[Hiring] Principal Banking Consultant @Alkami Technology

Role Description

The Principal Banking Consultant is Alkami’s foremost individual contributor authority on bank and credit union lending operations and loan origination platform strategy, shaping how complex financial institution needs translate into scalable, compliant solutions and durable customer outcomes. Drawing on deep expertise in credit origination processes, software implementation, and operational transformation, this role advises executive customer stakeholders and senior internal leaders on high-impact decisions that span products, processes, and customer engagements. The role leads the design and optimization of end-to-end credit origination processes, translates complex business needs into finalized functional requirements for software implementation, and serves as the primary Subject Matter Expert (SME) guiding Product, Engineering, and Delivery teams, including the structuring and execution of product demonstrations.

Through trusted advisory work, reusable methods, robust implementation documentation, and expertise shared across teams, the Principal Financial Institution Lending Consultant strengthens customer outcomes and Alkami’s long-term lending solution capabilities.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in business consulting, process engineering, or lending origination strategy within financial institutions or financial technology.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Information Systems, Banking, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in lending operations and credit origination across consumer and commercial lending, including credit risk management practices.
• Comprehensive knowledge of financial institution credit products and workflows.
• Proven track record in business consulting or process engineering within financial institutions.
• Strong ability to translate complex lending workflows into clear functional specifications and technical software requirements.
• Experience creating, structuring, and maintaining technical and process documentation for software implementations.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating directly with software engineers, quality assurance, and solution architects.
• Exceptional executive advisory, facilitation, negotiation, presentation, and communication skills.
• Expertise in evaluating operational, implementation, integration, and customer readiness risks.
• Strong judgment and analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Proficiency in business process mapping tools (e.g., Visio, Lucidchart) and Google Workspace.
• Ability and willingness to travel as required by customer engagements (up to 25–50%).

Benefits

• Remote-first environment.
• Unlimited paid time off.
• 401(k) with employer match.

Company Description

Alkami is the digital sales and service platform provider for U.S. banks and credit unions. Our unified Platform integrates onboarding, digital banking, and data and marketing—each solution can stand alone, but together they deliver more—to help institutions onboard, engage, and grow relationships.

Founded in 2009, we continue to be recognized for our intentional culture and tremendous growth (Best Place to Work in Fintech; Best & Brightest to Work For Nationally; and Comparably’s Best Company Culture, Best Career Growth, Best Engineering Team, and Best Places to Work in Dallas, among others).

As a remote-first company, most of our positions can be remote in the US, except for key roles, which will be indicated in the Job Title.