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Product Owner
Fannie Mae
Reston, VA, United States
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Description
THE COMPANY
Are you interested in helping solve today's most critical housing challenges? In simplest terms, Fannie Mae serves the people who house America. We work at the heart of housing by providing reliable, affordable mortgage financing in all markets at all times, buying loans that banks and other lenders originate, so they can fund new loans. This gives more people the opportunity to buy, refinance, or rent homes and apartments. Creating these opportunities is what drives the people who work at Fannie Mae.
For more information about Fannie Mae, visit http://www.fanniemae.com/progress
JOB INFORMATION
The Product Owner (PO) is the member of the team responsible for defining and prioritizing the product backlog, so as to streamline the execution of program priorities, while maintaining conceptual and technical integrity of the features or components that the team is responsible for. For the features and stories in the backlog, PO defines measurable customer focused objectives. The Product Owner has a significant role in quality and is the only member of the team empowered to accept completed stories.
KEY JOB FUNCTIONS
• Set ambitious and clear product vision and communicate the story effectively to key stakeholders and the rest of the team.
• Own the end-to-end product strategy from inception, and determine business value once solution enters production.
• Build backlog of product features, i.e., write user stories and acceptance criteria together with his/her work-cell team Continuously improve backlog ensuring all items are clearly described, estimated and prioritized.
• Ensure customer-driven design thinking considering user pain points and customer experience, while using market and industry knowledge to deliver a valuable product.
• Partner with the design team and Product Manager to engage customers and validate the solution Approve each feature and provide valuable feedback for the team Drive sprint- and release plans together with Scrum Master.
• Exercise strong decision making mandate from executive group to own product E2E Work with Product Manager to create solutions to meet customer needs.
• Act as the primary interface between product managers and the IT team.
Qualifications
EDUCATION
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent required
MINIMUM EXPERIENCE
• 6+ years of related experience
SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
• Guide team in product development to ensure timely, cost-effective, and efficient delivery. Build consensus.
• Oversee adherence to compliance and controls related to product development.
• Contribute to lender, vendor and TSP implementations of the new Uniform Loan Application Dataset and Uniform Residential Loan Application.
• Solicit customer feedback. Respond to product-related internal and external queries.
• Develop and sustain key relationships.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to vet product ideas and influence decision making on product enhancements from concept to implementation.
• Subject matter expertise in dealing with the MISMO loan application formats is preferred.
• Familiarity with Fannie Mae Desktop Underwriter application is preferred.
EMPLOYMENT
As a condition of employment with Fannie Mae, any successful job applicant will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screen and to successfully complete a background investigation.
Fannie Mae is an Equal Opportunity Employer.