Technology Operations Risk Senior

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:

The Technology Operations Risk Senior serves as an embedded First Line of Defense (1LOD) risk professional partnering with business technology and operations leaders to proactively identify assess document and manage technology and operational risks. This role operates with a high degree of autonomy and professional judgment supporting complex technology environments spanning applications cloud services data platforms and operational processes.

This position is designed for a seniorlevel risk practitioner who plays a key role in regulatory and internal governance execution including preparation and coordination of risk deliverables executivelevel materials and technology risk forum content.

Our Impact:

The Technology Risk function strengthens the firms control environment by embedding risk awareness into technologyenabled processes. The team works closely with application platform and operations teams to support proactive risk identification issue management technology resilience and operational readiness. The team also supports Single Family Acquisitions teams with internal and external oversight deliverables ensuring compliance and consistent messaging to governing bodies.

Your Impact:

• Independently lead defined 1LOD technology and operational risk identification assessment and documentation activities across applications platforms and services

• Partner closely with application cloud infrastructure and technology operations teams to understand end to end processes control design risk drivers and areas of emerging exposure

• Serve as a trusted risk partner to technology and business stakeholders providing practical risk aligned guidance while maintaining alignment with enterprise expectations

• Coordinate and support audits risk and control assessments and control testing activities including defining evidence expectations collecting and validating artifacts and tracking follow ups

• Identify assess and document technology cloud data and operational risks including articulation of impacts dependencies and mitigating controls

• Own preparation and coordination of governance and regulatory deliverables including materials supporting: External regulatory oversight routines Internal risk governance bodies and senior leadership reviews and responses to ad hoc regulatory or oversight inquiries

• Lead consolidation of inputs for Technology Risk Forums working across technology operations resilience and risk stakeholders to develop accurate decision ready materials dashboards and talking points

• Track technology risk issues remediation commitments and risk responses ensuring clear ownership escalation and readiness for governance review

• Contribute to risk reporting dashboards and executive level materials synthesizing trends key risks and emerging themes

• Support root cause analysis for technology incidents operational events and control gaps documenting implications for risk posture and governance discussion

• Support technology resilience activities including coordination with resilience or affinity group forums to document risks dependencies testing outcomes and follow up actions

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent professional experience

• Typically 5 - 7 years of experience in technology risk operational risk IT operations audit compliance or a related field

• Strong working knowledge of technology domains including applications cloud services infrastructure and service operations

• Demonstrated ability to operate independently manage complex deliverables and apply sound judgment in risksensitive contexts

• Strong analytical and written communication skills including the ability to translate technical detail into clear executive and regulatorready risk narratives

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Comfortable engaging credibly with senior technology leaders auditors and regulatory counterparts

• Able to balance risk rigor with practical execution influencing outcomes without formal authority

• Strong attention to detail documentation quality and followthrough

• Capable of managing multiple timelines tied to governance forums regulatory deliverables and audit cycles

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

We consider all applicants for all positions without regard to gender race color religion national origin age marital status veteran status sexual orientation gender identity/expression physical and mental disability pregnancy ethnicity genetic information or any other protected categories under applicable federal state or local laws. We will ensure that individuals 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.

A safe and secure environment is critical to Freddie Macs business. This includes employee commitment to our acceptable use policy applying a vigilance-first approach to work supporting regulatory mandates and using best practices to protect Freddie Mac from potential threats and risk. Employees exercise this responsibility by executing against policies and procedures and adhering to privacy & security obligations as required via training programs.

CA Applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Notice to External Search Firms: Freddie Mac partners with BountyJobs for contingency search business through outside firms. Resumes received outside the BountyJobs system will be considered unsolicited and Freddie Mac will not be obligated to pay a placement fee. If interested in learning more please visit and register with our referral code: MAC.

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.