Principal Business Analyst, Acquisitions

Mission Lane is a purpose-driven fintech company focused on providing better credit options for consumers. They are seeking a data-driven problem solver to join their Acquisitions team as a Principal Business Analyst, responsible for improving underwriting and pricing strategies, optimizing acquisition strategies, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

• Take the lead in initiatives to improve our underwriting & pricing strategies
• Have the opportunity to use AI driven tools for data analysis
• Optimize current acquisition strategies in response to customer behavior and changing marketplace conditions
• Develop actionable financial strategies based on financial data-driven insights to improve credit risk and profitability while driving step changes in the company's growth trajectory
• Seed tests in market to better understand customer behavior and leverage learnings to invest in future growth
• Collaborate with cross functional teams across product, data science, engineering and capital markets to bring strategies to market
• Articulate and communicate strategies to senior leadership

Requirements:

• Proven ability to problem solve end-to-end: from framing the question and forming a hypothesis, to analyzing the data, to communicating and debating the answer with other stakeholders
• Familiarity with SQL, python, or other tools for data analysis
• 2 - 5 years of experience in a highly analytical role
• Bachelor's or Masters in Economics, Finance, Engineering, Mathematics, or similar quantitative field with record of strong academic performance
• Experience doing analytical work with credit cards or other consumer lending products
• Experience helping scale a business in a fast-paced startup environment
• Expertise in SQL or Python
• Experience using AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, etc.)