About This Role
This leadership role involves setting up and leading a new practice for title search and examination within the company. The position is responsible for building delivery capabilities, defining processes, training teams, and preparing the organization to serve title companies and underwriters. It suits an experienced professional ready to build a new team and practice from the ground up.
Responsibilities
- Establish and lead a new Title Search Underwriting practice within HiTech Digital
- Define end-to-end process frameworks, SOPs, quality standards, and turnaround benchmarks
- Build, train, and mentor a team of title searchers and examiners in India
- Develop standardized approaches for current owner search, full search, chain of title, legal description, and vesting analysis
- Act as the domain authority for complex files, edge cases, and underwriting-level decisions
- Work closely with AI and Product teams to provide domain inputs for PropInteland and identify automation-ready workflows
- Support internal pilot engagements, POCs, and readiness for future title clients
- Contribute to sales enablement by supporting solution design, process walkthroughs, and domain credibility
- Ensure strong data security, confidentiality, and compliance readiness from day one
Requirements
- 3-7 years of hands-on experience in US Title Search, Title Examination, or Title Underwriting
- Strong working knowledge of county recorder records, deeds, mortgages, liens, judgments, and releases
- Deep understanding of chain of title, legal descriptions, and vesting
- Prior experience helping set up or scale title operations, teams, or delivery units
- Ability to work independently and define structure in an early-stage practice
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex title concepts to non-domain teams
Nice to have:
- Experience working directly with US title companies, underwriters, or lenders
- Prior involvement in offshore transition or scaling of title services
- Interest or experience in automation, process improvement, or AI-assisted workflows
- Experience collaborating with technology, AI, or product engineering teams
