Senior Lead, Business Operations & Strategy

About Pagaya

Shape the Future of Finance

Pagaya is building a leading artificial intelligence network to help our partners grow their businesses and better serve their customers.

Pagaya is a global technology company making life-changing financial products and services available to more people nationwide, as it reshapes the financial services ecosystem. By using machine learning, a vast data network and a sophisticated AI-driven approach, Pagaya provides comprehensive consumer credit and residential real estate solutions for its partners, their customers, and investors. Its proprietary API and capital solutions integrate into its network of partners to deliver seamless user experiences and greater access to the mainstream economy. Pagaya has offices in New York and Tel Aviv. For more information, visit pagaya.com.

Let's create better outcomes together!

About the Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Lead to join our Office of the President in New York. This role will be pivotal in driving execution across Pagaya’s commercial strategy and monetization efforts. You will work closely with senior leaders, including our Head of Monetization to translate strategic priorities into actionable plans, enhance operational efficiency, and deliver on high-impact initiatives across our priority asset classes: personal loans/fintech marketplaces, indirect auto, and point of sale.

This is a high-visibility role requiring strong problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, can operate independently with sound judgment, and has demonstrated success driving initiatives from strategy through execution.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain financial models to aid executives in strategic decision-making
• Create and implement the annual business plan and budgets, working closely with the Commercial leadership team
• Develop impactful, compelling presentation materials (decks, notes, write-ups, etc.) that effectively communicate business performance, financial drivers, risks, and opportunities to leadership and external stakeholders
• Work cross-functionally to assess and manage financial performance and to streamline implementation of initiatives, processes, and systems
• Do an environmental scan and monitor key trends in the industry and economy.
• Track our partners, peers and other stakeholders for significant events and themes
• Monitor KPIs and highlight significant variations, root causes and corrective actions.

Requirements

• 5 years of experience in investment banking, M&A, corporate development, capital markets, consulting, high-growth companies, or other relevant fields.
• Strong analytical skills, including comfort with financial modeling, data analysis, and translating insights into recommendations.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, and visual), with experience preparing executive-level presentations/decks.
• Demonstrated ability to build trust and credibility with senior executives and cross-functional partners.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities under tight timelines.
• Collaborative team player with strong emotional intelligence and a proactive, solution-oriented mindset.
• Meticulous attention to detail – output is consistently accurate, thorough, and completed within deadlines
• Ability to organize and analyze data sets and present in an understandable manner

Our Team

Pagaya was founded in 2016 by seasoned research, finance, and technology entrepreneurs with our head quarters located in NYC and Tel Aviv. 

We move fast and smart, identifying new opportunities and building end-to-end solutions from AI models and unique data sources. Every Pagaya team member is solving new and exciting challenges every day in a culture based on partnership, collaboration, and community.

Join a team of builders who are working every day to enable better outcomes for our partners and their customers.

Our Values

• Continuously Learn- We challenge ourselves for the sake of getting better as individuals, as teams, and as an organization to deliver for our partners.
• Debate and Commit- We respectfully and openly debate to strengthen our ideas and build shared conviction - once we decide, we go all in, together.
• Dream Big and Act- We boldly tackle complex problems, pressure-test solutions in real-time, and adapt with speed and energy.
• Advance Inclusion- We create a world where everyone can win, designing systems that better represent people and generate sustainable value for our employees, partners and investors.
• Be Accountable Together- We proudly own our actions and our results, taking initiative to ensure our work gets over the finish line as a team.

More than just a job

We believe health, happiness, and productivity go hand-in-hand. That's why we're continually looking to enhance the ways we support you with benefits programs and perks that allow every Pagayan to do the best work of their life.