VP, Data Platforms

About the Role The VP, Data Platforms is responsible for the data platform, infrastructure, governance, and engineering services that power every business at LendingClub—from Marketing, Personal Loans, Deposits, Credit Risk, Fraud, Operations, and Compliance. This leader owns the strategy, architecture, and operation of LendingClub’s enterprise data and AI platforms, ensuring secure, scalable, and reliable capabilities that power analytics, machine learning, operational decisioning, and business intelligence across the company. What You’ll Do Data Platform Strategy & Architecture Define and execute the strategy, architecture, and roadmap for LendingClub’s enterprise data and AI platforms. Own the customer data foundation, including canonical data models and the Customer Data Platform (CDP), enabling a trusted single source of truth across Marketing, Lending, Credit Risk, Fraud, Operations, and Compliance. Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of enterprise data, from source-system ingestion through canonical modeling, certified marts, and BI/AI consumption. Lead modernization of the data ecosystem while balancing business priorities, platform resiliency, and long-term scalability. Build platform capabilities that support analytics, operational decisioning, customer experiences, experimentation, and AI‑powered products. AI & Data Enablement Shape LendingClub’s AI strategy from a data platform perspective, including feature stores, model serving, MLOps, and responsible AI adoption in a regulated environment. Build self‑service analytics and activation capabilities that enable teams to access trusted data without requiring engineering intervention. Partner with Product, Analytics, and business leaders to translate business needs into scalable platform capabilities. Enable AI and machine learning teams through robust data, platform, and governance capabilities that accelerate innovation while maintaining compliance and risk standards. Governance, Reliability & Compliance Establish enterprise standards for data governance, Critical Data Elements (CDEs), metadata, lineage, quality, privacy, and regulatory compliance. Lead Data SRE, observability, resiliency, production support, and operational excellence initiatives that ensure secure, reliable, and scalable platform operations. Ensure platforms meet security, risk management, and regulatory requirements appropriate for a digital bank. Drive data quality, monitoring, and governance programs that support trusted business and regulatory reporting. Engineering Leadership Lead and develop high‑performing teams across Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, Governance & Enablement, ML Platform, and Production Support. Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. Build organizational capabilities, succession plans, and leadership pipelines that support long‑term growth. Attract, coach, mentor, and retain exceptional engineering leaders and individual contributors. Business & Executive Partnership Partner with executive leadership to align data and AI investments with company strategy and measurable business outcomes. Manage strategic vendor relationships, platform investments, and technology spend to ensure efficient delivery and responsible economics. Drive a data‑first culture by enabling teams across the organization to make faster, better‑informed decisions. Communicate platform strategy, investment priorities, risks, and outcomes to executive leaders, business stakeholders, and regulators. About You 13+ years of software engineering experience, including 10+ years leading and developing engineering teams. 5+ years of experience leading enterprise data platforms, data products, or data engineering organizations in a public cloud environment. Demonstrated experience building and scaling data platforms that support analytics, machine learning, customer experiences, and operational decision‑making. Strong understanding of modern data architectures, governance frameworks, observability, metadata management, and AI/ML platforms. Experience building and operating cloud‑based data ecosystems using technologies such as Databricks, dbt, Fivetran, data catalogs, observability tooling, and modern data governance platforms. Proven success leading large‑scale platform modernization and cloud transformation initiatives. Strong knowledge of production operations, reliability engineering, incident management, and platform support models. Experience partnering with Product, Analytics, Risk, Compliance, and business leaders to deliver enterprise data capabilities. Strong executive communication skills with the ability to influence business, technology, and regulatory stakeholders. Demonstrated ability to translate business objectives into platform strategy and measurable outcomes. Hands‑on familiarity with advanced analytics, machine learning, and data science workflows and the platform requirements they impose. Experience operating within highly regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare, or similar environments. Bachelor’s degree or higher; or equivalent combination of education and work experience. Nice to Have: experience working in both high‑growth organizations and large‑scale enterprises; understanding of consumer financial products, personal financial management, or regulated marketing environments; experience leading enterprise AI enablement initiatives; experience supporting highly regulated consumer products and operating within complex compliance and governance frameworks. Work Location San Francisco, California. The role requires in‑person attendance on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays in a hybrid work model. Remote placement will not be considered. Compensation Target base salary range: 240,000–270,000 USD. Total rewards may include equity, annual bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, health and wellness programs, flexible time off, and up to 16 weeks paid parental leave. Equal Opportunity Employer LendingClub is an equal opportunity employer and is dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. We do not discriminate based on any protected characteristic. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application process. #J-18808-Ljbffr LendingClub