Project Management and Risk, Professional

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:

Do you have a passion for understanding customer needs and leading information security risks and issues? Do you thrive in a fast-paced and constantly evolving environment? The Project Management Professional will support the Issue Management Office department within Enterprise Operations + Technology (EO&T), Freddie Mac’s largest line of business.

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Our Impact:

• The individual will be part of a team that is responsible for project management of technology efforts and (Audit) Issues across EO&T, as well as the be involved in large corporate / cross divisional efforts.

• Our Issue Management Office team is responsible for planning, evaluating, monitoring, reporting, and facilitating delivery of Issues and business or technology projects initiated by various EO&T departments.

• We engage business areas across the company including technology, 2LoD (ERM) and 3LoD (IA) to identify and resolve impacts related to Issues offerings being implemented to ensure successful Issue closure and/or rollout and adoption with business partners.

Your Impact:

• Responsible for the management of Issues and related technology projects (project management responsibilities include building and implementing comprehensive project plans, status reporting, stakeholder management, Issue closure and project rollout planning)

• Partner closely with the EO&T Risk Management team and Issue Owners to coordinate Issue delivery activities.

• Sometimes referred to as an internal consultant using skills to perform needs and/or gap analysis between current and future state and working on multi-disciplinary projects that require a broad understanding of the firm and its key functions.

• Collaborate with internal business partners, Internal Audit, and Enterprise Risk Management.

• Develop a solid understanding of the Issue Management methodology, project management governance change initiatives, and business processes.

• Develop creative alternatives to business and technical issues arising from impact assessments to achieve offering objectives.

• Have direct interaction with management regarding status, progress, and impediments.

• Effectively manage assigned efforts using standard project management tools, including project work plans, issue logs, status reporting.

• Sound multi-tasking and organizational skills: project management, well organized, dependable, assertive, and results oriented.

• Experience with risk management and mitigating project risks to ensure successful project delivery and alignment with organizational goals.

• Ability to facilitate meetings and conference calls (managing the flow and keeping them on track) including scheduling the meetings; developing agendas and meeting minutes; providing and documenting, tracking, and following up on action items from the meetings.

• Ability to prioritize and manage daily task assignments

Qualifications:

• At least 2-4 years of project management experience

• Knowledge and experience developing Project Plans and Dependency documents

• Skilled in applying basic project management processes, required

• Experience in developing and editing risk and controls to mitigate risks

• Strong written and verbal skills

• Ability to interface directly with the client and cross functional project teams to facilitate project delivery on schedule with minimal oversight

• Proficient with Microsoft suite of applications to include Project, Excel and Word

• Knowledge of Jira, preferred

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Ability to multi-task and prioritize workload - supporting multiple concurrent effort in various capacities (leading one or more efforts while supporting others)

• Strong business judgment and decision-making skills; problem solving, coupled with attention to detail

• Relationship building within and outside of the Product Delivery organization

• Staying current on policies, processes and procedures that impact product delivery process improvements

• Ability to work and collaborate within the team

• Proven experience and ability to meet expectations in a process-oriented environment

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