Product Analyst Professional

Freddie Mac•McLean, VA

1d•$80,000 - $120,000

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: As a Freddie Mac Multifamily Digital Product Analyst, the solutions you help create and deliver will help to ensure liquidity, stability, and affordability to the U.S. housing market. You’ll build a vertically integrated network of multifamily finance business and technology professionals. Apply now and contribute to our mission to #makehomepossible! Our Impact: Freddie Mac Multifamily offers a dynamic diverse and inclusive work environment, that allows Product Analysts to grow through a wide variety of experiences and responsibilities. Multifamily Digital Product Analyst will have immediate interaction with all levels of employees including senior leadership. Our team is responsible for: Seeking solutions that meet the need of the business which result in process efficiency, provide business change flexibility, and increase Multifamily’s ability to manage and leverage data Executing business requirements and user story creation, user acceptance testing and integration activities across projects and applications Prioritizing requirements and create conceptual prototypes and mock-ups Helping Chief Product Owners and Product Owners draft business case and use case documentation Tracking and managing product and solution performance measurements such as Key Performance Indicators Collaborating with management and business operations unit to comprehend and document decision support needs Mining and analyzing data from company databases to drive optimization and improvement of product development, marketing techniques and business strategies Implementing advanced strategies for gathering, reviewing and analyzing data requirements Developing custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets Your Impact: In this role, you will be an integral part of a dynamic team focused on Multifamily Digital Transformation. Responsibilities include: Direct support of a multifamily Digital Capability scrum team Facilitating knowledge gathering sessions with business stakeholders to analyze their needs and document key requirements Developing user stories with appropriate acceptance criteria and communicating with developers effectively Identifying risks and dependencies that effect release scope, schedule, and quality Understanding and developing Modern Delivery agile knowledge and skills that can be used in the day-to-day work environment, specifically within digital transformation teams Partnering with stakeholders across the Multifamily organization to assist in the delivery of our new digital capabilities, specifically in process redesign, legacy application integration and retirement, and product release readiness Developing deep Multifamily business knowledge to discover ways to improve team processes and communicate efficiencies effectively amongst the business and technology departments. Providing constructive support to Product Owners and IT Teams to help drive product-related decision and improvements Participating in and, in some cases, leading/facilitating team daily stand ups, defect calls, SME sessions, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective with applicable teams to discuss release scope, risks, issues, and recommend solutions Assisting in releasing support expectations ensuring all applicable groups are engaged in release planning and execution Mentoring junior Product Analysts in Modern Delivery processes and provide effective feedback to further team production

Requirements

Minimum of 2-4 years related experience working in agile environments
Strong business judgement and decision-making skills; ability to identify, prioritize, and articulate business features
Excellent communication skills, with ability to present complex ideas in a clear, concise fashion to technical and non technical audience
Must present strong organization skills and pay close attention to detail
Strong time management skills; ability to operate independently with minimal guidance
Very high level of interpersonal skills to work effectively with others, motivate employees, and elicit work output in a team environment
Experience in the primary or secondary mortgage market highly desirable
Availability for occasional work beyond core business hours or weekends as needed
Experience using Jira and Confluence
Experience using Microsoft Office products (Excel, Power Point, Viso, Teams)

Nice To Haves

College degree or equivalent work experience, preferred
A spirit for innovation and curiosity about new ideas
Exceptional interpersonal and organization skills
Must be a team player able to work collaboratively
Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

Seeking solutions that meet the need of the business which result in process efficiency, provide business change flexibility, and increase Multifamily’s ability to manage and leverage data
Executing business requirements and user story creation, user acceptance testing and integration activities across projects and applications
Prioritizing requirements and create conceptual prototypes and mock-ups
Helping Chief Product Owners and Product Owners draft business case and use case documentation
Tracking and managing product and solution performance measurements such as Key Performance Indicators
Collaborating with management and business operations unit to comprehend and document decision support needs
Mining and analyzing data from company databases to drive optimization and improvement of product development, marketing techniques and business strategies
Implementing advanced strategies for gathering, reviewing and analyzing data requirements
Developing custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets
Direct support of a multifamily Digital Capability scrum team
Facilitating knowledge gathering sessions with business stakeholders to analyze their needs and document key requirements
Developing user stories with appropriate acceptance criteria and communicating with developers effectively
Identifying risks and dependencies that effect release scope, schedule, and quality
Understanding and developing Modern Delivery agile knowledge and skills that can be used in the day-to-day work environment, specifically within digital transformation teams
Partnering with stakeholders across the Multifamily organization to assist in the delivery of our new digital capabilities, specifically in process redesign, legacy application integration and retirement, and product release readiness
Developing deep Multifamily business knowledge to discover ways to improve team processes and communicate efficiencies effectively amongst the business and technology departments.
Providing constructive support to Product Owners and IT Teams to help drive product-related decision and improvements
Participating in and, in some cases, leading/facilitating team daily stand ups, defect calls, SME sessions, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective with applicable teams to discuss release scope, risks, issues, and recommend solutions
Assisting in releasing support expectations ensuring all applicable groups are engaged in release planning and execution
Mentoring junior Product Analysts in Modern Delivery processes and provide effective feedback to further team production