Product Analysis, Senior at Freddie Mac in McLean, VA

Product Analysis, Senior Location: McLean, VA 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 someone who thrives working in a highly visible, fast paced development environment? Do you have thorough understanding and passion for excellence in building tools and methodology for SDLC to be used by Freddie Mac? If you have proven experience, the drive, and know what it takes to help teams successfully adopt and implement new Methodology, we are your next destination employer! Apply to join Freddie Mac’s Shared Services’ Technology Strategy team as Senior Product Analyst. Our Impact: Our team is responsible for building and delivering new Predictive Delivery Methodology (PDM) as one SDLC for Freddie Mac.  We enable Product teams to deliver efficient, improved quality products to Freddie Mac. Your Impact: Partner with Product Owners and Technical Leads to shape product decisions, solution designs, and delivery approaches. Translate business/Technical needs into clear requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria that drive development. Run multiple projects or teams simultaneously, prioritizing tasks and deadlines to ensure timely completion of deliverables. Support solution design through diagrams, flowcharts, and lightweight architecture or process models. Apply strong understanding of SDLC and CI/CD practices to help teams navigate delivery challenges. Collaborate closely with engineering teams to refine stories, clarify scope, validate solutions, and support testing and acceptance. Use Jira and Confluence to manage backlogs, track work, and maintain high‑quality product documentation. Engage deeply with customers and design partners to understand user needs, behaviors, and value drivers. Facilitate Agile ceremonies, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and knowledge‑sharing sessions. Align stakeholders by synthesizing inputs, negotiating tradeoffs, and communicating a clear, unified product direction. Continuously identify gaps, risks, and misalignments with strategic goals and recommend improvements or alternative approaches. Qualifications: Bachelor's/master’s degree in business, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related; advanced studies/degree is preferred. 6+ years of experience in software development (with bachelor’s degree) Experience working with and using Agile/Scrum methodology with active participation in Agile ceremonies; Certification from Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or Scrum Alliance preferred but not required Strong technical understanding of the tools utilized in the DevOps space; Bitbucket, Git, Jenkins, Spinnaker, Helm, Docker, EKS, AWS services Keys to Success in this Role: Ability to work effectively and productively in a team or independently Technology-first mindset, outstanding analytical skills and drive for new technologies and tools Work in a matrix organization with strong critical thinking skills to understand sophisticated technical interdependencies Innovative in providing solutions, likes to take on challenges with calculated risk - fail fast and learn fast 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. Notice to External Search Firms: Freddie Mac partners with BountyJobs for contingency search business through outside firms. Resumes received outside the BountyJobs system will be considered unsolicited and Freddie Mac will not be obligated to pay a placement fee. If interested in learning more, please visit www.BountyJobs.com and register with our referral code: MAC. 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 $108,000 - $152,000 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.