Program Management, Tech Lead

Position Overview:

The Enterprise Operations and Technology (EO+T) Division drives large scale transformation projects and programs that enable the overall business strategy, satisfy regulatory compliance requirements, and achieve risk or issue remediation objectives for Freddie Mac. The programs typically have enterprise-wide scope and scale and require coordination and collaboration across multiple divisions. The Investment Governance team within the Chief Operating Officer (COO) organization is responsible for defining and managing the processes that determine the identification, selection, monitoring, and evaluation of information technology (IT) investments throughout their lifecycle.  Our Business Technology Office (BTO) Alignment function ensures that our enterprise-wide efforts are consistently evaluated by our BTO customers. 

Our team is currently seeking a Program Management, Tech Lead with a strong program and change management skillset to manage BTO Alignment function governance-related activities.  You will work with EO+T and business technology leaders to ensure governance oversight of and alignment on EO+T efforts impacting BTO.

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Our Impact:

The EO+T Investment Governance team is responsible for working across the EO+T division to:

• Define governance standards, processes, forums, tools, and templates related to the identification, selection, monitoring, and evaluation of our division’s technology investments
• Ensure the division’s technology investments are aligned with the business-led Technology Strategy
• Provide transparency into EO+T technology investment capabilities and cost
• Facilitate investment prioritization and downstream impacts to committed projects
• Manage intake process for new demand to ensure scope, timeline, budget, and business outcomes are defined
• Provide tools, reporting, and guidance to track status and performance of EO+T technology initiatives
• Provide effective governance forums, reporting, and briefings to facilitate BTO alignment and communicate status of the portfolio of technology investments

Your Impact:

In this role, you will play an integral part of supporting EO+T technology strategy, key technology initiative implementation, and risk management by:

• Defining and maintaining standards, processes, and templates related to the governance of the BTO book of work
• Collaborating with EO+T leaders & product owners to intake, prioritize, and maintain an annual list of EO+T technology investments impacting the BTOs
• Supporting facilitation of BTO governance forums to plan and deliver technology strategic priorities and associated outcomes
• Serving as the EO+T governance liaison to various BTO teams to support EO&T technology strategic alignment
• Supporting the annual planning process and socialization efforts for the EO+T investments impacting the BTOs
• Supporting BTO-related governance communications, logistics, and reporting to socialize EO+T technology strategy, implementation metrics, and financial outcomes
• Working with Service Owners to better understand scope, impacts, dependencies, risks and issues for efforts impacting BTOs

Qualifications:

• Typically 8 - 10 years of large-scale technology program and portfolio management experience
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Strong understanding of IT program management frameworks (e.g., SAFe)
• Ability to build and maintain positive relationships and influence at all levels of the enterprise
• Ability to interact both verbally and in writing with senior leaders
• Ability to think strategically (short and long-term), evaluate options and make informed decisions
• Experience in creating PowerPoint materials for an executive audience
• Self-starter who can work independently as well as in a group
• Knowledge and experience with service management, enterprise portfolio and program management, executive reporting, performance metrics and objective & key results definition and design
• Ability to handle several priorities and work within tight timeframes, shifting direction as needed
• Relevant professional certification (e.g., SAFe, PMP) (Preferred)
• Financial services / mortgage industry experience (Preferred)

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Intellectual agility and flexibility
• Exceptional ability to communicate effectively and confidently, both verbally and in writing, while excelling in cross-functional team environments
• Ability to work with and collaborate across teams and other divisions
• Ability to collaborate effectively, come up with creative solutions, and drive change
• Ability to engage with customers and partners to understand their needs and concerns
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence preferred
• Previous experience with Enterprise IT organizations or Shared Services organizations preferred

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

Today, Freddie Mac makes home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing. Join our smart, creative and dedicated team and you’ll do important work for the housing finance system and make a difference in the lives of others.

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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 $124,000 - $186,000 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.