About this opportunity
RockBridge Search & Recruitment lists this Deputy Chief Credit Officer opportunity in san diego, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
The Opportunity
Some banking roles keep the gears turning. This one helps design the gears.
We are seeking a Deputy Chief Credit Officer who can blend sharp analytical thinking with executive leadership, balancing growth, risk, strategy, and sound judgment across a dynamic lending platform. This is a seat at the table where credit philosophy is shaped, portfolios are strengthened, and lending decisions create lasting impact throughout the organization.
Nestled along the sun-soaked coastline of San Diego, this role offers the opportunity to partner directly with executive leadership while helping guide the future of a growing financial institution. You'll serve as the trusted second-in-command to the Chief Credit Officer, helping steer credit strategy through both calm seas and economic squalls.
If spreadsheets, portfolio analytics, and regulatory guidance make your brain light up like a runway at midnight, keep reading.
What You'll Do
As Deputy Chief Credit Officer, you'll serve as a strategic leader responsible for supporting and enhancing the bank's overall credit administration framework.
Your responsibilities will include:
Assisting in the development and execution of enterprise-wide credit risk strategy
Providing leadership and oversight of commercial, industrial, commercial real estate, and specialty lending portfolios
Reviewing and approving complex credit transactions within delegated authority
Partnering with lending teams to structure sound and profitable credit solutions
Monitoring portfolio performance, concentration risk, and emerging credit trends
Leading loan review initiatives and ensuring credit quality remains strong across the organization
Supporting regulatory examinations, internal audits, and compliance efforts
Coaching and mentoring credit officers, underwriters, and portfolio managers
Collaborating with executive leadership on strategic planning and growth initiatives
Enhancing credit policies, procedures, and underwriting standards
Evaluating stress testing results and portfolio sensitivity analyses
Helping build a culture where prudent risk management and business development work together instead of staring at each other across the conference table
What We're Looking For
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related field
Advanced degree or formal banking education preferred
12+ years of progressive commercial banking and credit leadership experience
Significant experience managing large and complex commercial credit portfolios
Strong knowledge of credit underwriting, risk rating systems, loan review, and regulatory expectations
Experience working directly with executive management and board-level committees
Deep understanding of commercial real estate, C&I, SBA, and specialty lending structures
Exceptional analytical, leadership, and decision-making skills
Strong communication abilities with the confidence to challenge assumptions when necessary
Ability to balance growth objectives with disciplined risk management
What Makes You Successful
You possess the rare ability to zoom from a $50 million relationship discussion to a portfolio concentration analysis without missing a beat.
You understand that great credit leadership is equal parts science, art, and healthy skepticism.
You ask thoughtful questions, see risks before they become headlines, and help teams find pathways to "yes" without abandoning sound underwriting principles.
Most importantly, you're a leader who can inspire confidence from regulators, executives, lenders, and stakeholders alike.
Why Join Us?
Executive-level visibility and influence
Opportunity to help shape the future direction of a growing institution
Collaborative leadership environment
Strong organizational stability and market presence
Retirement and incentive programs
Career-defining leadership opportunity in one of California's most desirable markets
This is more than a credit role. It's an opportunity to help architect the financial backbone of an institution, guiding strategy, managing risk, and ensuring every lending decision contributes to a stronger future. In this position, your fingerprints won't just be on loan files. They'll be on the bank's next chapter. ????????????
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san diego, CA, 92189, US
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