Operational Risk Issues & Events Senior Manager
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. Continue your career journey where your work contributes to a greater purpose. Position Overview: Are you ready to leverage your expertise in Operational Risk to make a significant impact in the secondary market? Freddie Mac is seeking an accomplished Operational Risk Senior Manager to join our Single Family Portfolio and Servicing (SFPS) Division, managing a team of risk practitioners as they execute risk and control activities, as well as managing issues and events. This is a great opportunity to shape risk management practices in the Division, influence senior leaders, and build a strong risk culture within a team. If you excel at managing people, problem-solving, and persuasive communication, we invite you to join our team and help us advance our risk culture. This position is based onsite in McLean, VA. Our Impact: The SFPS Risk and Control team supports the Division to ensure risks and controls are properly identified, managed and assessed. compliance with corporate policies and standards and by supporting department leadership in the drive and execution of strategy and objectives to help ensure efficient and effective execution of processes and controls. Your Impact: The SFPS Operational Risk Senior Manager will be responsible for leading a team of risk and control leads working with the businesses to prevent significant FHFA and IA issues through identifying control deficiencies, gaps in processes and other potential regulatory concerns and driving a culture of issue self-identification and remediation.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent with 10+ years related experience and 5+ years of managing people
- 5+ years in operational risk and issue management, comfortable in an environment with rapid change
- Proven leadership success in prior roles and ability to build partnerships across stakeholders
- Ability to act as a mentor and demonstrate strong thought leadership, with the ability to communicate at an executive level
- Must be able to work independently and collaborate effectively across all Divisions, while being flexible and adaptable
- Strong attention to detail and excellent writing skills; self-starter and bold problem solver with demonstrated ambition to solve new challenges with growing responsibility
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
- Drive risk culture throughout the Division
Nice To Haves
- Deliver thoughtful, meaningful risk guidance and expertise to a team of risk practitioners
- Ability to foster innovation, adapt quickly to change and embrace the use of AI and innovate
- Strong team player and ability to communicate clearly and concisely to senior leadership
- Strong influencing skills and ability to lead change and deliver results; Ability to multi-task and prioritize
Responsibilities
- leading a team of risk and control leads working with the businesses to prevent significant FHFA and IA issues through identifying control deficiencies, gaps in processes and other potential regulatory concerns and driving a culture of issue self-identification and remediation
Benefits
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
