Product Manager, Homes.com

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, not-for-profit, in person University or College  

• A track record of commitment to prior employers 

PREFERRED QUALIFCATIONS AND SKILLS  

• 5+ years of Product Management experience with a proven track record delivering industry leading products and solutions 

• Residential Real Estate domain knowledge 

• Experience working with Google Analytics  

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? 

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

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

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to): 

• 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  

• Paid time off 

• Tuition reimbursement 

• On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent), with yoga studio, Pelotons, personal training, group exercise classes 

• Access to CoStar Group’s Employee Resource Groups 

• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks 

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. 

The final salary or hourly rate offered for this role with fall within the range set forth below based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, geographic location, skills, and competencies.

Base Compensation: $84,000.00 - $141,000.00 Annually

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