Position Overview:

Do you have passion for understanding customer needs and maximizing technology to deliver value? Do you thrive in a fast-paced and constantly evolving environment? Do you enjoy working with a team of varying skills to collectively discover new opportunities to delight customers? If so, a role on the Single Family MBS Securitization Modern Delivery team could be a fit for you.

Apply now and learn about our benefits and why there’s #MoreAtFreddieMac!

Our Impact:

The Product Owner, Sr. Manager role will be part of the MBS Securitization Portfolio within the Single Family Portfolio & Servicing (SFPS) line of business helping to transform the way in which Freddie Mac does business. The Product Owner, Sr. Manager helps set the vision and roadmap working closely with teams within a scaled Agile framework to deliver value. They I help prioritize the market/customer needs and are accountable for product decisions that drive the flow of work across the capability.

Your Impact:

• Works with stakeholders to prioritize epic backlog by assessing business & customer value through input from all lead roles and partners
• Manage partners; ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal
• Highly developed interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills
• Identifies and assists quantifying opportunities to drive efficiencies and automate processes, as well as ensure complete, accurate, and up-to-date depiction of processes
• Proposes new and innovative ideas within sophisticated products and/or across teams to improve the product, showing curiosity to learn about new insights
• Empowers member(s) of the team to take ownership of product-related problem-solving and provides team support
• Supports and reinforces collaborative attitude within and across teams
• Builds open lines of communication between, within and across teams
• Encourages and coaches teams to collaborate optimally among each other
• Establishes and strengthens direct relationships with Business Stakeholders in Security Operations, Securitization Policy, Multi-Family, and I&CM departments

Qualifications:

• College Degree or equivalent experience; advanced studies/degree preferred
• Typically has 8+ years MBS related experience and 4+ years management experience
• Knowledgeable of Security structures including the data & processes needed to support formation, issuance and settlement of the Securities and ongoing monthly processing desirable
• Strong business judgment and decision-making skills; ability to identify, prioritize, and articulate the highest impact initiatives
• Excellent communication skills, with ability to present sophisticated ideas in a clear, concise fashion to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Must possess strong organizational skills and pay close attention to detail
• Proven understanding of current technologies with the ability to develop and deliver projects using groundbreaking technologies
• In-depth understanding of agile development and continuous deployment practices. Understanding of scaled agile, (SAFe) release, increments.
• Experience with APM tools like Atlassian Jira
• Strong organization and time management skills: Operates independently with minimal guidance
• High level of analytical ability to measure the velocity, capacity, and value of teams’ contributions
• Very high level of interpersonal skills to work effectively with others, motivate employees, and elicit work output in a team environment
• Availability for occasional work beyond core business hours or weekends as needed
• Lean and user centered design thinking examples put to practice

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Demonstrated leadership experience with product development and ownership
• Exceptional interpersonal, technical, and organizational skills
• Must be a great teammate and able to work collaboratively
• Strong ability to gain alignment and empower partners to engage in making the vision a reality
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to problem solve and drive innovation within and across teams
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, technical awareness, and leadership abilities
• Ability to coach and lead a team as well as partners and matrixed teams

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

Today, Freddie Mac makes home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing. Join our smart, creative and dedicated team and you’ll do important work for the housing finance system and make a difference in the lives of others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with differing abilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Exempt

Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $155,000 - $233,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.