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Product Management Lead roles are strong fits for F-1 OPT students with technical or business degrees. Most positions qualify as STEM OPT extensions under CIP codes like Computer Science or Information Systems, giving you up to three years of work authorization while you build cross-functional leadership experience in the U.S.
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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.
ABOUT THE JOB
As a valued colleague on our team, you will lead the development, delivery, and ongoing evolution of innovative products that support Fannie Mae’s Single-Family business. You will provide product leadership and expert guidance throughout the product lifecycle—from identifying customer and business needs through implementation, adoption, measurement, and continuous improvement.
THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE
The Single-Family Market Engagement Product Management — Lead Associate will play a key role in advancing artificial intelligence capabilities for the Single-Family Market Engagement team and other technology products supporting Fannie Mae’s Single-Family business.
In this role, you will combine AI product experience, strategic thinking, customer focus, and cross-functional leadership to translate complex business needs into responsible, scalable, and valuable product capabilities. You will work alongside colleagues who care deeply about Fannie Mae’s mission while having the flexibility to shape how you deliver on the following responsibilities:
Lead AI product strategy and ownership: Take end-to-end ownership of AI-enabled products and capabilities, including solutions already in production. Define the product vision and roadmap, identify customer and business needs, establish requirements, prioritize the backlog, support delivery, and drive post-launch measurement and optimization.
Shape the AI roadmap: Partner with business, technology, data, risk, and program leaders to evaluate opportunities and influence the strategic direction of the AI portfolio. Use customer insights, business value, technical feasibility, risk considerations, and data to recommend priorities and clearly communicate trade-offs.
Translate AI opportunities into product outcomes: Identify practical applications of AI, including generative AI, that improve customer and employee experiences, strengthen business processes, or create measurable operational value. Convert complex technical concepts into clear product strategies, requirements, and recommendations.
Champion responsible AI: Partner with legal, compliance, information security, model risk, privacy, and other governance teams to ensure AI products are developed and operated safely, securely, transparently, and in accordance with Fannie Mae’s AI governance standards.
Drive adoption and change: Support organizational change management by developing communications, training resources, implementation plans, and feedback mechanisms. Serve as a visible champion for AI products and help users understand how to apply them responsibly and effectively.
Develop business cases: Create compelling, data-informed business cases that define expected benefits, costs, risks, success measures, and investment requirements. Use these business cases to support roadmap decisions and funding approvals.
Measure product performance: Define product goals and success metrics, monitor adoption and business outcomes, gather user feedback, and use findings to guide continuous improvement.
THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM
Minimum Required Experience
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Previous AI product experience is required for this position. Candidates must have demonstrated experience developing, launching, or managing enterprise AI-enabled products or capabilities in a production environment.
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At least four years of experience in product management, product ownership, or a closely related product leadership role.
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Demonstrated experience taking at least one enterprise AI-enabled product or capability through multiple stages of the product lifecycle, such as discovery, business-case development, requirements definition, delivery, production launch, adoption, measurement, or optimization.
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Working knowledge of AI product concepts, opportunities, limitations, and risks, including the ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, data science, machine learning, architecture, security, risk, legal, and business teams.
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Experience defining product strategy, developing roadmaps, prioritizing backlogs, writing requirements or user stories, and supporting Agile product delivery.
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Proven ability to translate complex business and technical information into clear recommendations, decisions, and communications for technical and nontechnical audiences.
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Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and building alignment among stakeholders with different priorities, perspectives, and areas of expertise.
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Experience using product management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or comparable platforms.
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Demonstrated curiosity, sound judgment, and adaptability in evaluating and responsibly applying emerging technologies.
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Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
Desired Experience
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Experience with generative AI, large language models, conversational AI, intelligent automation, machine learning products, or AI-enabled decision-support tools.
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Experience developing or managing sales enablement, customer engagement, workflow, or employee productivity products.
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Familiarity with major customer relationship management platforms, such as Salesforce.
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Experience with digital product design, user research, service design, or customer-experience methodologies.
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Experience developing product analytics, adoption measures, experimentation strategies, or outcome-based performance metrics.
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Experience supporting organizational change management, product launches, user training, or enterprise technology adoption.
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Experience in financial services, housing finance, mortgage lending, or another regulated industry is helpful but not required.
LOCATION
LI-Hybrid
Single Family Market Engagement - Product Management - Lead Associate
QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Bachelor's Level Degree (Required)
The future is what you make it to be. Discover compelling opportunities at Fanniemae.com/careers.
For most roles, employees are expected to work onsite on a regular basis at their designated office location. In-office work cadence is determined by your manager. Proximity within a reasonable commute to your designated office location is preferred unless the job is noted as open to remote.
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. See more here.
Requisition compensation: 123000 to 161000
INTRODUCTION
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.
ABOUT THE JOB
As a valued colleague on our team, you will lead the development, delivery, and ongoing evolution of innovative products that support Fannie Mae’s Single-Family business. You will provide product leadership and expert guidance throughout the product lifecycle—from identifying customer and business needs through implementation, adoption, measurement, and continuous improvement.
THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE
The Single-Family Market Engagement Product Management — Lead Associate will play a key role in advancing artificial intelligence capabilities for the Single-Family Market Engagement team and other technology products supporting Fannie Mae’s Single-Family business.
In this role, you will combine AI product experience, strategic thinking, customer focus, and cross-functional leadership to translate complex business needs into responsible, scalable, and valuable product capabilities. You will work alongside colleagues who care deeply about Fannie Mae’s mission while having the flexibility to shape how you deliver on the following responsibilities:
Lead AI product strategy and ownership: Take end-to-end ownership of AI-enabled products and capabilities, including solutions already in production. Define the product vision and roadmap, identify customer and business needs, establish requirements, prioritize the backlog, support delivery, and drive post-launch measurement and optimization.
Shape the AI roadmap: Partner with business, technology, data, risk, and program leaders to evaluate opportunities and influence the strategic direction of the AI portfolio. Use customer insights, business value, technical feasibility, risk considerations, and data to recommend priorities and clearly communicate trade-offs.
Translate AI opportunities into product outcomes: Identify practical applications of AI, including generative AI, that improve customer and employee experiences, strengthen business processes, or create measurable operational value. Convert complex technical concepts into clear product strategies, requirements, and recommendations.
Champion responsible AI: Partner with legal, compliance, information security, model risk, privacy, and other governance teams to ensure AI products are developed and operated safely, securely, transparently, and in accordance with Fannie Mae’s AI governance standards.
Drive adoption and change: Support organizational change management by developing communications, training resources, implementation plans, and feedback mechanisms. Serve as a visible champion for AI products and help users understand how to apply them responsibly and effectively.
Develop business cases: Create compelling, data-informed business cases that define expected benefits, costs, risks, success measures, and investment requirements. Use these business cases to support roadmap decisions and funding approvals.
Measure product performance: Define product goals and success metrics, monitor adoption and business outcomes, gather user feedback, and use findings to guide continuous improvement.
THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM
Minimum Required Experience
-
Previous AI product experience is required for this position. Candidates must have demonstrated experience developing, launching, or managing enterprise AI-enabled products or capabilities in a production environment.
-
At least four years of experience in product management, product ownership, or a closely related product leadership role.
-
Demonstrated experience taking at least one enterprise AI-enabled product or capability through multiple stages of the product lifecycle, such as discovery, business-case development, requirements definition, delivery, production launch, adoption, measurement, or optimization.
-
Working knowledge of AI product concepts, opportunities, limitations, and risks, including the ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, data science, machine learning, architecture, security, risk, legal, and business teams.
-
Experience defining product strategy, developing roadmaps, prioritizing backlogs, writing requirements or user stories, and supporting Agile product delivery.
-
Proven ability to translate complex business and technical information into clear recommendations, decisions, and communications for technical and nontechnical audiences.
-
Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and building alignment among stakeholders with different priorities, perspectives, and areas of expertise.
-
Experience using product management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or comparable platforms.
-
Demonstrated curiosity, sound judgment, and adaptability in evaluating and responsibly applying emerging technologies.
-
Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
Desired Experience
-
Experience with generative AI, large language models, conversational AI, intelligent automation, machine learning products, or AI-enabled decision-support tools.
-
Experience developing or managing sales enablement, customer engagement, workflow, or employee productivity products.
-
Familiarity with major customer relationship management platforms, such as Salesforce.
-
Experience with digital product design, user research, service design, or customer-experience methodologies.
-
Experience developing product analytics, adoption measures, experimentation strategies, or outcome-based performance metrics.
-
Experience supporting organizational change management, product launches, user training, or enterprise technology adoption.
-
Experience in financial services, housing finance, mortgage lending, or another regulated industry is helpful but not required.
LOCATION
LI-Hybrid
Single Family Market Engagement - Product Management - Lead Associate
QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Bachelor's Level Degree (Required)
The future is what you make it to be. Discover compelling opportunities at Fanniemae.com/careers.
For most roles, employees are expected to work onsite on a regular basis at their designated office location. In-office work cadence is determined by your manager. Proximity within a reasonable commute to your designated office location is preferred unless the job is noted as open to remote.
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. See more here.
Requisition compensation: 123000 to 161000
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship in Product Management Lead
Confirm your degree qualifies for STEM OPT
Product Management Lead roles often qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension if your degree is in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related STEM field. Verify your CIP code with your DSO before applying to plan your timeline.
Target companies with established OPT sponsorship history
Focus on employers who have previously sponsored H-1B visas, since those companies already have immigration infrastructure. Mid-size tech firms and enterprise software companies are particularly active sponsors for senior product roles.
Lead with product outcomes, not just process skills
Hiring managers at this level want to see revenue impact, retention improvements, and roadmap wins. Quantify your past results clearly so recruiters see your value before OPT authorization even becomes a conversation.
Disclose your OPT status early in recruiter conversations
Bringing up work authorization on the first recruiter call prevents wasted time for both sides. Frame it confidently: state your current authorization period, your STEM extension eligibility, and your H-1B cap timeline so there are no surprises.
Apply well before your OPT expiration date
Senior product roles have longer hiring cycles, often eight to twelve weeks from first screen to offer. Start your search at least four months before your OPT end date to leave room for interviews, negotiations, and STEM extension processing.
Emphasize cross-functional leadership to differentiate yourself
Product Management Lead roles require coordinating engineering, design, and business stakeholders. Highlighting this experience signals you can hit the ground running, which makes sponsorship feel like a smaller obstacle to hesitant hiring managers.
Product Management Lead OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Can I work as a Product Management Lead on F-1 OPT?
Yes. F-1 OPT authorizes you to work in a role directly related to your degree field. Product Management Lead positions typically qualify under degrees in Computer Science, Business, Information Systems, or Engineering. Confirm the role aligns with your degree field with your DSO before accepting an offer to stay compliant.
Does a Product Management Lead role qualify for the STEM OPT extension?
It depends on your degree, not the job title. If your underlying degree is in a STEM-designated field such as Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or Industrial Engineering, you can apply for the 24-month STEM OPT extension. The employer also needs to be enrolled in E-Verify, which most companies hiring at this level already are.
How do I find Product Management Lead jobs that are open to OPT students?
Browse Migrate Mate, which is built specifically for F-1 OPT and international students. It surfaces roles from employers with active sponsorship histories, so you avoid wasting applications on companies that categorically reject candidates requiring work authorization. Filtering by role seniority and visa-friendliness saves significant time at this stage of your search.
Will employers sponsor H-1B after hiring me on OPT for a Product Management Lead role?
Many do, particularly in technology, finance, and enterprise software. Senior product roles are harder to fill, which gives you more negotiating leverage on sponsorship than entry-level candidates have. Companies with an H-1B sponsorship track record are your best targets. Ask directly about their sponsorship policy before progressing past the first round.
What happens to my Product Management Lead job if my OPT expires before H-1B is approved?
If your employer files your H-1B petition before your OPT expires and you have a timely filed STEM extension or cap-gap protection applies, you can generally continue working without interruption. Cap-gap coverage bridges the period between your OPT expiration and October 1 when H-1B status begins, provided your petition was selected in the lottery and properly filed.