Vice President First Legal Administration in United States at Jobgether
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United States, United States
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Job Description
Vice President First Legal Administration
Accountabilities:
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Vice President First Legal Administration based in the United States.
This senior leadership role is responsible for overseeing FHA foreclosure execution with a strong emphasis on First Legal milestone compliance and Reasonable Diligence requirements.
You will lead end-to-end operational governance across foreclosure workflows, ensuring strict adherence to HUD timelines and regulatory expectations.
The position plays a critical role in reducing curtailment risk, strengthening compliance controls, and improving overall portfolio performance.
You will manage cross-functional teams and external legal partners to ensure timely, accurate, and compliant foreclosure progression.
This role requires a strategic mindset with strong operational execution capabilities in a high-volume, regulated environment.
It offers the opportunity to influence enterprise-wide foreclosure standards, drive automation, and enhance audit readiness across processes.
- Own and enforce FHA First Legal milestone adherence, ensuring foreclosure initiation and progression align with HUD-required timelines and regulatory standards.
- Lead Reasonable Diligence execution, ensuring all borrower-level and case-level activities are properly documented, completed on time, and fully compliant.
- Oversee operational foreclosure teams managing the lifecycle from First Legal through sale scheduling, ensuring consistency and performance excellence.
- Monitor attorney and vendor performance, enforcing escalation protocols, documentation standards, and timely case progression.
- Identify, investigate, and resolve foreclosure timeline exceptions while implementing corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- Manage portfolio-level performance to minimize curtailment exposure, financial risk, and compliance violations.
- Develop and maintain KPIs, KRIs, dashboards, and reporting frameworks to track First Legal and Reasonable Diligence performance.
- Ensure audit readiness and compliance with FHA, HUD, GNMA, investor, and regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, Claims, Bankruptcy, and Foreclosure Operations teams to ensure end-to-end process alignment.
- Drive operational improvement initiatives including automation, workflow optimization, and scalability enhancements.
- 7+ years of experience in default servicing, foreclosure operations, or mortgage servicing compliance within a high-volume environment.
- 7+ years of leadership or management experience, with demonstrated ability to lead operational teams and drive performance outcomes.
- Strong expertise in mortgage banking regulations, including RESPA, FDCPA, GLBA, OCC, CFPB, SCRA, and related federal and state foreclosure laws.
- Deep understanding of FHA, FNMA, FHLMC, VA, and investor guidelines related to foreclosure and default servicing.
- Experience with legal and foreclosure tools such as Westlaw, LexisNexis, and state e-filing systems.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage effectively across executive leadership, clients, and external stakeholders.
- Proficiency in mortgage servicing systems such as LoanSphere, MSP, and related default servicing platforms.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or a related field preferred but not required.
- Competitive annual salary range of approximately $103,000 to $193,100, based on experience, skills, and qualifications.
- Fully remote work arrangement with provided equipment and structured virtual collaboration.
- Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance options.
- Retirement savings plan with employer matching contributions and employee stock purchase opportunities.
- Paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays to support work-life balance.
- Access to wellness resources, including mental health support programs and wellness subscriptions.
- Tuition reimbursement and continuous learning opportunities to support professional development.
- Employee recognition programs and lifestyle perks such as discounts and wellbeing initiatives.
How Jobgether works:
We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.
We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!
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