Office of the Co-Presidents - Chief of Staff - Senior Director

Fannie Mae • Washington, DC

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About The Position

The Chief of Staff provides strategic and operational support to the Co-President, translating vision into actionable plans and supporting alignment and execution across Single-Family, Multifamily, Marketing, and the broader enterprise. The role coordinates priorities, decisions, and follow-through so the Co-President can focus on the organization’s highest-impact initiatives.

The position manages priorities and supports execution across business lines and Marketing. It prepares the Co-President for key internal and external engagements, including interactions with the Board of Directors and FHFA, and ensures follow-through on resulting decisions and actions. It also provides strategic counsel and execution support for enterprise initiatives and emerging priorities.

The Chief of Staff coordinates executive priorities and meetings, tracks strategic initiatives, develops briefings and other materials, and serves as a liaison among the Co-President, senior leaders, teams, and stakeholders. The role leads special projects, supports stakeholder requests, oversees certain third-party engagements, and works with risk, compliance, and regulatory teams to support alignment with policies, governance standards, and risk management expectations.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of related experience.
• Experience managing multiple projects with a focus on prioritization.
• Ability to connect distinct projects, teams, or workstreams and bring together people, insights, or opportunities.
• Proactive approach, including anticipating needs.
• Strong relationship and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate at all organizational levels.
• Professional courage and willingness to appropriately challenge the status quo or leaders to support positive change or timely decisions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including composing correspondence, drafting materials and presentations, and proofreading at the executive level.
• Self-starter with a reputation as a strategic thinker; forward-thinking, flexible, and adept at planning and execution.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including building rapport and adapting communication style to different audiences to establish and maintain trusting relationships across the division and enterprise.
• Sound judgment; ability to handle conflict professionally, maintain confidentiality, and act with discretion.
• Strong skills with MS Office, Adobe, SharePoint, and calendaring and scheduling tools.
• Initiative and a strategic mindset.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Master’s degree preferred.
• Prior people management or people leadership experience.
• Prior experience facilitating enterprise-wide communications plans.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, quickly assess situations, identify opportunities, and propose a course of action.
• Comfort adding value behind the scenes to help colleagues succeed.
• Ability to work at both tactical and strategic levels.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate priorities, decision-making, and execution for the Co-President.
• Manage the Co-President’s time and focus to support attention to high-impact strategic priorities.
• Track strategic initiatives and provide regular progress updates to the Co-President.
• Ensure follow-through on key decisions and action items across the organization.
• Coordinate and facilitate executive meetings and prepare high-quality briefing materials.
• Represent the Co-President as a proxy in appropriate meetings and engagements.
• Serve as a liaison between the Co-President and senior leaders, teams, and key stakeholders.
• Identify and address operational barriers to effective execution.
• Prepare the Co-President for internal and external engagements, including Board of Directors and FHFA interactions.
• Develop briefing materials, talking points, and strategic context for decision-making and communication.
• Coordinate and track follow-up actions resulting from executive engagements.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic thought partner to the Co-President.
• Lead special projects and priority initiatives on behalf of the Co-President.
• Oversee third-party engagements sponsored directly by the Co-President.
• Coordinate responses to requests from the CEO, Board of Directors, FHFA, and other key stakeholders.
• Ensure alignment with Fannie Mae policies, governance standards, and risk management expectations.
• Partner with risk, compliance, and regulatory teams to support appropriate communication and escalation of issues.
• Engage with FHFA conservators and regulators as appropriate.

Benefits

• Broad range of health, life, voluntary lifestyle, and other benefits and perks supporting physical, mental, emotional, and financial well-being.
• Eligible to participate in a Fannie Mae incentive program, subject to program terms.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed