Operations Senior Associate, Title & Curative (Contract)

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About Us 

Doma offers solutions for lenders, real estate professionals, title agents, and homeowners that make closings vastly simpler and more efficient, reducing cost and increasing customer satisfaction.

Our Values

• People First - We communicate with honesty and respect to our customers, colleagues, and partners.
• Better Together - We believe diversity, equity and inclusion creates value through the differences in our backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
• Solution Driven - We encourage calculated risk-taking, and we know that some of our best learning happens by making mistakes along the way.
• Act with Integrity - We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards in all of our business practices.

Operations Senior Associate, Title & Curative (Contract: 6 Months)

About the role

The Operations Sr. Associate, Title & Curative is a cornerstone of the Doma Operations title team. This individual will ensure that title commitment packages are delivered with timeliness, expert accuracy, and precision, conduct thorough reviews of title documents verifying vesting and signing authority, and prepare title documents for closings. The Operations Sr. Associate, Title & Curative will be excited to join the ‘title company of the future,’ processing files by incorporating innovative technology to streamline the title and curative process. This role will collaborate with the escrow and recording teams to proactively meet customer needs and provide a delightful closing experience. The Operations Sr. Associate, Title & Curative is a remote position.

What will you be doing?

• Examining title searches identifying and satisfying all title requirements
• Performing all required title and curative duties with confidence and professionalism such as:
• Reviewing search packages from vendors within company SLA’s
• Identify curative issues on files and methods for resolution
• Confirming legal vesting and signing authority
• Preparing accurate title commitment package based on state-specific guidelines
• Running additional searches as need be, including Bankruptcy, Pace lien, and Patriot Act searches
• Ordering escalated payoffs as needed
• Reviewing internal and external title documents such as lien payoffs, entity and trust documents, and POAs
• Determining the correct party(ies) to sign title and escrow documents based on trust, corporation, LLC, and probate documentation
• Reviewing for curative complete status
• Performing additional curative work as needed
• Preparing deeds and/or POAs or processing orders to external document vendor
• Processing lender title orders and identifying applicable policy endorsements based on lender requests and search documentation
• Liaising with underwriting counsel on escalated matters
• Preparing files for policy generation
• Additional customer service duties include:
• Anticipating customer needs and resolving customer escalations in a professional, efficient manner
• Providing clear status updates on the transaction throughout the closing process to appropriate parties (internal and external) as needed

What skills and experience do you need?

• 5+ years of national title and/or curative experience
• Prior experience in title and escrow, mortgage processing, or related field.
• Excellent phone, email, and face-to-face communication skills
• Love for multitasking
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, metrics-driven work environment
• Extreme attention to detail and organizational skills Knowledge of title insurance, regulatory guidelines, and legal documents is required
• Comfortable with constant change and process improvement
• Proven customer service experience
• Demonstrated ability to work as a team player under pressure
• Proficient computer skills
• Bonus: Possession of individual title and/or escrow licenses
• Bonus: Experience processing files in ResWare

How we’ll value you and make your life a bit easier:

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits to eligible employees: medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), generous vacation time, and paid bonding leave.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

We believe the most valuable investment we can make is to build an outstanding team of colleagues and leaders who are passionate about our mission.

We currently offer the following benefits to all Full-Time employees:

• Work/Life Balance - We encourage taking Paid Time Off (PTO)!
• 12 Weeks of Paid Family Bonding Leave (Maternity and Paternity)
• Incredible medical, dental, and vision benefits options to allow you to customize to you and your family’s needs that all start on your first day of employment
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 401K with company match program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Commuter Flexible Spending Account (i.e. Transit or Parking)
• Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance
• Auto & Home Insurance Group Life Insurance
• Critical Illness, Injury and Hospital Insurance 
• Pet Insurance

We believe in Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.