Technical Lead – Consumer Lending

Heitmeyer Consulting is seeking a hands-on Senior Business Systems Analyst / Technical Lead to support its Consumer Lending technology platforms, business processes, and strategic initiatives. This individual will combine advanced business analysis capabilities with technical and functional expertise to support lending applications, manage business requirements, and lead projects and implementations.

Working closely with the current manager, this individual will serve as a trusted partner and emerging leader, providing day-to-day leadership, representing management in stakeholder discussions when needed, and helping drive decisions across business and technology teams.

The ideal candidate will have a strong consumer lending background, experience with loan origination systems (LOS), and the ability to lead through both technical expertise and collaboration
. This role is well suited for a senior business analyst, technical lead, or hands-on technology manager who is interested in developing into a broader leadership position.

• Lead complex business analysis activities, operating at a senior-level BA capacity.
• Partner with business stakeholders to gather, document, validate, and prioritize business and technical requirements.
• Facilitate working sessions, stand-ups, and stakeholder discussions to establish consensus and drive decisions.
• Translate business needs into functional requirements, process workflows, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Build and maintain test cases to validate requirements and ensure solutions meet business expectations.
• Manage incoming business requests, support tickets, and work items through Jira.

• Provide hands‑on functional and technical support for consumer lending applications and loan origination platforms.
• Develop a strong understanding of the business group’s tools, software, workflows, and operational processes.
• Troubleshoot application issues, evaluate configuration options, and identify opportunities to improve business processes.
• Work with developers and technical teams to investigate issues, assess solutions, and support implementations.
• Apply technical knowledge of system configuration, integrations, and workflows to translate business requirements into effective solutions.
• Support coding and development activities where applicable.

• Serve as a key partner to the manager on projects, system enhancements, and implementations.
• Coordinate project activities, manage backlogs, track dependencies, and drive deliverables to completion.
• Support planning, requirements definition, testing, implementation, and post-production activities.
• Facilitate communication between business stakeholders, developers, and technology teams.
• Identify risks, resolve issues, and ensure project activities remain aligned with business priorities.

• Serve as the manager’s designated backup when needed, providing leadership and representing the team in stakeholder discussions.
• Build credibility with business partners, technology teams, and leadership through strong communication and sound decision-making.
• Lead with empathy, foster collaboration, and help teams navigate competing priorities.
• Take ownership of day-to-day activities while balancing hands‑on delivery with team coordination.
• Develop leadership capabilities with the potential to assume broader management responsibilities over time.

• Consumer lending experience strongly preferred
  , particularly with loan origination systems and lending workflows.
• Extensive…