Quantitative Analytics Director

Freddie Mac • McLean, VA

1d • $214,000 - $322,000

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: Freddie Mac’s Multifamily Modeling team within Multifamily Portfolio and Risk Management is seeking a Quantitative Analytics Director to lead model monitoring, performance testing, and property valuation model development for the $450Bn+ Multifamily business. This role is for an experienced people manager and analytical leader who will set standards for monitoring the firm’s flagship multifamily credit risk model while also providing hands-on leadership for the development and enhancement of the property valuation model. The Director ensures valuation analytics are grounded in market fundamentals and effectively inform risk and business decisions. Our Impact: Drive quantitative research and modeling to support multifamily credit risk, economic capital, risk rating, and costing/pricing analytics. Innovate analytical approaches to improve efficiency, insight, and risk management outcomes. Ensure models and methodologies meet internal governance and external regulatory standards. Your Impact: Lead and develop quantitative teams; foster a collaborative, high-performing culture. Set strategy and standards for credit risk model monitoring and testing. Provide hands-on leadership for property valuation model development and enhancement. Guide valuation approaches including AVMs, income-based methods, cap-rate modeling, and transaction-based valuation . Provide effective challenge to model development and valuation assumptions. Partner with business, risk, validation, and governance stakeholders. Support governance, audit, and regulatory activities. Translate analytical outputs into clear insights for senior leadership. Qualifications: PhD with 7+ years, or Master’s with 10+ years of relevant experience. Demonstrated 3+ years people-management experience. Strong background in model monitoring, testing, and governance. Deep expertise in multifamily or commercial real estate data and markets. Experience building or leading property valuation models (AVMs, income/cap-rate, or transaction-based). Strong communication and leadership skills. Keys to Success in this Role: Self-motivated and able to work efficiently under pressure. Innovative problem-solving and research skills. Ability to combine hands-on technical leadership with strategic oversight. Credibility providing challenge on complex modeling and valuation work. Strong business judgment and collaborative leadership style. Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site. We consider all applicants for all positions without regard to gender, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical and mental disability, pregnancy, ethnicity, genetic information or any other protected categories under applicable federal, state or local laws. We will ensure that individuals are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. A safe and secure environment is critical to Freddie Mac’s business. This includes employee commitment to our acceptable use policy, applying a vigilance-first approach to work, supporting regulatory mandates, and using best practices to protect Freddie Mac from potential threats and risk. Employees exercise this responsibility by executing against policies and procedures and adhering to privacy & security obligations as required via training programs. CA Applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Notice to External Search Firms: Freddie Mac partners with BountyJobs for contingency search business through outside firms. Resumes received outside the BountyJobs system will be considered unsolicited and Freddie Mac will not be obligated to pay a placement fee. If interested in learning more, please visit www.BountyJobs.com and register with our referral code: MAC. Time-type:Full time FLSA Status:Exempt 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. This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $214,000 - $322,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.

Requirements

• PhD with 7+ years, or Master’s with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated 3+ years people-management experience.
• Strong background in model monitoring, testing, and governance.
• Deep expertise in multifamily or commercial real estate data and markets.
• Experience building or leading property valuation models (AVMs, income/cap-rate, or transaction-based).
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

Nice To Haves

• Self-motivated and able to work efficiently under pressure.
• Innovative problem-solving and research skills.
• Ability to combine hands-on technical leadership with strategic oversight.
• Credibility providing challenge on complex modeling and valuation work.
• Strong business judgment and collaborative leadership style.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop quantitative teams; foster a collaborative, high-performing culture.
• Set strategy and standards for credit risk model monitoring and testing.
• Provide hands-on leadership for property valuation model development and enhancement.
• Guide valuation approaches including AVMs, income-based methods, cap-rate modeling, and transaction-based valuation .
• Provide effective challenge to model development and valuation assumptions.
• Partner with business, risk, validation, and governance stakeholders.
• Support governance, audit, and regulatory activities.
• Translate analytical outputs into clear insights for senior leadership.

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.
• This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $214,000 - $322,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees