Manager Residential Mortgage

Kris Lindahl Real Estate; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Kris Lindahl Real Estate is seeking a mortgage leader to build and scale a mortgage division connected to a nationally recognized real estate brand. You will own the product menu, recruit originators, and install the processes and standards needed to operate at real volume.

We are looking for deep mortgage expertise and proven leadership to train others and drive results. This is a launch-and-build role, working directly with the founder to deliver a market-leading mortgage experience.

Qualifications

• Deep mortgage expertise required.
• Leadership experience required.
• Not a role you can learn on the job.
• Ability to train others and build a high-performing team.
• Knowledge of first-time homebuyer programs, down payment assistance, bond products, and jumbo products.

Responsibilities

• Launch and scale a mortgage division connected to a major real estate brand.
• Build the product menu and recruit originators.
• Install processes, set standards, and train the team.
• Partner with the real estate division to deliver a seamless mortgage experience.
• Work directly with the founder to turn the plan into a high-volume business.

Skills

Mortgage leadership

Team building

Coaching originators

Product knowledge

Job description

The situation

For almost two decades we have built a brand that has become a household name. You have seen it. You have heard it. Consumers turn to us for all things real estate.

Mortgage has always been on the future plan.

We never wanted to explore the industry and launch our blueprint until we knew we had our final plan laid out. Too many brands rush into mortgage, cobble something together, and end up embarrassing the flagship business. We were not going to do that.

The plan is ready. We are getting very close to taking the next steps.

Now we need the mortgage leader who will build it alongside our real estate division.

Deep mortgage expertise required. Leadership experience required. This is not a role you can learn on the job.

You are an expert on all things mortgage. From first time home buyer programs, down payment assistance, and bond products all the way through the strongest jumbo products, you know the entire menu. You know which product fits which buyer and why. You can walk a young family through their first purchase and turn around and structure a jumbo for a high net worth client in the same afternoon.

You can train others. You can build a team that thinks the way you think, sells the way you sell, and serves customers the way you serve them. Coaching mortgage originators is something you have done and are excellent at.

You can help customers identify the right products for their situation. Not sell them what pays the most. Sell them what fits. You understand that reputation in mortgage is built one client at a time and lost the same way.

You want to move fast and scale. This is not a caretaker role. This is a launch and build role. You want the whiteboard, the runway, and the pressure of turning a plan into a real business at real volume.

You want to build something you are proud of. Something that outlives the launch year. Something you will still be talking about ten years from now.

What you'll build

A mortgage division connected to one of the most recognized real estate brands in the country.

You will help finalize and execute the launch plan. Build the product menu. Recruit the originators. Install the process. Set the standards. Train the team. Partner tightly with our real estate division so every family we serve gets a mortgage experience that matches the brand they already trust.

You will work directly with me. Not through layers. Not through a leadership team. With me. Every day. Building this thing from the ground up.

Our LET'S GO core values

We hire and operate by these. If they resonate, you'll fit here.

Learning. We are relentlessly curious and never finished growing.

Empathy. We lead with understanding for our clients, our colleagues, and our community.

Tenacity. We don't stop. We don't quit. We find a way.

Staying Positive. The environment we create is a choice we make every day.

Generosity. We give our time, our knowledge, and our energy without keeping score.

Owning It. We take radical responsibility. No excuses. No deflection. Just results.

This is not just loans

Behind every mortgage is a family. Someone buying their first home. Someone downsizing after the kids left. Someone chasing a fresh start in a new city. Someone finally in a position to buy the house they have been driving past for years.

They are trusting us with one of the biggest financial decisions of their lives. Your job is to make sure that trust is honored on every single file, and that every family gets matched with the product that actually fits their life.

Who this is not for

Anyone whose mortgage experience is theoretical instead of operational.

Anyone who wants to run a slow, cautious, small mortgage shop.

Anyone who needs to be handed a book of business instead of building one.

Anyone who has to think about it. The right person already knows.

What you get

The chance to launch a mortgage division alongside a household name brand.

A real estate division already producing at the volume most mortgage companies dream about.

Full authority to build the product menu, the team, and the process.

A seat next to the founder as the whole thing gets built.

And the rare kind of career moment where you will be able to point back and say "I built that."

You have seen what we have done in real estate. Wait until you see what we have planned for mortgage.