Senior Loan Officer

National Nonprofits; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Housing Partnership Network seeks a Senior Loan Officer to expand capital access for affordable housing developers. This role blends originations, underwriting, and relationship management to support nonprofits across the U.S.

You will cultivate borrower relationships, source opportunities, perform initial underwriting, and guide transactions toward term sheets, reporting to the Director of Lending. Remote-friendly with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, real estate, urban planning, or business development required.
• 2–8 years in commercial real estate lending focused on affordable housing, ideally with a CDFI.
• Ability to manage borrower relationships with a client-centered approach.
• Proven lending track record and meeting production goals.
• Experience with credit analysis and term-sheet underwriting.
• Strong sales and business development skills.
• Strong financial analysis for nonprofit developers and real estate feasibility.
• Knowledge of public/private capital sources for affordable housing.
• Highly organized, self-directed, collaborative, and proactive.
• Proficiency with Salesforce, Word and Excel; commitment to HPN’s mission.

Responsibilities

• Source and shape new lending opportunities for affordable housing developers.
• Perform initial underwriting and credit assessment.
• Move transactions from opportunity to term sheet stage in a collaborative setting.

Skills

Relationship building

Business development

Credit judgment

Financial analysis

Sales skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Advanced degree a plus

Tools

Salesforce

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

THE ROLE Senior Loan Officer is a senior associate-level opportunity for a relationship-driven lending professional who wants to pair strong production skills with meaningful mission impact.

In this role, you will help expand access to capital for affordable housing developers across the Housing Partnership Network, supporting projects that create and preserve homes and strengthen communities. You will build trusted borrower relationships, source and shape new lending opportunities, perform initial underwriting, and help move transactions from early opportunity through term sheet stage. This is a highly collaborative role for someone who thrives at the intersection of business development, credit judgment, and affordable housing finance. The position reports to Housing Partnership Network’s Director of Lending.

PROFESSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS

This role is ideal for an entrepreneurial professional with two to eight years of experience in commercial real estate lending focused on single-family and multifamily affordable housing, especially with nonprofit developers. Successful candidates will bring curiosity, sound judgment, and the ability to navigate complex organizations and layered transactions with confidence. Problem solving with HPN members to determine how to meet capital needs. You may be ready for this role if you enjoy building relationships, spotting opportunities, structuring thoughtful financing solutions, and working with mission-driven borrowers. Experience with project-based affordable housing lending, enterprise or working capital loans, community development programs, or a CDFI environment will be especially valuable.

LOCATION

HPN is a remote organization. Employees may work from anywhere in the contiguous 48 states while staying fully engaged with their team and the broader organization through virtual collaboration tools and regular online meetings. Travel is required for in-person meetings, conferences, client site visits, and team events. Candidates should be prepared to work from home, maintain a dedicated office space, and balance virtual collaboration with travel as needed for business purposes.

OTHER

Approximately 20% travel is required.

ABOUT THE HOUSING PARTNERSHIP NETWORK

Housing Partnership Network (HPN) is an award-winning membership network of 100 leading affordable housing and community development nonprofits across the United States. HPN brings together mission-driven organizations to share ideas, shape policy, and build innovative solutions that expand affordable housing opportunity nationwide. For employees, that means the chance to contribute to work with real, measurable impact—supporting organizations and projects that help people live in vibrant, inclusive, healthy communities. Since 1992, HPN and its members have collectively served more than 12.8 million people, developed, rehabilitated, or preserved about 470,000 affordable homes, and launched 14 successful social enterprises. HPN has earned national recognition, including the MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions and the Wells Fargo NEXT Award for Opportunity Finance. Joining HPN means becoming part of an entrepreneurial, high-performing nonprofit network that combines mission focus with business discipline to drive meaningful results. Its member-driven approach is built on: Peer exchange among senior leaders of HPN member organizations to share knowledge, ideas, and best practices. Policy and advocacy efforts that strengthen the scale, impact, and sustainability of the sector. Innovation and research developed from ideas surfaced through peer exchange and tested by HPN staff. Social enterprises developed jointly by HPN and its members to address affordable housing and community development challenges with innovative solutions. Learn more at www.housingpartnership.net

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as business, finance, real estate, urban planning, or business development required. An advanced degree in a related field is a plus. Two to eight years of experience in commercial real estate lending focused on affordable housing, in roles such as business development officer, credit underwriter, or loan officer, preferably with a CDFI or similar organization. Ability to manage borrower relationships with a customer-centered approach and respond quickly to opportunities and client needs. Proven lending track record, including meeting production goals and using sales tools in a disciplined way to manage opportunities, outreach, and client requests. Experience with credit analysis and preparing term sheets for underwriting. Formal credit training is a plus. Strong sales and business development skills. Strong financial analysis skills, especially in evaluating nonprofit developers and the feasibility of real estate development projects. Knowledge of public and private capital sources that support the operating and financing needs of affordable housing. Highly organized, self-directed, collaborative, flexible, and proactive. Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel. Strong working knowledge of Salesforce. Commitment to social justice and HPN’s mission.