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Risk Management Lead roles are open to F-1 OPT students with backgrounds in finance, business analytics, or a related quantitative field. Your OPT work authorization covers full-time employment, and many financial institutions and consulting firms actively sponsor H-1B visas for strong risk professionals.
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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.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As a valued colleague on our team, you will provide expert advice on, and guide team in, assessing and identifying potential risks that may threaten our reputation, safety, security, and/or financial success, as well as participate with key stakeholders across the enterprise and guide team in understanding business objectives.
The Insider Risk Management Lead Associate 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:
- Guide team in preparing analyses and reports used to determine business areas that pose potential risks to the enterprise.
- Guide team in preparing analyses and reports used to evaluate the impact of proposed risks to the enterprise.
- Lead team in monitoring information and processes to reduce risk using rigorous analysis.
- Document resolutions and control guidelines.
- Guide team efforts to review business strategies, and make decisions that will drive success in the face of shifting consumer behaviors and regulations.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
4 years
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor degree or equivalent
- Risk Management knowledge & expertise: Conduct Risk, Insider Risk, Insider Threat, Fraud Risk
- Risk Assessment and Management including evaluating and designing controls, conducting impact assessments, identifying control gaps, remediating risk, etc.
- Experience with creation and implementation of governance documents and procedures aligned with internal policies and standards and regulatory guidance.
- Analytical/Problem solving - Experience identifying measures, or indicators of system performance, and the actions needed to improve or correct performance to achieve desired outcomes
- Relationship Management including managing and engaging stakeholders, customers, and vendors, building relationship networks, etc.
- Effective communication (verbal & written with Sr Leadership, regulatory bodies, internal audit, and the ability to explain the complex regulations & how they apply to the business stakeholders and their processes)
- Experience helping an organization to plan and manage change in effort to meet strategic objectives
Additional Skills & Tools
- Skilled in presenting information and/or ideas to an audience in a way that is engaging and easy to understand
- Influencing including negotiating, persuading others, facilitating meetings, and resolving conflict
- Strong project management skills with adept ability to manage project plans and timelines, optimize resources, and people to ensure successful project delivery
- Tools: Skilled in Archer, Tableau, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, & Viso.
COMPENSATION
- Salary Range: $123,000.00 - 161,000.00 a year
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.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
As a valued colleague on our team, you will provide expert advice on, and guide team in, assessing and identifying potential risks that may threaten our reputation, safety, security, and/or financial success, as well as participate with key stakeholders across the enterprise and guide team in understanding business objectives.
The Insider Risk Management Lead Associate 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:
- Guide team in preparing analyses and reports used to determine business areas that pose potential risks to the enterprise.
- Guide team in preparing analyses and reports used to evaluate the impact of proposed risks to the enterprise.
- Lead team in monitoring information and processes to reduce risk using rigorous analysis.
- Document resolutions and control guidelines.
- Guide team efforts to review business strategies, and make decisions that will drive success in the face of shifting consumer behaviors and regulations.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
4 years
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor degree or equivalent
- Risk Management knowledge & expertise: Conduct Risk, Insider Risk, Insider Threat, Fraud Risk
- Risk Assessment and Management including evaluating and designing controls, conducting impact assessments, identifying control gaps, remediating risk, etc.
- Experience with creation and implementation of governance documents and procedures aligned with internal policies and standards and regulatory guidance.
- Analytical/Problem solving - Experience identifying measures, or indicators of system performance, and the actions needed to improve or correct performance to achieve desired outcomes
- Relationship Management including managing and engaging stakeholders, customers, and vendors, building relationship networks, etc.
- Effective communication (verbal & written with Sr Leadership, regulatory bodies, internal audit, and the ability to explain the complex regulations & how they apply to the business stakeholders and their processes)
- Experience helping an organization to plan and manage change in effort to meet strategic objectives
Additional Skills & Tools
- Skilled in presenting information and/or ideas to an audience in a way that is engaging and easy to understand
- Influencing including negotiating, persuading others, facilitating meetings, and resolving conflict
- Strong project management skills with adept ability to manage project plans and timelines, optimize resources, and people to ensure successful project delivery
- Tools: Skilled in Archer, Tableau, SharePoint, Excel, PowerPoint, & Viso.
COMPENSATION
- Salary Range: $123,000.00 - 161,000.00 a year
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 Risk Management Lead
Target regulated industries first
Banks, insurance companies, and financial services firms operate under strict compliance mandates that create sustained demand for risk talent. These employers are far more accustomed to sponsoring work visas than startups or smaller firms without dedicated HR infrastructure.
Quantify your risk impact on your resume
Hiring managers in risk want numbers. Highlight the portfolio size you monitored, percentage reductions in loss exposure, or models you built. Concrete outcomes signal readiness for a lead role and make your profile stand out to sponsorship-willing employers.
Earn a relevant certification before applying
Credentials like FRM or PRM signal technical depth and long-term commitment to the field. Employers weighing sponsorship costs look for signals that a candidate is invested in a risk management career, and certifications provide exactly that reassurance.
Address your OPT status early in outreach
Mentioning your authorization upfront in cover letters removes ambiguity for hiring teams. Framing it as current work authorization, with H-1B eligibility for future sponsorship, presents your situation as a near-term solution rather than a long-term complication.
Demonstrate leadership even without the title
Lead roles require evidence of cross-functional coordination and team oversight. Highlight projects where you directed analysts, presented to executives, or drove methodology decisions. Employers sponsoring a lead-level position need confidence you can operate at that level immediately.
Use OPT STEM extension eligibility as a negotiating point
If your degree is in a STEM field, you may qualify for a 24-month OPT extension, giving employers up to three years before needing to file an H-1B. This is a meaningful advantage worth communicating clearly during the offer and negotiation stage.
Risk Management Lead OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Can F-1 OPT students work as a Risk Management Lead in the United States?
Yes. F-1 OPT authorizes full-time employment in roles directly related to your field of study. Risk Management Lead positions typically require a degree in finance, business, economics, or a quantitative discipline, so students with those backgrounds are generally well-positioned. You can browse open roles on Migrate Mate to find employers actively hiring OPT candidates.
Do Risk Management Lead roles commonly lead to H-1B sponsorship?
Risk management is a specialty occupation under H-1B criteria, and many employers in banking, insurance, and consulting have established sponsorship pipelines for strong risk professionals. Firms that invest in onboarding a lead-level hire have a financial incentive to retain that person, which increases the likelihood of sponsorship. Confirming sponsorship intent before accepting an offer is worth the conversation.
How does STEM OPT extension apply to Risk Management Lead roles?
If your degree is in a STEM-designated field such as financial engineering, statistics, or management information systems, you may be eligible for a 24-month OPT extension after your initial 12-month period. This extends your total work authorization to 36 months, giving your employer a longer runway before an H-1B becomes necessary. Check your degree's CIP code with your DSO to confirm STEM eligibility.
What qualifications do employers expect for a Risk Management Lead on OPT?
Most employers expect a relevant graduate or undergraduate degree, demonstrated experience with risk frameworks such as ERM or Basel standards, and evidence of cross-functional leadership. Certifications like the FRM strengthen a profile significantly. Employers sponsoring a lead-level hire typically want someone who can operate independently from day one, so quantifiable past experience matters more than tenure.
What happens to my OPT authorization if I switch employers in a Risk Management Lead role?
OPT is tied to your field of study, not a specific employer, so switching to a new employer in a role that aligns with your degree is permitted. You must report the change to your DSO within 10 days and update your SEVIS record. Gaps in employment longer than 90 cumulative days during your OPT period can affect your immigration status, so minimizing downtime between positions is important.