Director Business Product Management - US Based Remote

Position Overview:

We are seeking a strategic Business Product Director to join our team. The Business Product Director leads the alignment between the business objectives and core technological capabilities, ensuring cohesion between the business and product strategies. This role drives communication and collaboration among Coldwell Banker Realty business leadership, product leadership and software development leadership, ensuring a cohesive and innovative environment. The ideal candidate will utilize their market and industry knowledge to translate user needs into user stories and acceptance criteria. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Help to shape and drive the product strategy in collaboration with Product Owners, ensuring alignment with Coldwell Banker Realty's vision of delivering superior consumer experiences.
• Visionary Guidance: Utilize market and industry knowledge to inform the product development process, including user stories and acceptance criteria, ensuring they align with strategic business objectives.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Lead and facilitate communication between business leadership, product leadership, and software development teams, ensuring cohesive and aligned efforts.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Serve as the primary point of contact for driving strategic discussions and decision-making processes with the Product leadership teams, including developing business cases and providing expertise to shape prioritization.
• Product Strategy Alignment: Maintain regular communication with Product Owners to ensure alignment on priorities and strategic direction.
• Leadership in Product Development: Support Product Owners in collaborating with other teams and leadership to ensure the product strategy aligns with the overall business vision.
• Product Demonstrations: Lead the team in preparing and delivering product demos to stakeholders, showcasing strategic value and functionality.
• Project Oversight: Oversee the creation of comprehensive project reports, including status updates and reviews, and deliver presentations to indicate progress and strategic outcomes.
• Scope Management: Evaluate and approve changes to project scope, ensuring alignment with overall strategic goals.
• Go-to-Market Strategy: Own the strategy for communication, distribution, training, and timing of product feature rollouts within Coldwell Banker
• AI Focus: reinventing processes by approaching problems with an AI-first perspective

 

Required Qualifications:

• 7-10 years progress leadership experience in roles that were focused on connecting business objectives and core technological capabilities (i.e. Business Analyst, Product Analyst, Product Manager etc.)
• Digital Domain Expertise: Deep knowledge of digital domains, products, and user journeys.
• B2BExperience: Proven experience with B2B digital products, understanding the nuances and demands of consumer-facing solutions.[AL1] 
• Feature Prioritization: Experience developing business cases to drive prioritization using techniques like cost-benefit analysis.
• Agile/Digital Experience: Experienced in facilitating agile ceremonies, managing a backlog/release plan, tracking team level metrics, removing blockers (burndown chart, release burn up, etc.) Some experience leading / working with teams in an agile setting
• Data Analysis: Strong ability to analyze data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions about product strategy.
• Customer Empathy: Deep understanding of the product customers and adept at translating that into user needs is critical for developing products that meet agent expectations
• Communication: Strong communication skills with the ability to present complex messages, trade-offs, and tell a compelling story.
• Business Requirements: Ability to articulate business requirements clearly and bridge the gap between development teams and stakeholders.
• Problem Solving: Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to lead the team in pushing solutions forward and making progress.
• Innovation:  Passion to challenge the status quo and find new solutions and drive out of the box ideas – loves and embraces change.
• Technical Skills:
• Data Analysis: Proficiency in tools like Excel, Tableau, or Power BI. 
• Product Analytics: