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Model Validator Lead Associate

Fannie Mae
Washington, DC Full Time
POSTED ON 5/8/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/6/2025
At Fannie Mae, the inspiring work we do helps make a home a possibility for millions of homeowners and renters. Every day offers compelling opportunities to impact the future of the housing industry while being part of a collaborative team thriving in an energizing environment. Here, you will grow your career and help create access toaffordable housing finance.

Job Description

As a valued colleague on our team, you will act as team lead while conducting theoretical and empirical research with public and proprietary data in all areas of the mortgage finance business. This may include mortgage products and securities, borrower behavior, investment and hedging strategies, residential property valuation, macroeconomic models, including housing prices and interest rate, financial valuation of finance assets and derivatives, economic capital, and stress testing. Additionally, you will coach and mentor team members.

Responsibilities

The Model Validator Lead Associate role will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own, while working alongside people who care so that you can deliver on the following responsibilities:

  • Lead teams in providing innovative, thorough, and practical solutions that support business strategies and initiatives and in conducting or assessing ad hoc quantitative analyses, modeling, or programming using Python, R, or SQL.
  • Coach and mentor team members in utilizing data mining and/or statistical techniques to develop analytic insights, sound hypotheses, and informed recommendations.
  • Identify opportunities to apply quantitative methods to improve business performance.
  • Apply advanced skill, knowledge, and/or experience while leading teams to complete modeling projects aligned with established company policies and industry-wide modeling practices.
  • Contribute to developing validation or testing strategies and assessing the quality and risk of model methodologies, outputs, and processes and applying understanding of relevant business context to interpret model results, monitor performance, and assess risks.
  • Communicate technical subject matter clearly and concisely to department leadership and teams.

Minimum Required Experiences

  • Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field
  • 4 years of experience in quantitative modeling or data science
  • Ability to program using Python and R
  • Skills in technical writing

Desired Experiences

  • Advanced degree (Ph.D. or Masters) in a quantitative field such as Computer Science, Statistics, Biostatistics, Economics (with an Econometrics emphasis), Applied Finance, or Applied Mathematics
  • Experience in SQL, MATLAB
  • Knowledge of risk management governance (lines of defense)

Skills

  • Proficiency in the mathematical, statistical, and computer science techniques used in model development
  • Ability to understand business contexts which create a need for models to support operations, often embedded within software applications used in business processes
  • Fast-learning, building on a strong foundation of knowledge to continuously learn new techniques for building and managing model risks well
  • Communicating technical subject matter clearly and concisely, both verbally and through well-written communications including Assessment Reviews and Validation Reports

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's Level Degree (Required)

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For most roles, employees are encouraged to work onsite on a regular basis at their designated office location. In-office work cadence is determined by your manager. Proximity within a reasonable commute to your designated office location is preferred unless the job is noted as open to remote.

Fannie Mae is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, marital or parental status, or any other protected factor. Fannie Mae is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment, unless to do so would cause undue hardship to the company. If you need assistance using our online system and/or you need a reasonable accommodation related to the hiring/application process, please complete this form .

The hiring range for this role is set forth below. Final salaries will generally vary within that range based on factors that include but are not limited to, skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and other relevant qualifications. This position is eligible to participate in a Fannie Mae incentive program (subject to the terms of the program). As part of our comprehensive benefits package, Fannie Mae offers a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle, and other benefits and perks that enhance an employee's physical, mental, emotional, and financial well-being. See more here .

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