Director, Internal Audit Technology

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 Internal Audit function is transforming how assurance is derived and documented. This role is accountable for providing the platform to enable automated, data-driven, technology-enabled audit coverage. This leader oversees a multidisciplinary team that builds and maintains the platform for automated control testing, automated workpapers, population-based analytics, and expands automation through the responsible use of GenAI.

Success in this role requires a learning-oriented, curious and experimental mindset. This leader must be someone who sees constraints as design challenges, embraces ambiguity, and is energized by reimagining how Internal Audit can operate with greater speed, precision, and scalability.

Our Impact:

Internal Audit is responsible for providing independent and objective assurance about the governance, risk management and controls of Freddie Mac. We report to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. Our stakeholders are broad – encompassing all of Freddie Mac and our regulator.

Your Impact:

In this role, you will be an integral part of Internal Audit’s continued transformation, reporting directly to the Chief Audit Officer. You are committed to:

• Collaborate with the Internal Audit leadership to provide tools to redefine how Internal Audit works and results in a more efficient, technology-forward audit function that delivers deeper assurance with fewer manual activities by
  • Increasing automated test coverage across key risk areas.
  • Reducing reliance on manual, people-dependent testing.
  • Establishing a repeatable, scalable automation framework that becomes core to the audit lifecycle.
  • Measuring business value.
• Evaluate, update and execute the existing roadmap for platform and automation expansion. Additionally, maintain the current automated testing platform to be stable, trusted, well controlled, and extensible to become the backbone of automated audit execution that
  • Ingests and processes population-level data from multiple systems.
  • Supports reusable automated control tests aligned to audit methodology.
  • Provides intuitive interfaces for auditors to explore results and exceptions.
  • Ensures data quality, lineage, and governance are embedded by design.
• Expand automation through GenAI that is a step-change in audit productivity and insight, powered by safe and thoughtful AI adoption by
  • Using GenAI to accelerate test creation, documentation, and exception analysis.
  • Designing natural-language tools that help auditors query data and understand results.
  • Embedding responsible AI principles of transparency, explainability, and control.
• Lead a high-performing, curious, multidisciplinary team that is known for innovation, technical excellence, and continuous learning by
  • Blending agile developers, analytics, AI, and audit expertise.
  • Experimenting, prototyping, and learning quickly.
  • Challenging assumptions and seeking creative solutions.
  • Operating with strong agile development discipline and risk management rigor.
• Strengthen partnerships across the enterprise that are well-integrated and trusted across the organization by collaborating with
  • Audit leaders to identify automation opportunities.
  • IT and Data teams across the company to obtain access to data.
  • Model Risk, IT, Compliance, and Risk Management to align on GenAI controls.

Qualifications:

Required:

• 12+ years in Internal Audit, Risk, Data Engineering, Analytics, IT development, or related fields.
• 4+ years of management experience.
• Hands-on experience with data pipelines and technology development and platforms.
• Familiarity with GenAI tools and their practical application.
• Background in cloud engineering, data architecture, or software development.

Preferred:

• Experience working in publicly traded and/or regulated companies.
• Experience with audit methodology and control frameworks.
• Knowledge of AI governance, model risk management, or responsible AI frameworks.
• Professional certifications related to agile/project delivery (SAFe, PMP, CSM, CSPO), data and analysis (CAP, AWS/Azure data or analytics), AI and emerging technology (AWS Certified Machine Learning or Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals, CDMP).

Keys to Success in this Role:

The ideal candidate:

• Is relentlessly curious – asks why, explores how, and experiments with what’s possible.
• Learns fast – absorbs new technologies, adapts quickly, treats failures as a learning opportunity rather than a regret.
• Thinks creatively – challenges legacy processes and bureaucracy and designs new ways of working.
• Builds trust – balances innovation with rigor, control, and responsible GenAI use.
• Inspires teams – creates an environment where people feel safe to explore, test, and grow.

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.

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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 $203,000 - $305,000 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.