5 days onsite at Freddie Mac, McLean, VA office
Chief Delivery Lead to manage multiple PODs for Freddie Mac Multi-family division
Strong client management and team management skills
Strong background in Mortgage Industry
Tech Stack is Java+SpringBoot, Python/Pyspark, PostgreSQL, AWS, MongoDB
Max bill rate = $95-$115 / hour
What You’ll Get to Do:
- Lead and manage multiple Agile PODs, ensuring delivery excellence across backend platforms and applications.
- Drive end-to-end delivery, from planning and estimation through execution, release, and ongoing optimization.
- Partner closely with clients and business stakeholders to understand needs, manage expectations, and ensure satisfaction with delivered solutions.
- Provide technical delivery oversight across Java/Spring Boot, Python/PySpark, PostgreSQL, AWS, and MongoDB implementations.
- Guide and mentor delivery leads, engineers, and architects within the PODs, ensuring alignment with enterprise delivery standards, practices, and governance.
- Translate business requirements into actionable delivery roadmaps, ensuring alignment with architecture, solution design, and regulatory requirements.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships through proactive communication, transparent delivery practices, and consultative guidance.
- Champion best practices in Agile delivery, DevOps, and cloud-native development, driving continuous improvement across PODs.
- Identify and resolve delivery bottlenecks, risks, and dependencies, ensuring high-quality, on-time delivery.
- Collaborate with business architects, product owners, solution architects, and technical leads to ensure consistent alignment across delivery streams.
What You’ll Bring with You:
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 12+ years of experience in IT delivery management, with at least 5+ years leading multiple teams or PODs in large-scale enterprise environments.
- Strong background in the mortgage industry — with knowledge of loan origination, servicing, secondary market operations, and compliance considerations.
- Proven experience managing delivery across backend systems leveraging Java/Spring Boot, Python/PySpark, PostgreSQL, AWS, and MongoDB.
- Deep knowledge of Agile delivery frameworks, with a track record of successfully leading large programs through scaled Agile environments (SAFe preferred).
- Excellent client management and stakeholder communication skills; ability to build trust with executive leaders and business partners.
- Strong team management experience, with proven ability to mentor, coach, and grow high-performing delivery teams.
- Prior hands-on software development or technical leadership background is strongly preferred.
- Experience managing onshore/offshore delivery models is desirable.
- Willingness to work in the McLean, VA office 5 days per week.
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