Principal Product Manager

About the team

At Zillow, we're focused on helping more people get home - with speed, certainty, and ease. We do this by providing buyers, real estate agents, and internal operators with an integrated and seamless experience that makes home a reality for more people. In order to fulfill Zillow's mission, the Zillow Home Loans (ZHL) product team is focused on helping more of Zillow's customers get the financing they need to confidently shop for their next home. We're on a mission to build the best financing experience for buyers, real estate agents, and loan officers, and our team sits at the heart of Zillow's company strategy.

We work with teams of designers, engineers, marketers, data scientists, and researchers to build highly impactful products. We plan, prioritize, advocate, and lead. We keep in sync with our leaders to make sure we are focusing on the right business outcomes. Our goal is to capture the confidence and trust of every homebuyer and real estate agent when it comes to home financing.

About the role

Looking for an opportunity to redefine real estate and home financing? We are seeking an experienced Principal Product Manager who is passionate about solving complex customer (internal and external) problems, and building highly impactful solutions. This Principal Product Manager will join the Zillow Home Loans product team and will be the single-threaded leader of the ZHL Connections product experience, ensuring Zillow's customers have a top-notch experience when working with Zillow's loan officers and real estate partners.

You are a highly influential leader and have experience working across highly complex organizations and teams. You have experience building customer-facing products as well as internal-facing tools. You are recognized as a mentor and have deep experience partnering with engineering, design, marketing, sales, operations, and research teams.

In this role, you will:

• Deliver impact and results by defining success metrics, analyzing data for insights, prioritizing what to build, and coordinating with partner teams to align efforts to business strategies
• Communicate and collaborate with stakeholders by articulating the customer problems needing to be solved, and partner directly with others to execute on solutions
• Lead a team of full-stack and mobile engineers to build products and experiences that delights customers when they look to Zillow for their financing and home buying needs
• Provide regular product progress and updates to senior leadership in addition to gathering buy-in on your short- and long-term product roadmap
• Mobilize your teams to do their best work by providing clear direction, handling dependencies, removing blockers and applying effective operating mechanisms

This role has been categorized as a Remote position. "Remote" employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice which must be identified to the Company. Employees may live in any of the 50 US States, with limited exceptions. In certain cases, an employee in a remote-designated job may need to live in a specific region or time zone to support customers or clients as part of their role.

In California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New York and Washington the standard base pay range for this role is $170,200.00 - $271,800.00 Annually. This base pay range is specific to California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New York and Washington and may not be applicable to other locations.

In addition to a competitive base salary this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location.

Who you are

• 8+ years of proficient ability in a product management role, with a focus on building technology products
• Has deep experience partnering with engineering, design, sales, and marketing teams
• Is fully accountable for annual and quarterly planning for their domain
• Defines, socializes, and acquires leadership support of product vision
• Makes decisions to address widespread shifts in technology, impacting cross organization plans and is responsible for ensuring resources and processes are established for effective execution
• Product decisions, solutions, and suggestions are accurate and successful when judged over time
• Identifies when to apply a solution to specific problems and when a patterned solution can apply more broadly
• Communication artifacts are exemplary examples for others to follow
• Finds common ground, leads, inspires and mentors
• Here at Zillow - we value the experience and perspective of candidates with non-traditional backgrounds. We encourage you to apply if you have transferable skills or related experiences.

Get to know us

Zillow is reimagining real estate to make home a reality for more and more people.

As the most-visited real estate website in the United States, Zillow® and its affiliates help movers find and win their home through digital solutions, first class partners, and easier buying, selling, financing and renting experiences. Millions of people visit Zillow Group sites every month to start their home search, and now they can rely on Zillow to help make it easier to move. The work we do helps people get home and no matter what job you're in, you will play a critical role in making home a reality for more and more people.

Our efforts to streamline the real estate transaction are supported by a deep-rooted culture of innovation, our passion to redefine the employee experience, a fundamental commitment to Equity and Belonging, and world-class benefits. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverages as well as parental leave, family benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off. We're also setting the standard for work experiences of the future, where our employees are supported in doing their best work and living a flexible, well-balanced life. But don't just take our word for it. Read recent reviews on Glassdoor and recent recognition from multiple organizations, including: the 100 Best Companies to Work For, Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award, Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Corporate Equity Index, and TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

Zillow Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us at [email protected].

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