Product Owner, Senior Manager (Single-Family)

At Freddie Mac our mission of Making Home Possible is what motivates us and its 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:

Are you inspired by Freddie Macs mission to make home possible for millions of families As a Product Owner Senior Manager on our Single-Family Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) Securitization Modern Delivery team youll lead the charge in transforming the mortgage landscape through innovative technology and customer-centric solutions. If you thrive in a dynamic collaborative environment and are passionate about unlocking new opportunities to deliver value this is your chance to make a meaningful impact.

Join us to shape the future of housing finance work alongside talented professionals and help drive Freddie Macs vision forward.

Apply now and support our mission to #makehomepossible!

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 will 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 Multifamily and Investments & Capital Markets (I&CM) departments

Qualifications:

• College Degree or equivalent experience; advanced studies/degree preferred
• Typically has 10 years MBS Securitization 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.
• 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
• High level of analytical ability to measure the velocity capacity and value of teams contributions
• 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
• Strong ability to gain alignment and empower partners to engage in making the vision a reality
• Ability to problem solve work effectively with others motivate and drive innovation within and across teams
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills technical awareness and leadership abilities

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

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