Product Manager, Mobile Apps, Homes.com

Product Manager, Mobile Apps, Homes.com

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Job Description

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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. 

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 growing quickly and we’re looking for a powerhouse Product Manager, based in Arlington, VA, to accelerate our growth.

Homes.com is a CoStar Group company with 20+ 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 lead the development and strategy of the mobile and tablet applications across iOS and Android. This position will serve as a liaison between the product team and native app development teams, to ensure feature parity across all devices is being delivered and production timelines are being met. Collaboration is critical to ensure a thorough understanding of new product features being introduced. This product manager will be responsible for writing user stories, maintaining a product backlog, and working with UI/UX designers to create designs that clearly illustrate the product vision. Successful candidates will have knowledge of the best practices for Apple and Android design systems and user experiences, while maintaining the design standards that align with the Homes.com brand. The position will be responsible for the performance of mobile app functionality and help drive engagement on mobile native applications.

This position is located in Arlington, VA and offers the following schedule :

• 4 days onsite, 1 day remote

Responsibilities

• Manage & deliver the product roadmap for the Homes.com Mobile App
• 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 digital Product Management experience with a proven track record delivering industry leading products and solutions 
• 2+ years’ experience managing the development of digital content products for native iOS & Android apps
• Experience defining and detailing product requirements and launching products/functiona