Resiliency Director - Technology & Third Party

Fannie Mae; United States; On-site; USD 155,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive program

Health & Life benefits

Job summary

FannieMae seeks a Director of Resiliency in Technology & Third Party to lead risk identification, recovery planning, and testing across cloud (AWS) hosted services. You will ensure critical services are recoverable, measurable, and testable, coordinating with engineering and architecture teams to minimize disruption and strengthen operational readiness.

You will drive contingency plans, monitor resilience indicators, and oversee cross-functional projects, balancing incident response with

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in resiliency, risk, and technology management.
• Experience supporting AWS-hosted production environments.
• Collaboration with engineering and architecture teams on recovery strategies.
• Knowledge of cloud recovery capabilities, backup technologies, automation, and operational recovery processes.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional projects.
• Bachelor's degree required; Master’s preferred; AWS and resiliency certifications a plus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee risk identification and mitigation across business operations and technology.
• Drive contingency plan development and testing for outages and emergencies.
• Anticipate change and guide the organization to adapt to disruptions.
• Oversee metrics and indicators for resilience monitoring.

Skills

Resiliency leadership

AWS experience

Cross-functional leadership

Cloud recovery

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

AWS cloud

Automation tooling

Job description

Playing an essential role in the U.S. economy, FannieMae is foundational to housing finance. Here, your expertise can help fuel purpose-driven innovation that expands access to homeownership and affordable rental housing across the country. Join FannieMae to grow your career and help people find a place to call home. Job Description In this compelling leadership position, you will lead efforts to implement processes, procedures, and standards to anticipate, identify, respond to, and recover from short- and long-term disruptions to business processes and critical technology assets. In this role, you will ensure the understanding of how the business and technology recognize existing and future risks, and capture strategies to mitigate impacts to FannieMae. In addition, you will integrate risk management disciplines, with a strategic focus on risk identification, documentation of recovery plans, and testing of documented recovery and/or mitigation strategies. You will serve as the technical resiliency subject matter expert throughout the technology lifecycle, helping teams translate recovery objectives and resiliency requirements into actionable implementation plans, recovery capabilities, testing strategies, and operational readiness activities. As the Director, you will work collaboratively with technology teams to ensure critical services are recoverable, measurable, testable, and capable of meeting recovery objectives during technology failures, cyber events, and regional disruptions. Your key focus areas will be resiliency integration in technology lifecycle, implementation readiness, testing, and validation across cloud (AWS) hosted services and supporting technology platforms.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE

The Resiliency Director - Technology & Third Party 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:

• Oversee the team and the identification of risks to business operations, and work with leadership to develop solutions to minimize disruption.
• Drive the implementation of contingency plans to deal with unexpected emergencies, and may assist with plan development.
• Anticipate and react to change in ways that enable the organization to survive, thrive, and evolve.
• Oversee team efforts to identify indicators that give management a view of current levels of resilience.
• Due to the nature of the role, situations may arise that require attention and/or resolution outside of standard working hours

THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

• 8 years Shows curiosity and adaptability in learning and responsibly applying new technologies, including artificial intelligence, to reimagine how we work.
• Experience supporting AWS-hosted production environments.
• Experience working closely with engineering and architecture organizations.
• Knowledge of cloud recovery capabilities, backup technologies, automation, and operational recovery processes.
• Experience in leading complex projects involving cross functional teams.
• Desired Experiences Bachelor degree or equivalent; Master degree preferred AWS certification Resiliency certification

Target Salary Range: $155,000 to $209,000 a year ERCM - Resiliency - Director #LI-Hybrid

Qualifications Education: Bachelor's Level Degree (Required), Master's Level Degree

The future is what you make it to be. Discover compelling opportunities at Fanniemae.com/careers. For most roles, employees are expected 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.

FannieMae 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.

FannieMae 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 FannieMae incentive program (subject to the terms of the program). As part of our comprehensive benefits package, FannieMae 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.

Requisition compensation: 155000 to 209000

Tackle America’s biggest housing challenges using the latest technology and AI, while collaborating with experts in their fields. Join our energizing environment—you’re invited to apply. Join our talent community to be the first to hear about happenings at FannieMae and share your experience to hear about potential job opportunities for you. As a Fortune 25 company, FannieMae expands access to housing across America. Powered by the latest tech and AI, our innovative products and services drive the mortgage industry forward. We believe that prioritizing our people’s growth and success is essential to achieving our business goals and fulfilling our purpose.