Audit Product Owner Principal

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Job Description

As a valued contributor to our Internal Audit team you will advise the team on processes and methods for building developing or designing functionality for Audit AI Analytics and Data products as well as create processes and procedures for the ongoing implementation enhancement or maintenance of existing products.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE

The Audit Product Owner - Principal role will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own while working alongside people who care so that you can deliver on the following responsibilities:

• Serve as a Product Owner for Audit AI Analytics and Data products; accountable for Product definition requirements delivery governance and adoption.

• Lead discovery sessions with Audit risk compliance model data technology and business stakeholders to identify user needs automation / analytics objectives data needs system impacts and product opportunities.

• Define refine and maintain the product vision roadmap Program Increment (PI) plan and prioritized backlog in alignment with Audit strategy AI governance expectations data and tool standards customer outcomes and technology strategy.

• Write detailed features user stories acceptance criteria development specifications data requirements process requirements control requirements and implementation notes for engineering and testing teams.

• Lead and document Lean Business Cases and value realization for Audit AI and analytics initiatives including benefits costs data needs dependencies assumptions risks controls and traceability.

• Create and document current-state and future-state process flows decision flows system interaction flows data movement flows governance routines and system state transition diagrams.

• Monitor product performance strategic objectives and key results stakeholder feedback release readiness training needs and adoption outcomes to drive continuous product enhancement and well-managed innovation.

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

Minimum Required Experiences

• 8 years of experience in product ownership/product management leading audit transformation strategy and governance.

• 6 years of Audit experience in Big 4 or internal audit functions.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to explain complex audit risk data AI governance system and operational concepts clearly to business technology regulatory and leadership stakeholders.

• Advanced business analysis skills including elicitation requirements decomposition stakeholder interviews workshop facilitation traceability gap analysis and impact assessment.

• Proven experience converting strategic objectives and governance requirements into clear functional and non-functional requirements user stories acceptance criteria features epics controls and development specifications.

• Experience establishing or managing governance routines controls OKRs operational metrics executive reporting stakeholder forums and escalation paths to drive well-managed product outcomes.

• Experience working with cross-functional teams including Audit SMEs data and analytics teams technology leads model owners and users operations risk compliance and Audit practices partners.

• Shows curiosity and adaptability in learning and responsibly applying new technologies including artificial intelligence to reimagine how we work.

Desired Experiences

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent; Accounting Finance Business Information Systems Data Analytics or a related field preferred.

• Expertise in Audit and deep understanding of audit methodology.

• Expertise leading and supervising audit engagements with a demonstrated ability to assess audit execution evidence documentation and deliverables for alignment with audit methodology and quality standards.

• Expertise in Generative AI product governance and change management.

• Experience managing budget financials and contractors / vendors.

• Risk and compliance stakeholder management.

• Technical acumen in AI platforms.

Internal Audit Product Management - Principal

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The hiring range for this role is set forth below. Final salaries will generally vary within that range based on factors that include but are not limited to skill set depth of experience certifications and other relevant qualifications. This position is eligible to participate in a Fannie Mae incentive program (subject to the terms of the program). As part of our comprehensive benefits package Fannie Mae offers a broad range of Health Life Voluntary Lifestyle and other benefits and perks that enhance an employees physical mental emotional and financial well-being. See more here.

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