Quantitative Analytics Director (house price index modeling)

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Position Overview:

Freddie Mac's Single-Family Modeling organization is seeking a Director of Quantitative Analytics to lead its house price index modeling initiatives. This strategic leadership role is critical to advancing Freddie Mac's mission of Making Home Possible by developing robust and interpretable models for tracking house price appreciation.

As Director, you will provide industry-leading practices for research and model development to accelerate end-to-end development cycles without compromising quality. The ideal candidate will foster collaboration across the enterprise to unlock synergies and work cross-functionally to establish effective frameworks for execution. You will champion innovation, ensure regulatory compliance, and foster best practices in research, development, and deployment of models that underpin key business decisions. The ideal candidate will be an expert in quantitative analytics and house price modeling, with proven leadership in highly regulated environments.

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Our Impact:

Freddie Mac is leading the U.S housing market forward by making homeownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable. Our team develops robust, scalable models that support the Single-Family business by enabling critical, data-driven risk decisions.

Your Impact:

• Strategic Leadership: Shape the vision and execution of house price modeling strategies, ensuring alignment with business objectives, regulatory requirements, and enterprise risk management frameworks.
• Quantitative & Technical Expertise: Lead the development of sophisticated models using statistical, econometric, and AI/ML techniques. Apply industry-leading algorithms and methodologies to improve accuracy, interpretability, and scalability of house price forecasting models.
• Best Practice Enablement: Establish and promote best practices for model development, validation, and performance monitoring. Drive adoption of effective tools, coding standards, and reproducibility protocols across teams.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with stakeholders across divisions to define, develop, and evaluate new modeling solutions. Communicate complex concepts clearly to senior executives and influence strategic direction.
• Regulatory & Governance Excellence: Ensure models meet rigorous regulatory standards and governance requirements. Lead the documentation and defense of models in internal and external reviews.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of relevant experience, including 3+ years in a leadership role.
• Advanced degree in a quantitative field (Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Finance); Ph.D. preferred.
• Deep expertise in house price modeling and/or mortgage analytics.
• Proficiency in Python, SAS, R, ML frameworks (Scikit-learn, PyTorch, TensorFlow), SQL, and Spark.
• Demonstrated experience in end-to-end model development within financial services or other highly regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of the mortgage lifecycle, regulatory frameworks, and model governance practices.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functionally and drive organization-wide change.
• Highly self-motivated and adept at synthesizing complex information and managing competing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present to senior executives.

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Strategic Vision: Ability to define and execute modeling strategies that balance innovation with regulatory rigor.
• Technical Leadership: Ability to lead the development of robust, interpretable models with measurable business impact.
• Innovation Mindset: Commitment to introducing industry-leading practices and accelerating development cycles without compromising quality.
• Cross-Functional Influence: Proven ability to collaborate across divisions and influence decision-making.

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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 $214,000 - $322,000 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.", "salary_raw": "USD 214,000.00 - 322,000.00 per year"}