Advance your potential – and reach your goals

OneMain is the largest non-bank lender in the United States. We are transforming our personal loan originations platform by replacing outdated legacy systems with a modern, scalable, cloud-native solution. As a VP Director of Software Engineering, you will lead a high-performing engineering team to deliver complex, mission-critical systems that improve the financial well-being of hardworking Americans.

This role requires a hands-on technical leader who inspires trust, drives clarity, and models engineering excellence. The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, builds strong coalitions across business and technology, and champions Agile principles with an unwavering commitment to quality, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Location: This role is hybrid. You should be located within a 50-mile distance to one of our offices in Wilmington, DE / Baltimore, MD / or Irving , TX

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Development

• Build, grow, and mentor cross-functional software engineering teams, cultivating a culture of accountability, ownership, and collaboration.
• Actively coach and develop engineers into future leaders while minimizing key-person risk.
• Foster diversity, equity, and inclusion by empowering team members of all backgrounds to thrive.

Agile Execution & Iterative Software Delivery

• Lead the delivery of large-scale software programs using Agile and Lean practices.
• Run high-transparency delivery plays each sprint with clear visibility into scope, progress, and risks.
• Ensure working software is demonstrated at sprint boundaries to stakeholders and actual users.
• Drive a high degree of test automation, observability, and operational readiness.

Technical Leadership

• Actively contribute to engineering activities, architecture discussions, and problem-solving across the tech stack.
• Support development of observable systems using robust metrics, monitoring, and alerting.
• Drive adoption of modern technologies including TypeScript, Node.js, Angular, GraphQL, AWS, and PostgreSQL.

Program & Stakeholder Management

• Collaborate with product, design, and business partners to align delivery with strategic objectives.
• Establish a program management framework covering scope, schedule, budget, staffing, and quality.
• Deliver regular stakeholder updates that highlight accomplishments, risks, and calls to action.
• Actively manage cross-lane dependencies to ensure program success.

Continuous Improvement & Culture

• Lead by example in embracing empiricism, experimentation, and continuous learning.
• Facilitate retrospectives and Lean improvement initiatives to eliminate inefficiencies and maximize throughput.
• Elevate engineering practices across the Catalyst program and beyond, influencing peers and stakeholders to innovate together.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience leading and managing software engineering teams in Agile environments.
• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience with modern technologies.
• Proven ability to deliver large-scale, complex software systems in a production environment.
• Strong technical expertise in web development (TypeScript, Node.js, Reach, Angular, GraphQL) and cloud platforms (AWS).
• Skilled in building and scaling test automation, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring systems.
• Demonstrated success in leading through influence, building coalitions, and aligning diverse stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt for technical and executive audiences.

OneMain Financial (NYSE: OMF) is the leader in offering nonprime customers responsible access to credit and is dedicated to improving the financial well-being of hardworking Americans. Since 1912, we’ve looked beyond credit scores to help people get the money they need today and reach their goals for tomorrow. Our growing suite of personal loans, credit cards and other products help people borrow better and work toward a brighter future.

Driven collaborators and innovators, our team thrives on transformative digital thinking, customer-first energy and flexible work arrangements that grow lives, careers and our company. At every level, we’re committed to an inclusive culture, career development and impacting the communities where we live and work. Getting people to a better place has made us a better company for over a century. There’s never been a better time to shine with OneMain.

Because team members at their best means OneMain at our best, we provide opportunities and benefits that make their health and careers a priority. That’s why we’ve packed our comprehensive benefits package for full- and some part-timers with: 

• Health and wellbeing options including medical, prescription, dental, vision, hearing, accident, hospital indemnity, and life insurances 
• Up to 4% matching 401(k)   
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (10% share discount)   
• Tuition reimbursement   
• Paid time off (15 days’ vacation per year, plus 2 personal days, prorated based on start date) 
• Paid sick leave as determined by state or local ordinance, prorated based on start date 
• Paid holidays (7 days per year, based on start date) 
• Paid volunteer time (3 days per year, prorated based on start date) 

Target base salary range is $170K-$190K, which is based on various factors including skills and work experience. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for a competitive compensation program that is based on individual and company performance.