Nova Credit

Nova Credit

Chief Technology Officer

New York, NY · Exec · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$350k-$400kDetected 6 days ago
Data ScienceProduct StrategyLeadershipCommunicationMentoringUnderwriting

About the role

  • As a member of the Leadership Team, you will serve as the visible steward of our technical and product culture, aligning innovation with long-term business outcomes and ensuring Nova Credit remains a category leader in financial infrastructure.
  • Leading transformative, cross-functional initiatives that elevate the reliability, scalability, and strategic impact of our enterprise-grade platform.
  • Serving as an expert coach, mentor, and empathetic leader to a team of managers across each function, fostering a culture of continuous growth, and both hard and soft skill development

Responsibilities

  • Build thorough relationships with your reports across Engineering, Infrastructure, Data Science, and Product & Design, as well as peer executives and key cross-functional stakeholders
  • Develop a rapid understanding of the current roadmap, outstanding technical debt, and organizational design across your functions and be ready to own execution across the org.
  • Partner with the CEO and Leadership Team to align the product & analytics roadmap with company strategy and near-term business priorities
  • Drive measurable improvements in delivery, velocity, and quality across your functions
  • Deliver a technology and product strategy that positions Nova Credit for its next phase of growth, including platform investments that unlock new business opportunities
  • Build out and strengthen the leadership bench across all four functions
  • Drive significant architectural or organizational improvements that simplify, scale, and differentiate our platform

Requirements

  • 15+ years of experience in software engineering, with a career arc that has grown from hands-on technical work into executive leadership spanning both engineering, product, and data science functions
  • Deep ability to engage substantively in architectural decisions, set a high bar for engineering quality, and earn the trust of a technically sophisticated team.
  • You have built and shipped complex systems, not just managed people who did
  • Engineering credibility: Deep ability to engage substantively in architectural decisions, set a high bar for engineering quality, and earn the trust of a technically sophisticated team.

Compensation

  • $350,000 - $400,000 USD
  • This range reflects On-Target Earnings (OTE) for this role, which includes a combination of base salary and incentive compensation.

Benefits

  • U.S.-based Novans competitive, employer-subsidized medical, dental, and vision plans, in addition to mental health and wellness benefits and a range of other benefits & perks.
  • We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected class, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
  • Demonstrated ability to communicate the company's strategic vision across all levels of the organization and to external stakeholders, from engineers to board members
  • This may include base salary, equity grants, incentive compensation for eligible roles, professional development, flexible PTO, and tenure rewards.
  • We're seeking a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to own Nova Credit's technology and product vision at the highest level.
  • The above compensation range is for U.S.-based candidates and is dependent on individual experience, skills, education, location, and qualifications.

Company info

  • Nova Credit is a credit infrastructure and analytics company that enables businesses to grow responsibly through alternative credit data.
  • The company leverages its unique data infrastructure, industry-leading analytics, & FCRA-compliance to help lenders grow responsibly.
  • Nova Credit plugs the gaps in the legacy credit bureaus through connectivity into the fragmented universe of consumer data and transforms it into compliant, actionable risk insights.
  • We are backed by an exceptional group of funds (Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Canapi Ventures, Nyca, Socium Ventures) and were named in Forbes' Fintech 50 in 2025 and Built In's Best Places to Work, 2025.
  • Nova Credit supports over 7,000 businesses including organizations such as Chase, HSBC, SoFi, Scotiabank, Appfolio, and Yardi, who rely on Nova Credit to make smarter credit decisions through cash flow underwriting with Cash Atlas™, quickly and accurately verify income with Income Navigator, verify income and assets with Eligibility Compass, and reach new-to-country consumers with Credit Passport®.
  • 5+ years in an executive role with ownership over multiple technical and product functions at a high-growth technology company
  • Representing Nova Credit externally as a thought leader, communicating our technical and product philosophy to customers, partners, regulators, and the broader industry
  • Become a recognized external voice for Nova Credit, engaging with technical leaders at our enterprise customers and partners, at industry events and in the press setting the standard for what world-class fintech infrastructure looks like
  • Executive experience: 5+ years in an executive role with ownership over multiple technical and product functions at a high-growth technology company
  • We are an equal-opportunity employer where everyone is welcome at Nova Credit.
  • We consider all elements of compensation as a part of the value we provide to Novans.
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