Quantitative Analytics Tech Lead – Economic Modeling

Freddie Mac; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Freddie Mac is seeking a Quantitative Analytics Tech Lead in McLean, VA to advance mortgage valuation models and portfolio analysis. You will contribute to model development, risk analytics, and hedging strategies for mortgage products.

Lead research, apply survival analysis and big data tools (Spark, AWS), and collaborate with cross‑functional teams to support trading and risk management.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s with substantial quantitative work in statistics, data science, or related field.
• 5+ years applying predictive modeling or data analytics to large datasets preferred.
• Post-graduate work in mortgage valuation and statistical modeling.
• Proficient in Python, R, SAS or related languages.

Responsibilities

• Model Development and Research: develop mortgage prepayment, default, and severity models for market risk.
• Portfolio Analysis: enhance valuation processes and risk metrics for mortgage products.
• Model Governance: prepare documentation and validation tests; monitor model performance.
• Business Support: provide analytics support for trading and hedging activities.

Skills

Python

R

SAS

Big data analytics

Survival analysis

Mortgage valuation

Education

Doctorate degree in statistics, data science or related field

Master's degree with equivalent 5 years of experience

Tools

Apache Spark

AWS

Job description

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:

Freddie Mac’s Investments & Capital Markets (I&CM) Division is seeking a Quantitative Analytics Tech Lead to join the Models & Analytics group to develop and enhance mortgage prepayment, default and severity models for portfolio management. The team is responsible for developing models and conducting quantitative analysis to support valuation and hedging of mortgage products.

Our Impact:

The Modeling and Analytics group in Freddie Mac’s Investments and Capital Markets division develops financial and statistical models that are used for valuation and risk analytics purposes.

Your Impact:

Freddie Mac’s Investments & Capital Markets (I&CM) Division is seeking a Quantitative Analytics Tech Lead to join the Models & Analytics group to develop and enhance mortgage prepayment, default and severity models for portfolio management. The team is responsible for developing models and conducting quantitative analysis to support valuation and hedging of mortgage products.

Our Impact:

The Modeling and Analytics group in Freddie Mac’s Investments and Capital Markets division develops financial and statistical models that are used for valuation and risk analytics purposes.

Your Impact:

The successful candidate will contribute to the development of mortgage valuation model and conduct portfolio analysis to support trading and hedging activities.

Your Work Falls Into Four Primary Categories:

Model Development and Research

• Developing mortgage prepayment, default and severity models that assess market risk of mortgages, mortgage backed securities, and senior-sub structured products
• Applying statistical modeling and big data analytics tools and developing innovative solutions for forecasting mortgage borrower behavior
• Conducting research on industry models, market conditions, and regulatory environment.

Portfolio Analysis

• Developing and enhancing valuation processes and risk metrics for our retained portfolio of mortgage products.
• Conducting sensitivity analysis and impact assessment for model updates and changes in model inputs.

Model Governance

• Preparing model documentation and conducting thorough model validation tests.
• Developing on-going performance monitoring and threshold methodology.

Business Support

• Providing analytics support for trading and hedging activities.
• Working under limited direction, independently determining and developing approach to solutions.

Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree plus 3 years of working experience (or Master’s degree with equivalent 5 years of working experience) in statistics, data science or a related quantitative field.
• 5 years of relevant experience applying predictive modeling techniques or data analytics to large datasets is preferred.
• Post-graduate work experience in mortgage valuation and statistical modeling
• Programming skills in one or more of Python, R, SAS or related languages
• Exceptional quantitative, empirical analysis, and research skills
• Experience working with large data sets and relational database
• Experience in statistical model development and implementation is preferred

Keys to Success in this Role:

• Exceptional quantitative, empirical analysis, and research skills
• Strong knowledge of survival analysis and mortgage valuation
• Strong programming skills and knowledge in big data analytics such as Apache Spark and AWS cloud computing

Top 3 Personal Competencies to Possess:

• Drive for Execution – Execute effectively with a clear direction and objective, good ownership
• Partnership – Build trust and strong partnerships within the team; good team player
• Leadership – Set and execute upon a clear vision and goals; good communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

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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:

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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 $144,000 – $216,000 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.