Product Manager

Walker & Dunlop; United States; On-site; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

401(k) match

Paid parental leave

Wellness program

Job summary

Walker & Dunlop is seeking a Product Manager for the WDTech - R&D team to drive the WDSuite Affordable Equity platform. You will partner with capital providers, stakeholders, and engineers to translate business needs into actionable product outcomes.

You will own the roadmap, write detailed requirements and user stories, and act as Product Owner for scrum teams to ensure timely delivery with a focus on user value and market impact.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of product management or related experience.
• Agile environment experience with technical teams.
• Proven ability translating business and user needs into clear requirements.
• Real estate or financial services technology experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive the product roadmap for your area, guiding critical capabilities from concept through delivery to the customer.
• Partner with stakeholders to understand business challenges, user needs, and desired outcomes and translate those insights into product solutions.
• Translate product strategy into clear requirements, user stories, and prototypes that support successful product development.
• Serve as Product Owner for assigned scrum team(s), working closely with engineers to deliver high-quality products on time.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, business stakeholders, and technical leadership to align priorities and support decision-making.
• Engage with customers and partners to communicate roadmap updates and gather feedback.

Skills

Product management

Agile

Stakeholder collaboration

User needs focus

Communication

Education

3+ years product management experience

Real estate / FinTech experience preferred

Job description

Department: WDTech - R&D

We are Walker & Dunlop. We are one of the largest providers of capital to the commercial real estate industry, enabling real estate owners and operators to bring their visions of communities - where people live, work, shop, and play - to life. We are committed to creating meaningful social, environmental, and economic change in our communities.

Department Overview

WDTech is W&D’s in-house technology team - a group of collaborative and highly skilled technology professionals, all of whom are leading experts in real estate data, data science, and technology. WDTech Product works hand-in-hand with the business to translate business outcomes into actionable product strategies, aligning user needs with innovative solutions, via close collaboration with our engineering partners, to ensure W&D maintains a competitive advantage as our technology landscape and target market rapidly evolve.

The Impact You Will Have

As a Product Manager for WDSuite, you will play a pivotal role in driving the success of our Affordable Equity platform. You will work closely with capital providers, fellow Product Managers, business stakeholders, and technical leadership to develop solutions that streamline deal execution and address the needs of our users. In this role, you will help shape and execute the product roadmap by identifying opportunities to improve existing capabilities and extend our product offering. You will bring together user needs, business priorities, and technical considerations to help deliver thoughtful, effective solutions and contribute new and innovative ideas to the continued development of WDSuite.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop and drive the product roadmap for your area, guiding critical capabilities from concept through delivery to the customer.
• Partner with stakeholders to understand business challenges, user needs, and desired outcomes and translate those insights into product solutions.
• Translate product strategy into clear and detailed requirements, user stories, and prototypes that support successful product development.
• Serve as Product Owner for assigned scrum team(s), working closely with engineers throughout the development process to deliver high-quality products on time.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, business stakeholders, and technical leadership to align product priorities and support effective decision-making.
• Engage with customers and partners to communicate roadmap updates, gather product feedback, and better understand their needs and challenges.
• Identify opportunities to improve existing capabilities and extend the product offering based on customer, partner, and stakeholder feedback.
• Apply product management experience and best practices to develop thoughtful, reliable solutions that meet user and business needs.
• Maintain a strong understanding of the end user, including their workflows, needs, and pain points, and incorporate that perspective into product decisions.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders throughout the product development process to maintain alignment on priorities, requirements, and expected outcomes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• 3+ years of product management or related experience.
• Background working in an Agile environment and partnering with technical teams to deliver products or capabilities.
• Demonstrated success translating business and user needs into clear product requirements and user stories.
• Proven track record of collaborating with business stakeholders, customers, partners, and technical teams.
• Real estate industry and/or financial services technology experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong understanding of user needs, workflows, challenges, and pain points, with a focus on incorporating the user perspective into product decisions.
• Agile mindset with a willingness to work iteratively, provide timely feedback, and adapt as needs evolve.
• Ownership and accountability for work and initiatives from concept through delivery.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative approach to developing practical solutions to business challenges.
• Clear and effective communication of product concepts, requirements, priorities, and decisions to a variety of audiences.
• Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills when working across Product, business, technical teams, customers, and partners.
• Willingness to take on new challenges, recognize opportunities for growth, and demonstrate patience when learning new processes.
• Strong organizational skills with the capacity to balance multiple priorities while maintaining attention to quality and user needs.

This position has an estimated base salary of $115,000 - $130,000 plus a discretionary bonus. An employment offer is based on the applicant’s relevant work experience, applicable knowledge, skills, abilities, internal equity, and alignment with market data.

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What We Offer

• The opportunity to join one of Fortune Magazine’s Great Places to Work winners Comprehensive benefit options that have earned Walker & Dunlop the gold level of the 2025 Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation, some of which include:
• Up to 83% subsidized medical payroll deductions
• Competitive dental and vision benefits
• 401(k) + match
• Pre-tax transit and commuting benefits
• A robust health and wellness program - earn cash rewards and gain access to resources that promote health, engagement, and balance
• Paid maternity and parental leave, as well as other family paid leave programs
• Company-paid life, short and long-term disability insurance
• Health Savings Account and Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending
• Career development opportunities
• Empowerment and encouragement to give back - volunteer hours and donation matching
• *Eligibility may vary based on average number of hours worked

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

We are committed to equity in all steps of the recruitment and employment experience. We believe in equal access to opportunities in our workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination, including harassment, based on any characteristic protected by applicable law, such as race, color, national origin, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, sex, age, disability, veteran or military status, and genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We strive to be a safe place to ask questions, build professional relationships, and develop careers.

Fair Chance Hiring

Background checks, including any questions related to infractions, arrests, or conviction records, will not be conducted until after a conditional offer of employment has been accepted. We will consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of arrest and conviction records, in accordance with federal, state, and local laws.

Our experience is the combination of everything that’s unique about our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to success, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it’s our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hardworking, curious, trustworthy, humble and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in our area.