IT Product Owner Senior (MF Technology Initiatives) at Freddie Mac

At Freddie Mac, our mission of Making Home Possible is what motivates us, and it’s at the core of everything we do. Since our charter in 1970, we have made home possible for more than 90 million families across the country. Join an organization where your work contributes to a greater purpose.

Position Overview:

At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you’ll be part of a team helping to make rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation. The Technology & Operational Risk department within the Multifamily (MF) division is looking for a highly motivated and collaborative leader to drive how the Technology, Business, and Enterprise organizations collaborate.   

Our Impact:

• Work with multiple organizations and connecting the dots with regards to priorities and any overlaps and impacts to MF Technology’s roadmaps
• Collaborate and drive engagement with various levels of Enterprise teams and Business stakeholders across the organization, finding and building relationships with the appropriate stakeholders
• Quickly and effectively assess impact to MF Technology priorities based on various requests from multiple teams and ask the hard questions
• Advocate for MF Technology with the Enterprise organizations and Business to ensure our priorities are understood and represented

Your Impact:

• Be persistent in working through complex organizations and processes to get the answers you need.  You not only identify the problems, but bring the positive attitude to define solutions  
• Pivot quickly as Enterprise, Business, and MF Technology priorities change
• Embrace change and innovation…push the boundaries of what is possible
• Embody a can-do attitude and work through issues that get presented
• Manage stress, multi-task, and balance ever changing priorities
• Be accountable for relationship management, prioritization, and communication between MF Technology, Multifamily Business, and our Enterprise partners
• Put together executive summaries, overviews of roadmaps, financials, and priorities that can be communicated within the MF Technology & Business organizations

Qualifications:

• Previous experience driving prioritization, negotiations, and strategy milestones across multiple Enterprise organizations
• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience engaging with Enterprise organizations and IT stakeholders
• Bachelor’s degree in any technology discipline or equivalent experience; advanced studies/degree preferred.
• Project Management: Project (for roadmaps)
• Presentation Skills: Visio and PowerPoint, Word
• Data Analysis: Excel
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Excellent self-directed contributor, collaborator and fantastic teammate
• ·A spirit for innovation and ability to work in the space of “no longer” and “not yet”
• Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technology and new priorities
• Be able to build strong relationships with our Enterprise and Business partners
• Not only knowing what the right solution is, but being able to clearly articulate to all stakeholders why it’s the right solution
• Knowing when it’s okay to compromise and when it’s worth fighting for what’s right
• Strong understanding of development and release management practices

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

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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 $122,000 - $184,000 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. Apply Now