Lead Credit Risk Strategist (Hybrid Role)

This role offers the chance to take real ownership of credit risk strategy within a fast-evolving consumer lending environment. You will sit at a pivotal point between senior leadership and developing analysts, combining strategic influence with hands‑on analytical delivery across high-impact projects.

The Company

They are a consumer‑focused organisation with a large lending portfolio and a strong commitment to data‑led decision making. Credit risk plays a central role in shaping sustainable growth, with close collaboration across analytics, technology and commercial teams. The environment is supportive and ambitious, with a clear focus on learning, development and progression.

The Role

• Lead and evolve existing customer management and credit limit strategies across the lending book.
• Support the redesign of credit limit management and implementation of new behavioural scorecards.
• Deliver analysis to inform policy changes, decision system enhancements and customer limit adjustments.
• Design, analyse and interpret tests and experiments to balance risk, growth and customer outcomes.
• Produce portfolio analysis, MI and insight into wider customer trends.
• Work closely with stakeholders across credit and analytics, with flexibility to move into acquisition‑focused projects if of interest.

Your Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial experience in consumer credit risk within lending products such as cards, loans or mortgages.
• Demonstrated capability in acquisitions or existing customer management strategy, including limit or policy work.
• Experience contributing to or leading credit limit management initiatives.
• Strong analytical capability with SQL or a comparable analytical language.
• Clear communication skills with the ability to translate analysis into actionable insight.

What They Offer

• Salary up to £65,000 depending on experience.
• Hybrid working with 1 to 2 days per week in the West Midlands office and regular team collaboration days.
• Exposure to wide‑ranging, business‑critical projects with clear strategic impact.
• Strong opportunities for development, progression and movement across credit risk teams.
• A collaborative culture that actively supports learning and professional growth.

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