Your Impact
In this role, you will
Lead a team to perform research and develop improved modeling frameworks and methodologies for quantitative models.
Lead a team to develop challenger models to existing credit risk models.
Provide technical and theoretical guidance on advanced model development practices and quantitative modeling approaches.
Partner closely with Credit, Underwriting, Portfolio Management, Enterprise Risk, Capital Markets, Servicing, and Model Validation teams.
Support model governance, validation, audit, and regulatory activities.
Drive innovation in modeling methodologies, portfolio surveillance analytics, and AI-enabled model development workflows.
Qualifications
15+ years of relevant experience in quantitative modeling, mortgage credit risk, commercial real estate analytics, financial risk management, or related fields.
8+ years of people leadership or team management experience.
Advanced degree (Master’s or Ph.D.) in Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics, or related field preferred; substantial relevant industry experience may be considered in lieu of an advanced degree.
Strong experience developing or overseeing commercial real estate, mortgage credit risk, default, prepayment, transition, loan acquisition, or portfolio surveillance models.
Strong understanding of multifamily underwriting, commercial real estate fundamentals, mortgage credit behavior, default risk drivers, and portfolio risk management concepts.
Strong quantitative and analytical skills, including experience with econometric modeling, survival analysis, transition modeling, statistical modeling, or large-scale data analysis.
Experience leveraging AI-enabled analytical or model development tools to improve modeling productivity, research workflows, testing, documentation, or analytical insight generation.
Familiarity with modern model development operations, including reproducibility, workflow management, testing automation, implementation collaboration, or scalable analytical infrastructure.
Excellent execution skills with experience in delivering complex projects
Experience working with regulatory, governance, model validation, and audit stakeholders in a model risk management environment.
Strong programming and analytical tool experience, including Python, R, SQL, SAS, or similar technologies.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to present complex analytical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
Keys to Success in this Role
Rigorous statistical modeling knowledge and a problem-solving mindset to deliver model development projects with measurable business impacts
Strong multifamily credit and property performance intuition
Strong quantitative judgment and modeling intuition
Ability to connect market conditions with multifamily loan and property performance dynamics
Strong people leadership and talent development skills
Collaborative and execution-oriented leadership style
Curiosity, innovation mindset, and willingness to challenge the status quo
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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 $243,000 - $365,000 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.
