Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Lending - Group Head

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Metropolitan Commercial Bank ("MCB" or the "Bank") is a New York City-based, full-service commercial bank providing tailored banking solutions to businesses, institutions, and individuals. Founded in 1999, MCB operates banking centers in Manhattan and Boro Park, Brooklyn, within New York City, as well as in Great Neck on Long Island, New York, and Lakewood, New Jersey. The Bank recently expanded to Miami, Florida with their newest Brickell banking center.

Metropolitan Commercial Bank offers a comprehensive suite of commercial, business, and personal banking products and services to small businesses, middle-market and corporate enterprises, private and public institutions, municipalities, and local government entities.

The Bank has earned national recognition for its financial performance, innovation, and strategic growth. The Bank was named one of Newsweek's Best Regional Banks in 2024 and 2025. Additionally, MCB recently received Editor's Choice recognition at the Banking Tech Awards USA for Digital Onboarding & Omnichannel Banking and in 2026, the Bank earned Great Place To Work certification and received the Web Award Standard of Excellence for MCBankNY.com.

We are a client-focused organization that values technological innovation and excellence. A strong technical mindset, AI fluency, and adaptive skills are essential for our employees to effectively contribute to our mission and drive our success. We foster human-AI teaming and strong governance to ensure technology is used responsibly and in alignment with Bank policies and procedures. For more information about the Bank, please visit the Bank's website at MCBankNY.com.

Position Summary:

The CRE Lending Group Head will be responsible for developing new business, structuring, and closing commercial real estate loans. They will also be responsible for maintaining the existing portfolio of loans, and ensuring efficient operations of the Commercial Real Estate Department.

We have a flexible work schedule where employees can work from home one day a week.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Supervise the monitoring of existing commercial real estate portfolio to ensure compliance with covenants and credit committee requirements and early identification of potential problems.
• Ensure that lenders provide high quality customer service and response to customer inquiries including referrals for new business.
• Oversee daily review, approval, and disposition of uncollected and overdrafts, according to policy.
• Supervise the maintenance of credit facilities and their renewals for the entire Bank portfolio, as required.
• Source, develop, structure, and underwrite new commercial loans for new and current bank customers; develop credit proposals and make credit recommendations for Credit Committee approval. Prepare and maintain appropriate documentation in compliance with Credit Committee requirements.
• Ensure the efficient day to day operation of the Commercial Loan Department; manage administrative and lending staff; act, in the absence of the Chief Lending Officer, as Department Head; partner with the Chief Lending Officer on staffing and performance management.

Required knowledge, skills and experience:

• 15+ years commercial real estate lending; proven new business development; management experience
• Preferred experience in all asset classes including: multi-office, retail, hospitality, warehouse and construction
• Strong communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Basic computer skills
• Financial acumen, banking and specific industry knowledge in areas of client concentration
• Driven by a passion and curiosity to continuously learn how various technological systems, including AI, can enhance the work that you do

Potential Salary: $275,000 - $325,000 annually

This salary range reflects base wages and does not include benefits, bonus, or incentive pay. Salary bands are purposefully wide ranging to encompass the different factors considered in determining where a candidate falls in the range, including but not limited to, seniority, performance, experience, education, and any other legitimate, non-discriminatory factor permitted by law. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed here.

Metropolitan Commercial Bank provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.