Product Management - Advisor

Fannie Mae • Washington, DC

7d • $141,000 - $184,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Product Management Advisor provides product management expertise for Fannie Mae’s Single-Family business and technology initiatives, helping modernize complex business processes and develop a new technology platform. The role partners with business subject matter experts and technology teams to define product needs, translate business requirements into actionable capabilities, and support products that improve lender and business-user experiences.

The Advisor contributes to product vision, strategy, priorities, and roadmaps; facilitates discovery and design discussions; and serves as a liaison between business users and technology teams. The position also supports the product manager for eMortgage capabilities through product improvement identification, reporting, and product lifecycle activities. The role advises on methods for building or designing product functionality and develops processes for implementing, enhancing, and maintaining products.

The position is associated with a designated office and is tagged hybrid. For most roles, employees are expected to work onsite regularly, with cadence determined by the manager; reasonable commuting proximity to the designated office is preferred unless the role is designated remote. The hiring range is $141,000–$184,000, and the position is eligible for participation in a Fannie Mae incentive program. Fannie Mae also offers a broad benefits package covering health, life, voluntary lifestyle, and other benefits and perks.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of relevant product management experience supporting the design, development, modernization, or ongoing management of technology-enabled products or business capabilities.
• Experience translating complex business needs and processes into product requirements and capabilities that technology teams can understand and implement.
• Experience partnering across business and technology organizations and serving as a liaison among subject matter experts, product stakeholders, and technical teams.
• Experience with product discovery, process analysis, requirements definition, prioritization, and product lifecycle management.
• Experience identifying opportunities to simplify, redesign, or automate complex business processes through technology.
• Demonstrated technical fluency and ability to understand technology capabilities, dependencies, and tradeoffs; hands-on software development expertise is not required.
• Experience facilitating discussions with diverse stakeholders, gathering feedback, building alignment, and translating input into actionable product recommendations.
• Curiosity and adaptability in learning and responsibly applying new technologies, including artificial intelligence.
• Bachelor’s-level degree is required.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Experience with mortgage products, mortgage origination, or related Single-Family mortgage processes.
• Experience supporting products or business processes in financial services or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience working with customer relationship management platforms or similar enterprise business applications.
• Experience supporting development or modernization of a new product or technology platform from discovery and future-state design through implementation.
• Experience with digital mortgage or eMortgage capabilities.
• Experience facilitating product discovery, design-thinking, or future-state process-design sessions.

Responsibilities

• Lead product management activities supporting business-process modernization and development of a new technology platform.
• Partner with business subject matter experts to understand current processes, identify pain points and opportunities, and define future-state product vision and capabilities.
• Liaise between business users and technology teams, translating business needs into product requirements and explaining technology capabilities, constraints, and tradeoffs.
• Facilitate product discovery and design discussions to challenge existing processes, explore approaches, and identify opportunities to simplify and automate workflows.
• Advise on product strategy, priorities, and roadmap decisions to align technology solutions with business objectives and user needs.
• Coordinate with technology partners supporting business applications and platforms to prioritize capabilities, clarify requirements, and support product delivery.
• Provide ongoing product management support for eMortgage capabilities, including identifying product improvements, reporting, and supporting lifecycle activities.
• Build relationships across business, product, and technology teams to drive alignment and momentum across high-priority initiatives.
• Advise the team on processes and methods for building, developing, or designing product functionality.
• Create processes and procedures for ongoing implementation, enhancement, or maintenance of existing products.

Benefits

• Broad 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior