Senior Lead- Risk Identification and Insights

Freddie Mac•McLean, VA

About The Position

The Senior Lead, Risk Identification & Insights owns independent analysis of risk data, and leads external horizon scanning to surface risks before they materialize into losses or control failures. This role works closely with domain-specific first-line and second-line teams. Freddie Mac’s Risk Appetite & Insights team is part of Enterprise Risk Management second-line function. It is responsible for enterprise risk identification, assessment, aggregation, appetite, reporting, cross-domain risk synthesis, and surveillance of emerging risk.

Requirements

10+ years in risk management, internal or external audit, financial or non-financial risk management, or a related second-line discipline at a financial institution in an analytical role.
Working knowledge of GSE or mortgage finance business model and key risk exposures.
Working knowledge of risk management frameworks across risk taxonomy
Track record of working effectively with large stakeholder base
Bachelor’s degree required

Nice To Haves

advanced degree or relevant certification a plus.

Responsibilities

Analyze internal risk data to identify emerging financial or nonfinancial risk themes.
Own continuous external horizon scanning — threat intelligence, industry incidents, regulatory and enforcement trends — as a standing function, not an ad hoc task.
Connect outputs from the enterprise risk identification and material risk assessment process to independent analysis — surfacing where risks are understated, accelerating, or missing signal that external/internal surveillance is already picking up.
Synthesize findings into concise, decision-useful insight for leadership, distinguishing genuine signal from noise.
Partner with domain-specific second-line oversight teams (financial risk and non-financial risk) to connect findings without duplicating their oversight mandate.
Present findings to senior stakeholders, including instances where the insight challenges the prevailing internal view — requires holding a position under pushback without becoming adversarial.
Contribute to the enterprise risk methodology as a subject-matter expert.