Business Strategist, Senior

Freddie Mac • McLean, VA

14d • $97,000 - $145,000

About The Position

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: Are you looking for a highly visible opportunity to immerse yourself in business strategy, support the business activities of a data-driven sales team, and eager to be accountable for deliverables to our Senior Leadership and Executive teams? If so, you will have the chance to contribute to all this and more with Seller Engagement’s Business Strategy & Analytics team. The ideal candidate will have strong written and analytical skills to be able to leverage data and a multitude of sources to tell the story of our priorities & initiatives both succinctly and impactfully. Furthermore, the right candidate will have superb critical thinking abilities and be detail-oriented to produce executive-level reporting and manage the business needs of a large sales organization. The right candidate will identify gaps and/or discrepancies in processes and propose thoughtful solutions to optimize processes. This unique role will work closely with business partners across multiple organizations and have a hands-on role in shaping the business approach and strategy. Our Impact: Single Family Seller Engagement is the sales team that works internally to engage with external clients and partners to demonstrate and provide mutual value. As an organization we aim to deliver on our goals through engagement with sellers and partners with products and tools that support the broader objectives. The Business Strategy & Analytics teams supports business management functions, executive reporting functions, business intelligence, and more. Your Impact: As a part of the Business Strategy & Analytics team, we are responsible for equipping the entire Seller Engagement organization with the information, tools, and processes needed to be successful across all goals and objectives. We have a broad array of stakeholders that depend on us from peers to executives both internally and externally to our organization. These stakeholders rely on us to understand and share data and insights in a manner that allows them to make informed decisions. Support the execution of long-term organizational strategy aligned to goals. Drive the vision, strategy, and innovation for business management functions. Solve problems with creative approaches that expunge insights and use those insights to understand and create solutions. Develop and implement management reporting as appropriate. Execute on various ad hoc requests from upper management timely.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent, preferred.
• Minimum of 5+ years of demonstratable work experience in business management, executive reporting, and similar functions with a proven ability to both understand and integrate data/analytics into story telling.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in data consumption and reporting
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple competing priorities while ensuring that all timelines are met and resources are used efficiently.
• Adaptable and able to thrive in sometimes ambiguous and evolving environments.
• Outstanding storytelling, writing, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite - particularly Excel and PowerPoint - is essential to success in the role.

Nice To Haves

• Self-motivated; eager and willing to learn with strong organizational skills and superb critical thinking skills
• Strategic mindset focused on long-term goals and planning anticipating future challenges and opportunities
• Proven team player who can build, communicate, and share a vision, impact change and encourage action at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships and work effectively at multiple levels in the organization.

Responsibilities

• Support the execution of long-term organizational strategy aligned to goals.
• Drive the vision, strategy, and innovation for business management functions.
• Solve problems with creative approaches that expunge insights and use those insights to understand and create solutions.
• Develop and implement management reporting as appropriate.
• Execute on various ad hoc requests from upper management timely.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees