[Hiring] VP, Data Analytics @Luminate Bank

Role Description

The VP, Data Analytics leads Luminate Bank’s data function across both the bank and the mortgage division. This leader owns the company’s data platform, coordinating data integrations with core systems, data engineering team, data vendor management, and enterprise reporting, and is accountable for turning data from our banking, mortgage, servicing, and customer systems into trusted, timely insight for executives, finance, and operations.

The immediate priority is to take ownership of our in-flight Data Lakehouse, carry it to completion, and transition its build and support from our external consulting partner to an internal team as quickly and safely as possible.

• Lead the data integration workstream of our new loan origination system (Vesta) implementation.
• Own the financial and management reporting needs of the bank and mortgage division.
• Set the standards for data governance, quality, and security.

This is a hands-on leadership role suited to someone who can set strategy with executives and still roll up their sleeves with a small, high-performing team.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering, data analytics, or business intelligence, including 5+ years leading and developing data engineers.
• Experience in banking and/or mortgage lending required; experience across both is strongly preferred.
• Proven track record taking ownership of a data platform from consultants or vendors, stabilizing it, and building an internal team to run it.
• Hands-on expertise with Snowflake (or a comparable cloud data platform), advanced SQL, Python, and modern ELT/integration tools such as Fivetran, Azure Data Factory, or dbt.
• Strong Power BI experience, including semantic models, governance, and executive dashboard design.
• Experience with an LOS or core banking conversion; familiarity with Encompass, Jack Henry, and mortgage servicing data preferred.
• Solid understanding of bank and mortgage financial reporting, including general ledger reconciliation, Call Report, HMDA, and mortgage production and pipeline metrics.
• Strong data modeling skills (dimensional and/or Data Vault), plus experience with data lineage, quality, and governance practices.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure, Git-based version control, and CI/CD practices for data pipelines.
• Experience securing sensitive data in a regulated financial institution and supporting audits and exams.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical topics for executives and business partners.
• Snowflake, Azure, or Power BI certifications preferred.

Requirements

• Take ownership of the in-flight Data Lakehouse (Snowflake, Power BI and supporting ingestion tools) and drive it to completion against a defined scope, timeline, and budget.
• Lead an accelerated transition of build and support from the external consulting team to Luminate staff.
• Secure complete transfer of all assets, including source code, pipelines, data models, transformation logic, documentation, environments, credentials, and administrative access.
• Reduce key-person and vendor risk by ensuring every critical pipeline and report is documented.
• Assess current ingestion and integration tooling and recommend whether to keep, replace, or consolidate components.
• Establish the long-term operating model for the platform.
• Lead, hire, coach, and develop a small team of data engineers.
• Own the data and reporting needs of both the bank and the mortgage division.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, Capital Markets, and business leaders to define key metrics.
• Support the data needs of regulatory and compliance reporting.
• Lead the data integration workstream of the Vesta loan origination system implementation.
• Establish and maintain a practical data governance framework.
• Protect customer and borrower data through role-based access, encryption, retention standards, and compliance.
• Integrate data across core banking, mortgage, servicing, CRM, and digital banking platforms.
• Manage relationships, contracts, and costs for data-related tools and vendors.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation reliant on ability and experience.
• Excellent benefits package including health, dental & vision and pre-tax savings accounts.
• Life and AD&D Insurance, as well as additional voluntary benefit possibilities.
• 401K with company match.
• Flexible PTO program second to none.
• The opportunity to work for the Midwest’s fastest growing lender.