Resiliency Director - Technology & Third Party

Information Technology Senior Management Forum; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

Fannie Mae is seeking a senior leader to direct resiliency across technology and third-party ecosystems. You will craft and implement recovery strategies, align business and tech recovery objectives, and drive measurable resilience throughout the lifecycle.

This role emphasizes cloud readiness, testing, and validation, with hybrid work arrangements. Minimum 8 years in risk and resiliency, AWS production experience, and track record of leading complex, cross-functional initiatives are required.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in resiliency, risk, and technology programs.
• Experience supporting AWS-hosted production environments.
• Experience leading complex projects with cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of cloud recovery, backup technologies, automation, and operational recovery processes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee risks to business operations and develop solutions to minimize disruption.
• Drive contingency plans for emergencies and assist with plan development.
• Anticipate and react to change to ensure organizational resilience.
• Oversee indicators providing management with resilience insights.
• Occasional work outside standard hours due to role demands.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Risk management

Cross-functional teams

Cloud computing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

AWS

Job description

Playing an essential role in the U.S. economy, Fannie Mae 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 Fannie Mae 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 Fannie Mae. 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

Minimum Required Experiences

• 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

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Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's Level Degree (Required), Master's Level Degree

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.

Requisition compensation:

155000

to

209000