Product Manager

Product Manager

Job Description

About Us: 

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. 

This position is located in Richmond, VA and offers the following schedule option: 4 days onsite / 1 day remote.

About Us:

With 13 million monthly global unique visitors and 7x the traffic of our closest competitor, LoopNet is by far the most visited heavily trafficked online commercial real estate marketplace. LoopNet connects Tenants and Investors to properties available for sale and lease. These decision-makers and influencers view more than 1 million detailed property listings every day.

About the role:

As a Product Manager at LoopNet, you will be a driving force in building elegant and polished software which helps tenants and investors find the commercial real estate space of their dreams.  You will work with designers and software engineers to bring your product vision to life and will continue to iterate on your product features post-release by closely monitoring customer feedback and usage metrics.  You will also work with the product marketing team to influence go to market strategies for the new customer features that you release. This role will have the power to transform the efficiency of the entire product team by streamlining critical routine tasks and the day-to-day operations between outward facing clients & internal operational sales.

Success in this role is driven by operating with a highly collaborative, team-player mindset. The right candidate will embody a ‘we’ not ‘me’ mindset.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Have a deep understanding of who our customers are and identify problems that we can solve for them, through research and data

· Drive feature development from start to finish, this includes writing user stories (requirements), prioritizing releases, maintaining a product roadmap and backlog, and creating release notes.

· Influence and manage the product roadmap for the product area that you manage

· Use data to inform product opportunities and evaluate results to define further enhancements.

· Drive LoopNet’s growth by creating world-class consumer experiences online with industry-leading features

· Spend time with customers to validate product feature ideas and help inform the product roadmap and strategy

· Support the product team so they can operate as effectively as possible

· Understand our internal systems and ecosystem to prioritize and problem solve

· Facilitate clear communication internally and externally

· Translate feedback from sales and customer service into actionable items

Professional Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree from an accredited, not-for-profit University or College required.

· A track record of commitment to prior employers.

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

· Strong interpersonal skills

· Experience in coordinating multiple, time sensitive projects and activities simultaneously

· Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills

· Strong technical and analytical skills; experience with SQL/MySQL and Google Analytics ideal

· Real Estate domain knowledge, primarily Commercial Real Estate, is a plus

· Has proven track record of growing and scaling product usage and functionalities

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 plans 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.
 

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