Valcre is searching for a Director of Product Management!

Valcre is the premier valuation software for the commercial real estate industry. It is trusted by more than 300 leading organizations as the gold standard for appraisers.

Valcre’s web, mobile app, and valuation models provide an end-to-end solution for appraisal workflow, including job and client management, property research, inspections, valuation analysis, and report writing.

This is an opportunity to join other talented, diverse, passionate and driven individuals who want to solve big problems and transform the Commercial Real Estate industry.

About the Role

Valcre is reinventing Real Estate Valuation and is seeking an experienced and innovative Director of Product Management for our growing Product team to scale and evolve our industry leading Valuation solutions.  Reporting to the VP of Product, you will move across both our existing flagship solution and our next generation offering, striking a balance between technical execution and strategic market planning.  Leveraging strong analytical problem solving, technical acumen, customer centricity, and leadership skills, you will coordinate the people, systems and processes to design and deliver transformative products that maximize customer value. 

How we work

Valcre has always been a 100% remote company and we plan on keeping that way! We want our teammates to work wherever they feel most productive, connected, and focused. Currently, our teammates are distributed across the US, South America and Europe, but we plan on expanding our global footprint in the future. Valcre is an equal opportunity employer. We’re committed to growing and empowering a more inclusive community within our company and industry. That’s why we hire and cultivate diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

What You’ll Do 

• Product Management & Development 

  • Execute the product vision, strategy and roadmap by driving product development through the entire product lifecycle, from ideation to launch and adoption, and ensuring timely and high quality releases.

  • Translate customer and market needs into compelling and successful product plans that are consistent with the established product vision and strategies.

  • Advise on complex issues and projects by elevating conversations to the strategic level and proposing plans to support gaps effectively.  Work cross-functionally to manage bottlenecks and resolve escalated issues.

  • Own and maintain a prioritized product backlog with well-defined Epics and User Stories, gathering requirements from external and internal customers and other key stakeholders, with a focus on their ultimate goals and workflows.

  • Lead release planning efforts including aggregating preliminary release candidates, prioritizing release candidates in conjunction with internal stakeholders, facilitating solutioning and sizing discussions with Engineering and presenting final release candidates to the larger Valcre organization.

  • Serve as the primary liaison with Customer facing teams such as Customer Success, Customer Support and Sales to collect and prioritize product feedback and opportunities for expansion.

• Product Strategy

  • Define and implement product strategies and roadmaps that align with established company goals and product vision, delight both internal and external customers, and create sustaining business value.

  • Develop Go-To-Market launch plans.  Determine goals, drive strategic decisions and ensure cross functional team alignment and readiness.

  • Perform market research and competitive analysis to understand industry and design trends and product positioning, identifying and evaluating the business value for new product opportunities.

  • Present product updates and strategic initiative plans to senior leadership and key external stakeholders.

• People and Processes

  • Mentor and develop a team of high-impact Product and Project Managers to drive excellence in product innovation and execution across the platform.

  • Drive alignment across teams and with Executives, ensuring everyone has visibility into product strategy, plans and executions.

  • Establish frameworks, processes, standards and systems to elevate our Product Management practices. 

Who You Are 

• 7+ years of experience in Product Management with at least 3 years in a leadership role in B2B SaaS.

• Experienced serving Enterprise customers in Real Estate Analytics, CRE Data or Prop Tech industries with a BA/BS in Business or a Technical field. MBA a plus. 

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, frequently changing, and evolving environment.  You have a can-do attitude and extol continuous growth mindset.

• Technically adept and intimately familiar with Agile Software Development methodologies.  Skilled at working with technical resources to develop innovative solutions, review technical designs, evaluate implementation alternatives, assess rough level of effort, and troubleshoot blocking issues. Big plus if you’ve participated in an Agile Transformation.

• Highly organized and a structured thinker. You have a proven track record of managing and delivering successful product releases and launches. You possess project management skills including task estimation, project tracking, risk management and issue escalation. 

• Data savvy. Experienced managing products with a heavy data emphasis and multiple integrations to other data feeds. Experience with AI, machine learning and data analytics a big plus.

• Inherently collaborative.  You are both professionally and emotionally intelligent and confident, but approachable and open to new ideas.  You’re not afraid to champion your cause using rational persuasion and excellent interpersonal skills but will stand by the group decision once committed. You are comfortable facilitating alignment and problem solving discussions in a cross functional environment.

• Excellent communicator with the ability to quickly understand and explain complex concepts to diverse audiences in both written and oral formats.

Compensation, Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary + equity

• 401k + employer match

• Health insurance

• 100% WFH - We are a remote first company!

• Generous PTO Policy

• Opportunity to work with talented, diverse, passionate and driven individuals who want to solve big problems and transform the Commercial Real Estate industry