Stellantis Financial Services (SFS) is the new captive finance company for one of the world's leading automakers and a mobility provider with iconic brands including Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep®, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, Vauxhall, Free2move and Leasys.

Our exciting growth provides opportunities to advance your career as we successfully lead products and services from a small to midsize company in just a few years. Join our world class team and culture and contribute to our core mission which is enhancing our customer's experience.

Position Summary:
The Originations Lead System Architect is a strategic technical systems leader responsible for
configuration standards, system optimization, and governance of the Originations System, with the
autonomy to architect mission-critical configurations that drive business success. This role sets
engineering standards within the Originations Systems, conducts code reviews, and mentors other systems
engineers. The right candidate must possess deep expertise in credit and funding operations in the auto
finance industry and act as the primary liaison between business and technology teams.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Strategic SME: Subject matter expert (SME) for the assigned Loan Originations System, ensuring alignment with business needs, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive improvement initiatives, including system upgrades, automation, and the integration of new technologies to maintain a competitive advantage.
• Quality & Testing Oversight: Guide QA Testers to ensure testing is completed to excellence.
• Define test strategies for complex logic to reduce production issues & ensure system stability.
• System Architecture: Lead the design and implementation of complex business rules, JavaScript formulas (specific to Retail), and API integrations.
• Engineering Governance: Set engineering standards and conduct code reviews to ensure configuration/development quality and consistency across environments.
• Business Liaison: Collaborate with business leaders to translate strategic goals into system
• capabilities, ensuring alignment with credit policies and pricing.
• Technical Leadership: Provide leadership during system upgrades, new feature rollouts, and partner integrations.
• Documentation: Maintain comprehensive documentation of system architecture, configuration logic, and change history.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Experience:

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in system administration or rules development, in the auto finance or software development/configuration industry.
• Minimum 3 years of experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.
• Leading large projects, implementations, or production support teams.
• Expert knowledge of LOS/XLOS platforms and lease or retail auto finance workflows, with the ability to design mission-critical configurations.
• Proficient in JavaScript (specific to Retail), ability to validate API schema design (REST, SOAP), and complex system integration techniques.
• Advanced root-cause analytical skills to solve high-impact production issues and architect long term structural fixes.
• Ability to identify and refactor legacy configuration "debt," such as redundant business rules or deprecated formulas, to ensure ongoing system scalability and health.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams, influence stakeholders, and provide technical coaching to system engineers.
• Advanced experience in process mapping and documenting complex system architecture using tools like Visio, MIRO, and Nintex.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Information Technology, or a combination of education and experience.

Qualifications Preferred:

• Previous experience leading Credit or Funding operational functions within the auto finance industry.
• Previous experience using MS SQL Server and writing complex queries for data analysis.
• Certifications in system configuration (e.g., defi LOS certifications) or Project Management (PMP/Agile).
• Previous experience with influencing technology strategy, vendor partnerships, and long-term system modernization efforts.
• Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.

Overtime required for system deployments that must occur after hours
Travel 0-10% - as required on an as needed basis.

An applicant must be authorized to work in the United States to be eligible for this position. Stellantis Financial Services, Inc. will not sponsor applicants for work visas of any type for this position.

Physical Demands
Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an
employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation
may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in
the work environment is usually moderate.

Work Schedule
Mon – Fri / 40 hrs. this is an in-office hybrid role.

Stellantis Financial Services, Inc (SFS) is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing
its employees with an environment that is free of harassment, discrimination, and intimidation. It is the
policy of SFS to comply with all applicable employment laws and regulations and to provide equal
opportunity for all qualified persons and to not discriminate against any employee or applicant for
employment because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual
orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, change of sex, and/or transgender status or any
protected status. Candidates must possess authorization to work in the United States. This policy applies
to recruitment and placement, promotion, training, transfer, retention, rate of pay and all other terms and
conditions of employment. Employment and promotion decisions will be based solely on merit, ability,
achievement, experience, conduct and other legitimate business reasons.