Senior Product Manager

Senior Product Manager

Job Description

Product Manager – Construction/Development – CoStar

Company:

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. Included in the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100, 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.

For over 35 years, CoStar Group has been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces, giving them perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to their customers. By continually refining, transforming, and perfecting their approach to their business, CoStar has created a language that has become the standard in the industry, for their customers, and even competitors. As they continually work to continue that effort as well as improve and drive innovation, they are able to deliver for their customers, employees, and investors. CoStar Group provides an invaluable edge in real estate, by equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available.

Opportunity for impact – Construction/Development Product Area

To continue the momentum of rapid growth, CoStar is seeking a Sr. Product Manager who will be responsible for all aspects of product development around Construction & Development, including but not limited to incorporating permit data, change of use, establishing highest and best use for a parcel. In this role, you will spearhead the development of the product roadmap and delivery of new product features and enhancements. This includes defining and documenting user stories, writing & reviewing acceptance criteria, development resource management, and scheduling. You’ll also be responsible for user testing, working with our Marketing team to develop collateral and other materials for product launch, and executing thoughtful roll-out strategies. This position is an exciting opportunity for the right person looking to join a great team serving an exciting, evolving industry as part of a leading global organization.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Shape how construction data is used and presented throughout the CoStar product. With more than 100,000 proposed, active, and recently delivered commercial development projects tracked by CoStar, pipeline data is an essential component to nearly all user personas.
• Identify ways to create more value related to the entire development lifecycle.
• Organize user testing, collect feedback and organize into actionable development priorities.
• Plan & execute product/feature deployments to our large subscriber base.
• Use customer data & usage analytics to inform product opportunities and evaluate results.
• Leveraging market and customer insights, build creative products that enhance CoStar customers experience with our products and provide them with tools to make better business decisions.
• Take ownership of the product road map from inception through to release of new features and enhancements.
• Drive product releases 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 senior executives, UI design, engineering, QA, marketing and sales to strategize, plan, and build products and plans that meet aggressive expectations on usage and revenue.
• Understand and analyze customer needs and communicate those needs to other team members to build key use cases.
• Organize user testing, collect feedback and organize into actionable development priorities.
• Plan & execute product / feature deployments to our large subscriber base.
• Use customer data & usage analytics to inform product opportunities and evaluate results.

Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred.
• A track record of commitment to prior employers and success in previous roles.
• 8+ years of Product Management experience or an equivalent role.
• Commercial Real Estate experience with experience in at least one of the following: appraisal; valuation; acquisition/dispositions; investment analysis, investment sales. 
• Experience defining and detailing product requirements and launching products/functionality enhancements to meet customer needs.
• Managed sprint schedules and resources in an agile-scrum development environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills. 
• Experience shaping, managing and executing product or data strategy for a SaaS information product, real estate products or similar product presenting business information, reporting and analytics.

Personal Characteristics:

• Action-oriented self-starter who can set strategy/business plan and drive execution with a “roll up the sleeves” approach.
• Deeply analytical with an ability to process data in order to make decisions; someone with a bias to being in the weeds and digging into every component of the business.
• Creative problem-solver and conceptual thinker with an ability to understand and leverage detail-oriented and analytical issues as needed.
• Articulate and clear communicator who can successfully communicate across all levels within the organization, including the executive team, clients, and external stakeholders.
• High-horsepower individual with a track record of learning new industries quickly, when necessary.

What’s in it for you?   

When you join CoStar Group, you will experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed. 

We offer generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with training and tuition reimbursement. 

Other highlights of our benefits package include: 

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug 
• Life, legal, and supplementary insurance 
• Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family 
• Commuter and parking benefits 
• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions 
• Employee stock purchase plan 
• 11 holidays and 3 weeks of vacation per year 
• On-site fitness center 
• Access to CoStar Group’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource Groups 
• Snacks and caffeine 

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply. However, please note that CoStar Group is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position. 

CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing