Risk and Controls Specialist Senior (Hybrid - 3 Days in Office)

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.

Position Overview:

At Freddie Mac, you will do important work to build a better housing finance system and you will be part of a team helping to make homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable across the nation!

Delivery Methodology manages the software delivery methodologies for the firm (excluding Investments & Capital Markets). We support enterprise-wide technology initiatives using influence over authority and provide thought leadership for our key partners to continue improving and maturing. Using a customer and product-centric mindset, Delivery Methodology provides a framework and guidance across various business divisions to create consistency and continuity across the firm.

The incumbent will bring proven problem solving and innovation skills and will join the Governance workstream within Delivery Methodology. Interested? Read on! You will be responsible for working directly with a team enterprise wide to implement the Freddie Mac Agile Methodology. This position requires you have hands-on experience with Agile methods, including Scrum and Kanban, understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) risks and controls and a passion for process improvement.

Your Impact:

Support the Governance workstream within Modern Delivery Office to manage all SDLC controls associated with Modern Delivery & Iterative Delivery (IDM) Methodologies

Remediate all identified risks and issues within agreed upon timeline,

Conduct quarterly Governance compliance review for IDM & Modern Delivery methodologies,

Self-identify risks and compliance issues,

Ensure teams understand and adhere to SDLC controls,

Identify opportunities to optimize and automate SDLC controls and lead the effort to make improvements (including rolling out changes to teams).

Act as the point-of-contact for any testing or auditing done by outside teams

Coordinate with product teams to share documentation, when needed

Influence process improvements that benefit product teams

Identify processes that cause toil for product teams and have opportunity for review/improvement

Work with leaders in other areas to drive improvements that will lessen toil for product teams

Support the change management aspects process improvements/changes

Communicate changes with teams to ensure new process changes are understood and integrated

Qualifications:

5 - 8 years of demonstrated relevant experience in SDLC governance, agile and/or program management

Bachelor's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience

Minimum of Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or Agile Certified Scrum Master (PMI-ACP) required

8+ years of direct experience in one or more aspects of Information Technology (Software design/ development, IT Architecture, or other related IT areas)

8+ years of explicit experience as an Agile Scrum Master of an Agile delivery team, preferably in a variety of situations including a large enterprise, a scaled environment, and a matrixed organization

Effective facilitation skills

Effective coaching and mentoring skills

Ability to thrive in a highly ambiguous, fast paced environment where priorities shift rapidly

Strong problem-solving skills and ability to determine solutions that help everyone win

Effective influence, collaboration, and negotiation skills

Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

Hands-on Atlassian tool experience (Jira, Confluence) preferred.

Ability to breakdown sophisticated technology concepts and present to senior leadership

Keys to Success in this Role:

Hardworking and take pride in owning your work

Ability to understand and communicate well with a passion to get the job done

Open minded to embrace new process, technologies, and culture

Ready to take on any kind of work to help drive things forward

Innovative in providing solutions

Comfortable navigating difficult conversations

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.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with differing abilities 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.

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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 $115,000 - $173,000 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.

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