holidays observed + Support for financial-well-being and retirement 401k with employer match + Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance and more + Employer paid short-term/long-term disability and basic life insurance + Flexible hybrid working arrangements. + Paid parental leave and adoption reimbursement programs + Free access to on-site staffed fitness centers (in Delaware) and gym subsidy (for locations outside Delaware) + Confidential counseling support (EAP), Health Advocacy services and Wellness program with financial incentives + Tuition Reimbursement and Family Scholarship Programs + Career development and training opportunities Not the right fit? 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