Affordable Lending, Business Lead

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:Single Family Affordable Lending at Freddie Mac is a strategic leadership role responsible for advancing the company’s mission to expand equitable, sustainable access to homeownership. The role leads the development and execution of a comprehensive affordable lending playbook designed to meet Affordable Housing Goals (AHGs), Duty to Serve (DTS) commitments, and broader enterprise objectives within compliance with the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) Duty to Serve rules. This includes aligning business priorities, market insights, lender engagement strategies, product capabilities, managing small set up accounts, and cross-functional execution plans to drive measurable impact for underserved borrowers and communities.Our Impact: As a Freddie Mac Affordable Lending Manager, you will drive mission-critical strategies that expand sustainable homeownership, increase lender adoption of affordable lending solutions, and deliver measurable impact in underserved communities. By translating market insights, community needs, and affordable housing goals into actionable execution plans, you will help reduce barriers to access, strengthen liquidity in targeted markets, and advance Freddie Mac’s commitment to making home possible for more families.Your Impact: Strategy & Optimization: Create and manage strategies to optimize lender mix, product mix, and capital markets engagement to meet AHG and DTS targets.Data-Driven Decisions: Monitor daily acquisition data to adjust strategies, ensuring compliance with DTS goals, return metrics, and balanced scorecard objectives.Partnership Management: Collaborate with Seller Engagement team, Pricing, and Capital Markets teams to drive adoption of affordable products.Leadership & Mentorship: Guide teams on targeting volume and optimizing qualitative objectives within the affordable lending space.Reporting: Provide actionable insights and progress updates to senior leadership regarding goal attainment. Client Relations Support: Support a small client base within your region that will include all Freddie Mac tools and policies.Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent with 8+ years of related experience in mortgage lending, affordable housing, or strategyIndustry Knowledge, comprehensive command of GSE guidelines, Freddie Mac Seller/Servicer Guide Policies, and affordable lending.Deep understanding of affordable housing goals, Duty to Serve (DTS) regulations, and mortgage productsStrong analytical skills, including the ability to interpret daily acquisition data and translate insights into actionable strategies.Keys to Success in this Role:Ability to influence and align cross-functional teams across the organization to drive execution and results.Ability to influence sellers to adopt new products, services, and delivery strategies that support Freddie Mac’s Duty to Serve objectives.Strong presentation and facilitation skills, with the ability to train large groups effectively in both virtual and in-person settings.Demonstrated ability to deliver growth, meet company-defined goals, and sustain measurable business impact.Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.We consider all applicants for all positions without regard to gender, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical and mental disability, pregnancy, ethnicity, genetic information or any other protected categories under applicable federal, state or local laws. We will ensure that individuals are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.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: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.Notice to External Search Firms: Freddie Mac partners with BountyJobs for contingency search business through outside firms. Resumes received outside the BountyJobs system will be considered unsolicited and Freddie Mac will not be obligated to pay a placement fee. If interested in learning more, please visit and register with our referral code: MAC.Time-type:Full timeFLSA Status:ExemptFreddie 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 $137,000 - $205,000 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.Job SummaryJob number: JR17341Profession: Single Family