Product Owner, Manager

Freddie Mac • McLean, VA

277d • $138,000 - $206,000

About The Position

At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you'll be part of a team helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation. This role will help to transform the way in which Freddie Mac does business. The Product Owner develops and drives the product vision and strategy as one of the closest people in the business to the customer, providing constant feedback to the team and helping to set and drive toward the vision. Specifically, this will support the product management of the Hub capability team and related services. These capabilities are critical to driving the origination pipeline and pricing loans to accelerate the loan lifecycle.

Requirements

• 8 - 10 years of mortgage related experience with demonstrated experience in Multifamily real estate
• 2+ years of management experience
• Experience delivering large, complex change management projects that involve interfacing with multiple teams, especially projects involving changes to business applications and technology
• Demonstrated ability to understand business needs and deliver related value
• Strong analytical and problem-solving thought processes
• Demonstrated ability in strategizing and applying it decisions
• Top notch written and verbal communication skills, including ability to present to management and expertly facilitate meetings
• High level of comfort operating in the gray, and flexibility to work on multiple, concurrent assignments

Responsibilities

• Set ambitious and clear product vision and communicate ‘the story' effectively to key stakeholders and the rest of the team
• Own the end-to-end product strategy from inception and determine business value once solution enters production
• Ensure alignment of product features and stories, i.e., review, give feedback, and prioritize user stories in line with own vision
• Continuously improve backlog with the team, ensuring all items are clearly described, estimated, and prioritized
• Ensure customer-driven design considering user pain points & usability test results, using market & industry knowledge as well as continual research, to deliver a well-positioned product
• Approve each feature and provide valuable feedback for the team
• Drive sprint and release plans together with the Scrum Master and organizational technology teams
• Exercise strong decision-making mandate from executive group to own product end-to-end
• Work with Tech Lead to build a modular & reusable solution
• Facilitate the collaboration of cross-organizational teams to establish, develop, implement and rollout new and enhanced capabilities
• Communicate value and status to various stakeholders and levels of management
• Participates or leads activities that support system development & deployment (e.g. process redesign, Day 1 setup, risk & controls documentation, user acceptance testing)
• Proficient in documenting risk & controls (e.g. policies, procedures, process flows, risk and control matrices)

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Market-leading benefit programs
• Annual incentive program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities