Job Abstract

Are you an experienced leader with a passion for technology transformations and well-versed with industry best practices for software development & delivery. Do you have a proven track record of collaborating & driving roadmaps and decisions with senior leaders across the firm? If so, apply today to Enterprise Business Technology’s Modern Delivery team!

Toolchain is a key component of Freddie Mac’s Modern Delivery program. It provides tools to transform the development & delivery of business capabilities using an automated workflow with embedded controls that deploys to a cloud-based infrastructure. This role will be accountable for strategic leadership of Modern Delivery Toolchain as a Product. That includes, but not limited to overall vision, design, prioritization, stakeholder & risk management, roadmap execution & operations of the toolchain. Key outcomes include alignment across stakeholders on roadmap, prioritization, governance, as well as providing thought leadership to a high-performing execution team on agile & engineering best practices.

• Provide best in class support for 5000+ users & multiple mission critical products across the Enterprise.

• Partner with Business Technology & IT Technology, Risk, Security divisions to ensure alignment of solution design with information security standards, architecture standards, governance, and compliance requirements.

• Manage toolchain operations such as resiliency, capacity, uptime in a highly effective manner

• Collaborate with stakeholders from disparate lines of business to prioritize capabilities and a customer value centric strategic roadmap

• Partner with Governance groups on principles, and guidelines that enable engineering teams to deliver low risk, high impact solutions

• Build & communicate on new capabilities, action plans to close gaps and meet roadmap commitments

• Develop solution design & roadmap for CICD automation with embedded controls for complex scenarios such as governance, experimentation using modular patterns to expand automation of emerging & established cloud native stack across industry standard cloud providers

• Strategy to deliver business priorities such as configure and integrate automation of testing, security & risk management policy enforcement and of release management functions such as change record, asset records, change traceability

• Drive operational excellence capabilities such as Single Sign-On, Monitoring Dashboards, Audit compliance reports, password & vulnerability management

• Develop open lines of communication with senior leaders, within and across divisions

• Coach teams to collaborate effectively focused on customer centric outcomes

• Accountable to self-identify emerging technology risk as well as action plans and execution of open risks

• Be a trusted partner for technical consultation executives and senior leadership across business, platform, risk, and other partners to align roadmap with Business & IT’s strategic vision

• College Degree or equivalent experience; advanced studies/degree or certifications preferred

• 15+ years technology experience and 4+ years management experience

• Strong organization and time management skills, operate independently with minimal guidance with demonstrated experience of delivery

• Solid understanding of IT Processes and Operational Risks, experience with Agile

• Experience driving solutions to design & implement solutions with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP), Containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, OCP), Cloud Automation Tools (CFT, Helm, Ansible, Spinnaker) and Programming Language (Java, Python)

• Deep knowledge of designing & operating a secure, resilient & highly available toolset with ever evolving technologies

• Business decision-making; Ability to identify, prioritize, and articulate roadmap across partners

• Good communication & social skills to work effectively with others, empower teams, and drive result-oriented value chains in a collaborative environment

• Experience performing in senior leadership roles & financial industry domain knowledge is preferred

• Comfortable working with unknowns; Outstanding verbal and written communication skills to concisely present complex technical aspects, linking between technology & business partners

• Ability to influence and work with multiple senior leadership partners to establish goals, objectives, and action plans.

• Ability to critically evaluate information, reconcile conflicts and self-motivated with strong organizational and time management skills

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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