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Freddie Mac

Business Strategist, Senior

McLean, VA Full time

At Freddie Mac, our mission of Making Home Possible is what motivates us, and it’s at the core of everything we do. Since our charter in 1970, we have made home possible for more than 90 million families across the country. Join an organization where your work contributes to a greater purpose.

Position Overview:

Are you looking for a highly visible opportunity to immerse yourself in business strategy, support the business activities of a data-driven sales team, and eager to be accountable for deliverables to our Senior Leadership and Executive teams? If so, you will have the chance to contribute to all this and more with Seller Engagement’s Business Strategy & Analytics team.

The ideal candidate will have strong written and analytical skills to be able to leverage data and a multitude of sources to tell the story of our priorities & initiatives both succinctly and impactfully. Furthermore, the right candidate will have superb critical thinking abilities and be detail-oriented to produce executive-level reporting and manage the business needs of a large sales organization. The right candidate will identify gaps and/or discrepancies in processes and propose thoughtful solutions to optimize processes. This unique role will work closely with business partners across multiple organizations and have a hands-on role in shaping the business approach and strategy.

Our Impact:

Single Family Seller Engagement is the sales team that works internally to engage with external clients and partners to demonstrate and provide mutual value. As an organization we aim to deliver on our goals through engagement with sellers and partners with products and tools that support the broader objectives. The Business Strategy & Analytics teams supports business management functions, executive reporting functions, business intelligence, and more.

Your Impact:

As a part of the Business Strategy & Analytics team, we are responsible for equipping the entire Seller Engagement organization with the information, tools, and processes needed to be successful across all goals and objectives. We have a broad array of stakeholders that depend on us from peers to executives both internally and externally to our organization. These stakeholders rely on us to understand and share data and insights in a manner that allows them to make informed decisions.

  • Support the execution of long-term organizational strategy aligned to goals.
  • Drive the vision, strategy, and innovation for business management functions.
  • Solve problems with creative approaches that expunge insights and use those insights to understand and create solutions. 
  • Develop and implement management reporting as appropriate.
  • Execute on various ad hoc requests from upper management timely.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent, preferred.
  • Minimum of 5+ years of demonstratable work experience in business management, executive reporting, and similar functions with a proven ability to both understand and integrate data/analytics into story telling.
  • Strong analytical skills and proficiency in data consumption and reporting
  • Ability to work independently and manage multiple competing priorities while ensuring that all timelines are met and resources are used efficiently.
  • Adaptable and able to thrive in sometimes ambiguous and evolving environments.
  • Outstanding storytelling, writing, presentation, and facilitation skills.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite - particularly Excel and PowerPoint - is essential to success in the role.

Keys to Success in this Role:

  • Self-motivated; eager and willing to learn with strong organizational skills and superb critical thinking skills
  • Strategic mindset focused on long-term goals and planning anticipating future challenges and opportunities
  • Proven team player who can build, communicate, and share a vision, impact change and encourage action at all levels of the organization. 
  • Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships and work effectively at multiple levels in the organization. 

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

We consider all applicants for all positions without regard to gender, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical and mental disability, pregnancy, ethnicity, genetic information or any other protected categories under applicable federal, state or local laws. We will ensure that individuals 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.

A safe and secure environment is critical to Freddie Mac’s business. This includes employee commitment to our acceptable use policy, applying a vigilance-first approach to work, supporting regulatory mandates, and using best practices to protect Freddie Mac from potential threats and risk. Employees exercise this responsibility by executing against policies and procedures and adhering to privacy & security obligations as required via training programs.

CA Applicants:  Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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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 $97,000 - $145,000 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.