Bankrate Offices

Participate in a paid advisory panel for Bankrate, sharing mortgage origination expertise with the product team. Explain borrower journeys from initial consultation through application and pre-approval, identify common misunderstandings and process pain points, evaluate product concepts, and advise on TRID compliance. The engagement is remote, independent contractor work requiring approximately three hours monthly for three months.

Build and lead Bankrate’s first-line risk and controls function, including risk committee governance, compliance monitoring, mitigation roadmaps, policy management, third-party due diligence, certifications, and employee training. The role partners with Legal, Compliance, Security, Procurement, and Data Privacy while using AI-enabled workflows to scale governance activities. It requires financial services experience, strong mortgage knowledge preferred, and the ability to manage complex cross-functional initiatives from scratch.

Leads consumer experience strategy, product design direction, large-scale initiatives, research coordination, design systems, and cross-functional innovation. Builds scalable design and UX copy systems connected to code and agentic tools, prototypes in code, mentors designers, and influences product and engineering decisions. The role requires strong technical fluency, research expertise, systems thinking, craft judgment, and demonstrated organization-level impact.