Product Manager, Homes.com at CoStar Group in US-VA Arlington

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Product Manager, Homes.com Job Description CoStar Group is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. Included in the S&P 500 Index, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives. We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers. We’ve continually refined, transformed and perfected our approach to our business, creating a language that has become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors. We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation. This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors. By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate. Homes.com is reimagining the home search experience for consumers and agents alike. We are empowering people to discover homes, share insights and make connections on their terms – disrupting a multi-billion industry. Already one of the fastest growing real estate portals in the industry, we are driven to be #1. Just ask Brad Bellflower, Chief Change Officer at Apartments.com. After its acquisition in 2014, Apartments.com quickly turned into the most popular place to find a place. Proven success at the highest level – and we’re doing it again with the new Homes.com. Homes.com is a CoStar Group company with 30+ years' experience in leading and growing digital marketplaces. We pride ourselves on continually improving, innovating, and setting the standard for property search and marketing experiences. With Homes.com we’re building a brand on the cusp of defining the industry. We’re looking for big thinkers, brave leaders, and creative advertising wizards ready to influence a new age of homebuying within a tried-and-true, award-winning company. What We Are Looking For: Homes.com is seeking a dynamic, high-performing product manager to support agent tools and the consumer-facing Homes.com experience . This product manager will lead both sides of the experience, from the tools agents use to grow their business to how consumers find experienced agents to work with. The ideal candidate brings a strong foundation in product management, a data-driven mindset, and a passion for translating complex information into clean, intuitive experiences . This position is located in Arlington, VA and this position is in office Monday through Friday. RESPONSIBILITIES Manage & deliver the product roadmap for the Homes.com Agent and Consumer Experience Drive feature development from start to finish in a fast-paced Agile software development environment. This includes writing user stories (requirements), prioritizing releases, maintaining a product roadmap and backlog, and creating release notes. Work closely with user experience design, engineering and quality assurance to strategize, plan, and deliver product features. Influence the product roadmap for the product area that you manage Use data to inform product opportunities and evaluate results to define further enhancements. Spend time with customers to validate product feature ideas and help inform the product roadmap and strategy BASIC QUALIFICATIONS 3+ years of Product Management experience with a proven track record delivering industry leading products and solutions Experience defining and detailing product requirements and launching products/functionality enhancements to meet customer needs Collaborated with development resources to prioritize features in an agile-scrum process Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills Experience creating wireframes & mock ups to visually convey and inspire product ideas Bachelor's Degree from an accredited,