Listing Partner — Illinois Real Estate License Required

Opendoor; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Company programs

Job summary

Opendoor is expanding its Resale team in Illinois by hiring remote Listing Partners who will serve as the primary contact for buyer’s agents from offer to close on Opendoor-owned homes.

As a Listing Partner, you’ll learn our playbook, master our tools, and develop negotiation and communication skills while handling a high volume of listings and contracts. Training and clear processes support your ramp-up and success.

Qualifications

• Strong negotiation and communication skills.
• Proven ability to transact at high volume in a fast-paced, metrics-driven environment.
• High ownership mindset and comfort working cross-functionally to resolve issues (title, inspections, HOA, lender, internal ops, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Own offer-to-close communications with buyer’s agents on assigned Opendoor listings, serving as their primary point of contact.
• Negotiate offers and terms (price, concessions, repairs, timelines) within Opendoor guidelines to balance conversion, margin, and customer experience.
• Oversee transactions to close by deadline through coordinating with internal teams (pricing, homes/renovations, transaction coordinators, title/escrow, brokerage) and external partners to clear issues and keep files moving.
• Manage repair negotiations by reviewing inspection reports, leveraging internal tools and workflows, and presenting clear, data-backed counters to buyer’s agents.
• Maintain high-quality documentation in internal systems (offer details, counter terms, repair decisions, key milestones).
• Monitor portfolio health for assigned listings, watching long-DOM homes and higher-risk transactions, escalating when additional support is needed.
• Deliver excellent agent and buyer experiences through proactive communication, expectation setting, and timely follow-up via phone, email, and text.
• Adopt and champion new tools and processes (e.g., negotiation models, automation, AI-powered workflows, TC support) to increase productivity and deal quality.

Skills

Negotiation

Communication

High-volume deals

Cross-functional

Tools

MLS

CRM tools

Transaction platforms

Job description

At Opendoor our mission is to tilt the world in favor of homeowners and those who aim to become one. Homeownership matters. It's how people build wealth, stability, and community. It's how families put down roots, how neighborhoods strengthen, how the future gets built. We're building the modern system of homeownership giving people the freedom to buy and sell on their own terms. We’ve built an end-to-end online experience that has already helped thousands of people and we’re just getting started.

What You’ll Need

• Strong negotiation and communication skills — comfortable on the phone, able to explain complex terms simply, and skilled at advocating for your client while preserving relationships.
• Proven ability to transact at high volume, stay organized, and hit deadlines in a fast-paced, metrics-driven environment.
• High ownership mindset and comfort working cross-functionally to resolve issues (title, inspections, HOA, lender, internal ops, etc.).

About the Role

At Opendoor, we’re rebuilding how people buy and sell homes, with more certainty, more choice, and less friction in the most important financial decision of their lives. Opendoor 2.0 is about focus, execution, and delivering real value for homeowners and those striving to become homeowners.

Our Resale Listing Partners are licensed real estate professionals who serve as the single point of contact with buyer’s agents from offer through close on Opendoor-owned homes. They negotiate on behalf of our seller (Opendoor), coordinate with internal teams and title partners, and drive smooth, on-time closings while delivering a standout agent and buyer experience.

We’re building a remote Listing Partner team in Illinois for professionals with an active Illinois real estate license. As a Listing Partner, you’ll focus on learning our playbook, mastering our tools, and building strong negotiation and communication skills. You’ll be supported with training, clear processes, and coaching so you can ramp into handling a high volume of listings and contracts with confidence.

What You’ll Do

• Own offer-to-close communications with buyer’s agents on assigned Opendoor listings, serving as their primary point of contact throughout the transaction.
• Negotiate offers and terms (price, concessions, repairs, timelines) within Opendoor guidelines to balance conversion, margin, and customer experience.
• Oversee transactions to close by deadline through coordinating with internal teams (pricing, homes/renovations, transaction coordinators, title/escrow, brokerage) and external partners to clear issues and keep files moving.
• Manage repair negotiations by reviewing inspection reports, leveraging our internal tools and workflows, and presenting clear, data-backed counters to buyer’s agents.
• Maintain high-quality documentation in our internal systems (offer details, counter terms, repair decisions, key milestones) so others can quickly understand the status of each file.
• Monitor portfolio health for your assigned listings, paying special attention to long-DOM homes and higher-risk transactions, and escalating when additional support or strategy is needed.
• Deliver excellent agent and buyer experiences through proactive communication, expectation setting, and timely follow-up via phone, email, and text.
• Adopt and champion new tools and processes (e.g., negotiation models, automation, AI-powered workflows, TC support) designed to increase both your productivity and deal quality.

Bonus Points If You Have

• Active real estate salesperson license in any state (or ability to obtain within a defined timeline prior to start date, subject to business needs and brokerage requirements).
• Experience listing and/or selling homes.
• Experience in residential real estate (e.g., listing agent, buyer’s agent, transaction coordinator, or similar client-facing role), or directly transferable experience in high-volume negotiations or transaction management.
• Familiarity with MLS, transaction management platforms, and CRM tools.
• Prior experience working in a centralized or inside sales environment (phone- and email-heavy).
• Comfort using data and tooling (reports, dashboards, AI/automation) to inform decisions and prioritize your time.

How We Work

• Schedule: Full-time, with flexibility needed for peak volume periods; weekend coverage is required.
• Collaboration: You’ll work closely with other Listing Partners, Transaction Coordinators, Pricing, Homes, Title & Escrow, and Brokerage to create a seamless end-to-end experience.
• Performance: We look at a balanced scorecard including conversion, fallthroughs, negotiation outcomes, title attach, pend-to-close time, and customer experience, with coaching and support to help you grow over time.

Why Join Opendoor

• Opportunity to be part of an evolving resale team that is core to Opendoor’s strategy and growth.
• Performance-based incentive pay aligned to outcomes you directly influence.
• Training, tools, and coaching to help you advance to higher levels of impact and responsibility.
• Benefits package including health coverage and other company programs (details provided during the interview process).

Closing Statement

About Opendoor
Founded in 2014, Opendoor’s mission is to power life’s progress one move at a time. We believe the traditional real estate process is broken and our goal is simple: build a digital, end-to-end customer experience that makes buying and selling a home simple and certain.

• To learn how we are reinventing the real estate industry check out our website.
• Hear about our culture directly from team members by visiting The Muse.
• Discover what we are building for our customers by reading our blog.

Opendoor Values
Openness
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Equal Opportunity
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