Funding Delivery Manager

About Upstart

At Upstart, we're united by a mission that matters: to radically reduce the cost and complexity of borrowing for all Americans. Every day, we bring creativity, experimentation, and advanced AI to reshape access to credit, helping millions move forward financially with clarity and confidence.

As the leading AI lending marketplace, we partner with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit through technology that's both radically intelligent and deeply human. Our platform runs over one million predictions per borrower using more than 1,800 signals, powering smarter, fairer decisions for millions of customers.

We're proudly digital-first, giving most Upstarters the flexibility to do their best work from wherever they thrive.

The Team

Upstart's Auto team is transforming automotive lending by building technology that creates a seamless experience for borrowers, dealers, lending partners, and investors. The team is responsible for enabling scalable loan originations while maintaining operational excellence, compliance, and investor confidence across the lifecycle of every funded loan.

As the Funding Delivery Manager, Auto Loans, you will establish the operational foundation for funding delivery within Upstart's growing auto lending business. You will own the end-to-end funding delivery process, build scalable controls and reporting, and ensure funded loans consistently meet lending partner, investor, and regulatory requirements.

How you'll make an impact

• Own the end-to-end funding delivery process for Upstart's auto lending products, ensuring funded loans are delivered accurately and on time to lending partners and investors.
• Build and scale funding delivery processes, controls, and operational reporting that improve funding success rates, reduce exceptions, and support regulatory readiness as the business grows.
• Investigate funding exceptions, delivery failures, and reconciliation issues by conducting root cause analysis and partnering across teams to implement sustainable solutions.
• Establish and maintain quality standards for loan files, ensuring documentation and data consistently meet lending partner, investor, and regulatory requirements for saleability and downstream servicing.
• Partner closely with Product, Operations, Capital Markets, Servicing, Compliance, Engineering, and external stakeholders to design scalable funding workflows and drive continuous process improvements.
• Develop metrics, dashboards, and performance reporting to provide visibility into funding health, identify operational risks, and inform business decisions while leveraging AI-enabled tools responsibly.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Operations, Economics, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 5+ years of experience in lending operations, loan funding, capital markets operations, or financial services operations.
• Experience managing loan funding, delivery, investor reporting, or post-origination operational processes.
• Experience using operational metrics and data to investigate process issues and implement improvements.
• Experience partnering cross-functionally across capital markets, engineering, servicing, product and compliance teams.
• Experience leveraging AI-enabled tools responsibly to accelerate exception analysis, documentation, reporting, and/or operational process improvements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of auto lending products, funding workflows, and loan sale processes.
• Experience designing operational controls within a regulated financial institution.
• Ability to build scalable operational processes and documentation that support audit and regulatory requirements.
• Experience defining success metrics and operational controls for a new or evolving process.
• Skills in SQL, Excel, business intelligence tools, or dashboard development.
• Experience working with lending partners, investors, custodians, or third-party servicing organizations.

Location and Logistics

• Position location: Remote
• Time zone requirements: The team operates on the East/West coast time zones.
• Travel requirements: Most work is remote, with team onsites once or twice per quarter for 2-4 days.

Compensation

The anticipated base salary for this position is $104,800 - $145,000 USD. Your actual base pay will depend on your geographic location, skills, experience, and relevant education. Upstart also provides target bonuses, equity compensation, and generous benefits.

What you'll love

• Competitive compensation, including base pay, bonus, and annual equity grants.
• Retirement benefits with company match up to $15,000 annually.
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision).
• Paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays.
• Paid family and parental leave.
• Financial wellness resources and annual wellness/productivity allowances.
• Supportive, digital-first work environment.

Upstart is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. If you require reasonable accommodation, please email [email protected].