Digital & Technology Director

Jobinhalt

Job ID

23557

Posted

13-Jul-2021

Service line

GWS Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Digital & Technology / Information Technology

CBRE is the global leader in commercial real estate services, has been ranked the industry’s top brand by the Lipsey Company for 15 consecutive years, and has been named one of Fortune’s “Most Admired Companies” in the sector four years in a row. Through our values of respect, integrity, service and excellence, we maintain a relentless focus on creating winning outcomes for our clients, employees and shareholders.

Description / Opportunity

The real estate market is undergoing a significant and exciting change – driven by data and technology. Digital and Technology powered products play a vital role in CBRE’s mission to create unmatched value for our clients. The Product Manager will be a guiding force in defining these products and executing on them with engineering for a line of business. S/he is a key member in the Product Management team reporting to the Vice President, Products and will be leading a team of product managers. The person must have a passion for developing digital and technology powered products that blend seamlessly with customer’s workflows and provide the right information at the right time. The individual must possess technical expertise, project management experience and a strong knowledge of the engineering, agile software development and support processes. Creativity is key requirement as many times the customer looks to CBRE to provide solutions to their problems. This position is strongly cross-functional in nature, requiring strong working relationships with multiple teams, including Data Analytics, User Experience, Marketing, Research, Engineering, and Operations. In addition to internal constituents, you will also work with real-estate brokers, customers, and partners to understand the market requirements and to support the business. The work is often quite consultative in nature, and therefore a strong problem-solving orientation is critical, and past professional services or consulting experience would be very valuable in this position.

Job Responsibilities

• Manage and improve the overall Product Management process
• Provide leadership, guidance and mentorship to product managers through their product lifecycles and career progressions
• Deliver product portfolio roadmaps, and influence the balance of scope-budget-timelines, strategic planning, and demonstrate agile expertise
• Deliver a complete product to the market (software, hardware, services, documentation, training)
• Gather and analyze feedback from customer, real estate brokers, marketing, development, data scientists and analysts in addition to a good understanding of the real estate market
• Lead our internal process to define the product strategy, roadmap and priorities
• Serve as the customer representative in planning and requirements definition
• Develop requirements documents and use cases for new product features
• Owns the product backlog, facilitates discussions, and user story grooming
• Monitor the status of development projects supporting new features
• Conduct business-level verification and market testing of new features
• Become an expert on competitive products in the marketplace
• Provides regular updates and manages executive stakeholder communication and reporting
• Be a go-to person and strategic leader for the product within the company
• Perform product demonstrations and product technical presentations
• Perform analysis for build/buy/partner decisions
• Manage 3rd party technology product vendors and contracts
  

Qualifications

The individual must be highly entrepreneurial and a strategic thinker who can solve today issues as well as build processes for growth. The individual will need to be hands-on and work closely with all levels in the company, including senior management. The person needs to have:

• 5+ years of product management, where you were accountable for product vision, strategy, and execution
• Demonstrable successes in launching and iterating products as the strategic owner
• Track record of developing your people into future product leaders
• Ability to motivate team members with influence and accomplish goals
• Ability to cover whatever gaps that may exist in the process to get the product shipped
• Proactive in identifying problems early and to prioritize deliverables
• Good combination of technical and business background
• Effectively communicate with engineers and executives
• Demonstrated success in defining and launching excellent products
• Self-motivated, smart and quick to learn
• Interest in, and focus on, customers and passionate about creating good user experiences
• Willing to travel, locally and internationally. Likely 20-30%
• Excellent project management and organizational skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Good knowledge of agile software development processes
  

WE OFFER

• A commitment to your career so you can grow with the group
• An awesome team with whom to collaborate (including great consulting partners)
• A competitive compensation package, complete with benefits (Medical/Dental/Vision/401(k)/Disability)
• An open source culture/atmosphere that encourages learning and contributing back to the community. We support staying on top of the latest best practices and tools
• Flexible work schedules and casual atmosphere
• Paid holidays/vacation
  

About Our Team

We are a growing product management team within CBRE’s digital and technology group. We are well positioned within the organization to access global data, tools, resources, and leaders throughout the industry. Our mission is to empower both the enterprise and its constituent lines of business with the game changing data and insights needed to develop and execute business strategy. We believe that personal growth is equally as important as Company growth, as the two are, in fact, largely interdependent. We dream big and want to work on the most interesting real estate questions with great people, leading technology and shared curiosity.