Senior Product Manager - Data Platform Job ID 192699 Posted 19-Dec-2024 Service line Advisory Segment Role type Full-time Areas of Interest Digital & Technology/Information Technology Location(s) Dallas - Texas - United States of America, Minneapolis - Minnesota - United States of America, New York City - New York - United States of America CBRE is the world’s leading commercial real estate services firm with offices located around the globe. The real estate market is undergoing a significant and exciting change – driven by technology and data. The skillful use of technology and expanded customer benefits, data insights and cost savings it can enable play a vital role in CBRE’s mission to build unmatched value for our clients. The CBRE Digital & Technology team is innovative, leading global digital transformation with brand-new technology and data-driven insights for business growth. **About The Role:** Property Management's Digital & Technology division needs a Senior Product Manager for its Data Platform, who is passionate and data-driven. The person must have a passion for data and for developing digital solutions that blend seamlessly with customers’ workflows within the real-estate (preferably commercial) industry. This role will continuously monitor advancements in data management technologies, competitor solutions, market trends, and standard methodologies to drive an innovative data platform product offering. This position is strongly cross-functional in nature, requiring strong working relationships with multiple teams, including Property Management and Management Accounting, Data Analytics, User Experience, Engineering and Business Transformation teams. In addition to internal constituents, you may also work with customers and partners to understand the market requirements and to support any vendor partner integrations, so excellent communication (written and verbal) and a passion for creating customer centric, good user experience is vital. **What You'll Do:** + You have shown experience in bringing innovative data-as-a-service products to market and iterating based on data, user feedback and workflow requirements + You communicate business needs to the development team, are clearly able to articulate value propositions, and are driven by the “why” when creating product roadmaps + You take a collaborative approach to problem solving, engaging a diverse partner group to work through product ideation to deployment + You have excellent attention to detail and are highly organised with a proactive approach + You enjoy working with diverse groups/personalities and are able to constructively handle disagreements to reach a resolution + You are able to comprehend, analyze, and interpret complex business documents + You enjoy making effective and persuasive presentations on sophisticated topics to business partners, clients and/or public groups + You are able to empower and negotiate optimally with colleagues and partners to take desired action + You have worked in the real-estate before and have an understanding of the transformative and strategic role data plays in this industry **Key Responsibilities:** + Work closely with designers, engineers, and business professionals in a collaborative environment to define and articulate the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the Property Management Data Platforms in alignment with business goals and technological advancements. + Responsible for observing, assessing and advising multiple Product Managers working on the Data Platform and overseeing overarching roadmap delivery across teams + Serve as the "voice" of the customer on critical, sophisticated products translating customer needs to the Agile team by properly codifying intent, sizing work efforts, prioritizing needs, and summarizing issues. + Draw upon customer insights to drive the platform product vision and direction and represent the customer to the technical teams, answering questions about client expectations. + Facilitate discussions, user story development and refinement, and testing and validation; contribute to roadblocks resolution and decision making. + Manage executive partner communication and reporting and oversee this process for a group of Product Managers. + Manage the strategic and tactical decisions for the data platform product suite to provide product vision clarity + Collaborate with business partners to create effective ‘Go to Market’ strategies to ensure successful adoption of new product offerings. + Establish and analyze metrics to focus efforts and investments that properly ‘move the needle’ + Define, supervise and analyze key performance indicators to better facilitate the product decision making process. + Perform analysis for build/buy/partner decisions and develop cases for new products and features. + Perform product demonstrations and product technical presentations. + Partner with Technology leaders to influence end-state architecture and drive secure, resilient, performant, and scalable data platform solutions that solve material business problems. + Ensure that the Data Platform adheres to regulatory requirements, industry standards, and company policies regarding data privacy and security. + Translate high-level specifications for software components into program specifications. Estimate time against completing the program specifications. **What You'll Need:** To perform this job successfully, an individual will need to perform each crucial duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. + Minimum bachelor’s degree qualification, with strong quantitative background. STEM education background (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) AND/OR an MBA preferred. + 5- 7 years’ of Product Management experience, preferably in Agile/SCRUM environment and in delivering successful data management or analytics products in a fast-paced setting. + At least 3 years’ experience as a Senior Product Manager building cases, owning product strategy and product performance (or P&L) on sophisticated products. + Experience influencing teams in a global, cross-functional environment and building rapport with all levels of the organization. + Excellent communication skills both written and verbal in English. + Ability to solve sophisticated problems and deal with a variety of options in complex situations. + Sophisticated knowledge of financial terms and principles and ability to conduct financial analysis. + Experience managing other product managers or technical product owners. + Skilled at prioritizing conflicting demands, synthesizing requirements from a diverse group of end-users, and setting expectations to a broad group of internal clients. + A strong sense of ownership and bias for action. + Deep fluency in data, with experience ranging across data modeling, data warehousing, business intelligence (BI) and analytics engineering a plus. + Familiarity with technologies such as SQL, Python, BigQuery, Airflow, spark, and dbt desirable + Understanding of software and data analytics trends in commercial real-estate Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future. **Why CBRE?** When you join CBRE you will have the support and resources of a global firm where an entrepreneurial mentality is encouraged. You'll realize your potential with exciting work, fast-paced assignments, an environment of constant learning and dedication to results! To enable your success, we provide the best tools, training and leaders in the industry. Our culture is built on ourRISE (https://www.cbre.com/about-us/culture-and-history) values and reflects the needs and perspectives of our clients and our people. Our work is guided by our North Star: Crafting the real estate solutions of tomorrow, so businesses and people thrive. Coming to work for CBRE, you will receive a comprehensive benefits package, 401k, and extraordinary perks such as career growth and longevity! CBRE carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the Product Manager position is $145,000 annually and the maximum salary for the Product Manager position is $180,000 annually. The compensation offered to a successful candidate will depend on their skills, qualifications, and experience. Successful candidates will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on CBRE’s applicable benefit program. This role will provide the following benefits: 401(K), Dental insurance, Health insurance, Life insurance, and Vision insurance. **Equal Employment Opportunity:** CBRE is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We have a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law. **Candidate Accommodations:** CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company’s success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at recruitingaccommodations@cbre.com or via telephone at +1 866 225 3099 (U.S.) and +1 866 388 4346 (Canada). **NOTE:** Some, but not all, of our positions may have an additional requirement to comply with COVID-19 health and safety protocols, including COVID-19 vaccination proof and/or rigorous testing. If you have questions about the requirement(s) for this position, please inform your Recruiter. CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)