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Planet Home Lending, LLC

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2007

💸 Finance

🏦 Banking

👥 B2C

💰 $475M Debt financing on 2025-01

Finance • Banking • B2C

Planet Home Lending, LLC is a consumer-focused mortgage lender that provides home-purchase and refinance loans, cash-out and renovation financing, VA, FHA, USDA, jumbo, construction, manufactured housing, and home equity products. The company emphasizes online account access and customer service, serving approximately 500,000 customers, and markets itself as an equal housing lender headquartered in Meriden, CT (NMLS ID#17022). Planet also engages in community and environmental initiatives and offers career opportunities for mortgage professionals.

📋 Description

• Provide strategic and tactical oversight of the loan underwriting teams, ensuring timely movement of loans through the pipeline in alignment with service level agreements and regulatory standards. • Establish, implement, and maintain operational policies and procedures to drive efficiency, loan quality, and compliance with agency, investor, federal, and state requirements. • Lead initiatives to enhance workflow through process optimization, automation, and technology solutions, partnering with internal teams to ensure seamless integration and adoption. • Set and monitor productivity, quality, compliance and service standards; track performance metrics; provide regular reporting and analysis to identify trends, mitigate risks, and ensure operational excellence. • Manage, mentor, and develop functional managers and staff, fostering an engaged, collaborative, and high-performing team culture. • Oversee talent acquisition, retention strategies, training programs, and career development initiatives. • Partner with sales, underwriting, closing/funding and other internal departments to maintain alignment, resolve escalations, and support a best-in-class customer and partner experience. • Lead the team through organizational, procedural, or system changes, ensuring smooth transitions with minimal disruption to productivity and service.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent related work experience required • Minimum fifteen (15) years of mortgage underwriting, product and originations experience • Minimum of ten (10) years mortgage industry underwriting leadership experience • Experience managing remote employees required • Demonstrated strong leadership skills • Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills. Ability to interact effectively with external and internal clients across departments and locations. • Effective written and verbal communication skills • Ability to collaborate effectively with team • Working knowledge of mortgage loan documents, loan origination program and underwriting guidelines • Demonstrates a commitment to quality customer service • Strong attention to detail • Well organized with the ability to multi-task • Demonstrates strong time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines • Works well with others • Proficient in all compliance-related regulations including RESPA and TRID • Strong mathematical skills • Strong PC skills (MS Office products) and experience with mortgage origination systems. Encompass experience preferred