Job Description

Company Description

At Fannie Mae, futures are made. The inspiring work we do makes an affordable home a reality and a difference in the lives of Americans. Every day offers compelling opportunities to modernize the nation's housing finance system while being part of an inclusive team using new, emerging technologies. Here, you will help lead our industry forward, enhance your technical expertise, and make your career.

Job Description

As a valued colleague on our team, you will provide expert advice and team guidance on managing several projects and/or products to meet organizational goals. In this role, you will make decisions on requests for resources, and collaborate with management to define timing, scope, priorities, risks, and opportunities. You will coordinate with other teams to ensure support of the portfolios.

The selected candidate will play an integral role on team responsible for partnering with Leadership at Fannie Mae to drive and execute all aspects of Digital Transformation across the enterprise through informed decision-making and prioritization.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE

The Enterprise Planning - Portfolio Management - Lead Associate role will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own, while working alongside people who care, so that you can deliver on the following responsibilities:

* Develop and implement systematic approach to collecting and reporting on project or operation data. Review and analyze data collected by the team.
* Collaborate with management to define the objectives of projects or products.
* Monitor and report on the performance of product or project teams.
* Refine goals, guidelines, objectives, and timelines for teams as needed.

Qualifications

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

Required Experience:

* 4+ years of relevant professional experience;
* Demonstrable experience helping an organization plan & manage change in effort to meet strategic objectives;
* Adept at managing project plans, resources, and people to ensure successful project completion; specifically, knowledge & experience in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) competency of Lean Portfolio Management
* Experience leveraging business insight skills to include including advising, designing business models, interpreting customer and market insights, forecasting, benchmarking, and more;
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience presenting information to audiences with various functional and technical expertise in a way that is engaging and easy to understand;
* Relationship management skills to include managing and engaging stakeholders, customers, and vendors, building relationship networks, contracting, and more;
* Influencing skills and experience negotiating, persuading others, facilitating meetings, and resolving conflict;
* Skilled in documentation and reporting for the purposes of analysis, data discovery, and decision-making;
* Skilled in the graphical representation of information in the form of a charts, diagrams, pictures, and dashboards with programs and tools such as Excel, Tableau, or Power BI;
* Experience partnering cross-functionally and familiarity with collaboration tools / platforms such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Microsoft Project, JIRA, Confluence, etc.

Desired Experience:

* Bachelors Degree, or other advanced Degree;
* Experience with cloud technologies in support of digital transformation initiatives;
* Experience in financial services or consulting.

Additional Information

Job REF ID: REF2939Q

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Fannie Mae is an Equal Opportunity Employer, which means we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, personal appearance, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation in the application process, email us at careers_mailbox@fanniemae.com.