Lead Associate, Strategy & Insights Single Family Policy, Product & Guide Team

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.

We are seeking a highly analytical and strategic Lead Associate, Strategy & Insights to join Fannie Mae's Policy, Product & Guide organization within Single-Family. As a valued colleague on our team, you will lead strategic analysis that helps shape product, policy, digital strategies and priorities. You will work across the organization to turn complex and often ambiguous business questions into structured analyses, actionable insights, and decision-quality recommendations. The ideal candidate combines structured problem solving, strong quantitative and qualitative analysis, business judgment, and executive communication. You are comfortable starting without a predefined answer or workplan, determining the right analytical approach, working directly with data and research, and influencing stakeholders to move from insight to action. You strengthen team capabilities by improving methodologies and support team development through sharing knowledge, conducting thoughtful peer review, and coaching. THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE The Lead Associate, Strategy & Insights 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: Lead strategic analyses from problem definition through recommendation, translating ambiguous business questions into clear hypotheses, analytical approaches, workplans, and decision-ready conclusions. Analyses could pertain to: policies, products (mortgage, digital, etc), pilots, and other strategic priorities.   Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis, including market sizing, opportunity assessments, customer and lender behavior, product adoption and utilization, competitive intelligence, SWOT/right-to-win, market dynamics, and industry and technology trends. Where needed, consult internal stakeholders to inform the strategic recommendations and/or contribute their analyses. Synthesize analysis into actionable strategic recommendations, balancing desirability (market opportunity & strategic alignment); viability (value creation, competition, economics); and feasibility (path to execution, risks). Recommendations could inform: product direction, prioritization, and investment decisions Strengthen Strategy & Insights capabilities by improving methodologies, standard work, tools, and analytical approaches. Support team development through sharing knowledge, conducting thoughtful peer review, and providing coaching. THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM Required Experience: At least 4 years of relevant experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, product strategy, business analytics, market intelligence, or a related field. Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Analytics, Strategy, Public Policy, Engineering, or a relate field. MBA preferred. Demonstrated ability to independently structure and solve complex business problems, determine the analysis required, and own deliverables from initial problem framing through final recommendation. Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, with experience in areas such as market sizing, segmentation, scenario analysis, business cases, competitive analysis, customer insights, or financial analysis. Strong business judgment and ability to connect analysis to economics, market impact, operational implications, risk, and strategic rationale. Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex information, distinguish what matters most, and develop clear recommendations for senior leaders. Strong stakeholder-management skills and experience influencing cross-functional teams without direct authority. Strong