Senior Business Lead, Data Governance Strategy & Execution
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McLean, MD - USA
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Job Summary
At Freddie Mac our mission of Making Home Possible is what motivates us and its 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.
The Multifamily Data organization is seeking a Senior Business Lead Data Governance Strategy & Execution to help shape and execute the future of data governance across Multifamily.
As Multifamily expands self-service access to data and enables new analytics automation and AI capabilities trusted and well-governed data has become a strategic business imperative. This role will lead efforts to evolve governance from manual processes and one-time reviews into scalable capabilities embedded within our data platform data products and delivery processes.
Working across business technology risk privacy compliance and data teams this leader will drive the strategy and execution needed to ensure Multifamily data is trusted transparent reusable and fit for purpose. The role will also help establish the governance foundations necessary to support responsible AI adoption and ensure alignment between data governance and emerging AI governance requirements.
Multifamily Data is transforming how data is managed delivered understood and consumed across the business.
Our mission is to provide a trusted data foundation that enables better business decisions operational efficiency regulatory compliance advanced analytics and AI-driven innovation. Through modern data platforms trusted data products and strong governance practices we are improving transparency strengthening data quality and making data easier to discover understand and use.
As Multifamily continues its data modernization journey governance must evolve alongside the platform to ensure trust scales with growing volumes of data consumers analytics and AI solutions.
In this role you will:
Define and advance Multifamilys data governance strategy roadmap and operating model.
Lead cross-functional initiatives that improve data quality metadata management data lineage stewardship ownership and consumer trust.
Partner with Data Product Engineering Architecture and Platform teams to embed governance directly into the data lifecycle.
Drive automation of governance capabilities reducing reliance on manual oversight while increasing consistency and transparency.
Establish scalable governance capabilities that support trusted self-service reporting analytics and data product consumption.
Define and implement the data governance foundations needed to support responsible and effective AI adoption.
Serve as a key connector between data governance and AI governance ensuring appropriate controls lineage transparency privacy accountability and data readiness standards are in place.
Partner with Risk Privacy Compliance Audit and Regulatory stakeholders to ensure governance practices align with enterprise and regulatory expectations.
Develop meaningful metrics that demonstrate improvements in data trust governance maturity consumer adoption and AI readiness.
Influence senior leaders and stakeholders to drive alignment and execution without direct authority.
Bachelors degree plus relevant experience.
10 years of experience in Data Governance Data Management Data Strategy Data Quality Data Risk Management or a related discipline.
Proven success leading large-scale cross-functional initiatives through influence and collaboration.
Strong understanding of data governance frameworks metadata management data lineage data quality stewardship and data controls.
Understanding of the relationship between data governance AI governance privacy security and responsible AI.
Experience with metadata data catalog lineage and data quality platforms.
Experience with modern cloud data platforms data products and self-service analytics environments.
Experience translating business regulatory and technology requirements into practical governance solutions.
Experience collaborating across business technology risk compliance and data organizations.
Strong executive communication presentation and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting advanced analytics machine learning or AI-enabled business solutions.
Experience within financial services or another highly regulated industry.
Advanced degree or relevant industry certifications.
Think strategically while driving measurable business outcomes.
View governance as a business enabler that increases trust transparency and responsible data use.
Build strong relationships and influence decisions across business and technology organizations.
Translate complex governance data and AI concepts into actionable solutions.
Balance innovation consumer experience and risk management.
Drive alignment and accountability without relying on organizational authority.
Lead through collaboration credibility and execution.
Maintain a relentless focus on building trusted AI-ready data that can scale across Multifamilys growing consumer community.
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 Macs 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.
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Time-type:Full timeFLSA Status:ExemptFreddie 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 $151000 - $227000 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.Required Experience:
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About Company
We are supporting America's homeowners and renters while serving as a stabilizing force in the U.S. housing finance system.
