Vice President, Product Management

SitusAMC; Olympia (WA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO and paid holidays

Medical, dental, vision benefits

401(k) and retirement plans

Job summary

SitusAMC is seeking an experienced product leader to represent stakeholder interests and drive Epics, Features, and User Stories. You’ll ensure solution delivery aligns with strategic goals, maintain a ready backlog, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize value and customer outcomes.

The role demands strong analytics, UX focus, and extensive experience in solution design, CI/CD, and stakeholder management, with real estate sector familiarity a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• 8+ years in industry with 2+ years in an AVP or equivalent role.
• 5+ years in product/service development with measurable customer value.
• 7+ years in solution design with End User usability focus.
• Strong analytical skills for persona/outcome mapping.
• Data engineering experience with big data and data models.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and software delivery.
• Proficient in application architecture and system design.
• Experience in stakeholder management and strategic alignment.
• Clear communication and presentation skills; user interviews experience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure decisions align with the strategic vision and communicate outcomes.
• Assist in defining Epic success criteria and desired outcomes.
• Evaluate, prepare, and deliver Epics, Features, and User Stories.
• Provide solution options balancing capacity and demand.
• Maintain a ready backlog for cross-functional Delivery Teams with clear Acceptance Criteria.
• Represent the voice of the customer and advocate for their needs.
• Conduct user interviews to understand problems.
• Prioritize work by strategic direction and value.
• Ensure release work aligns with the vision.
• Identify risks and impediments between backlog items.
• Coordinate and participate in product releases and change management.
• Prepare and communicate release notes to clients or internal users.
• Create and monitor metrics to improve the process.
• Mentor and train team members as needed.
• Other duties as assigned by manager.

Skills

Strategy alignment

Backlog management

Epic/Feature delivery

UX usability

User interviews

Agile methodologies

Data modeling

CI/CD pipelines

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, or Engineering

Job description

SitusAMC is where the best and most passionate people come to transform our client’s businesses and their own careers. Whether you’re a real estate veteran, a passionate technologist, or looking to get your start, join us as we work together to realize opportunities for everyone, we proudly serve.

At SitusAMC, we are looking to match your unique experience with one of our amazing careers, so that we can help you realize your potential and career growth within the Real Estate Industry. If you are someone who can be yourself, advocate for others, stay nimble, dream big, own every outcome, and think global but act local – come join our team!

This role is the primary representative of the interests of stakeholders, sponsors, and potential users in the organization. This role is responsible for ensuring that solution decisions align with the overall strategy and that Features and User Stories are properly vetted, prepared, executed, and delivered to customers. This role collaborates with others to ensure that proposed solutions meet demonstrated customer needs, are feasible to implement, and can be profitably delivered to customers. This role collaborates with the superiors to ensure that the strategic intent described in business epics is appropriately realized in Features and User Stories and makes decisions about when sufficient value has been generated to trim or defer lower value features and stories from the team’s backlog. This role maintains a ready backlog and collaborates with the leadership to establish the solution vision and roadmap. The Role communicates the strategic vision and outcomes to Delivery Teams while embodying the voice of the customer.

Essential Job Functions:

• Ensure product decisions are aligned with the organization's strategy and communicate the strategic vision and outcomes to other teams

• Assist the others in defining Epic success criteria and desired outcomes

• Evaluate, prepare, execute, and deliver Epics, Features, and User Stories

• Provide solution options considering a balance between capacity and demand

• Contribute to a ready backlog of actionable work that will flow to cross functional Delivery Teams that effectively communicates Acceptance Criteria which aligns with content outlined in the Epic

• Represent the voice of the customer, advocating for their needs and interests

• Conduct user interviews to gain a deeper understanding of customer problems

• Validate that work is prioritized according to strategic direction

• Ensure alignment between the work delivered in each release and the strategic vision

• Identify risk and impediments between backlog items and ensure they are effectively managed

• Coordinate and participate in product releases and change management activities

• Prepare, organize, and communicate release notes and to clients or internal users

• Create and Monitor metrics to help improve the process and/or verify it is on track

• Mentor, coach, and train team members as needed

• Other activities as may be assigned by your manager

Qualifications/ Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (such as Business, Computer Science, or Engineering) or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Minimum of 8+ years of industry and/or relevant experience, typically with 2+ years in an AVP level role or external equivalent. Minimum of five years of increasing responsibility for product or service development, including the ability to measure the value of solutions delivered to customers

• Minimum of 7 years of experience relating to solution design and engagement with full stack development techniques with a heavy focus on End User usability and UX designs

• Strong analytical skills to identify and propose persona/outcome combinations for business impact

• Experienced data engineering skills with ties to development and management of logical data models with experience in big data

• Knowledge of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CD/CI) pipelines

• Proficient understanding of application infrastructure, system architecture, and operating system

• Proven experience in stakeholder management, representing interests, and fostering collaboration Strategic mindset with the ability to align product decisions with organizational strategy

• Proficiency in vetting, preparing, executing, and delivering Features and User Stories

• Excellent communication and presentation skills to convey the strategic vision and outcomes to various teams

• Experience in conducting user interviews and generative or evaluative research to inform decision-making

• Familiarity with backlog management, prioritization techniques, and ensuring alignment with strategic goals

• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and their application in product or service development

• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail in maintaining backlogs and managing dependencies

• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders

• Real estate experience preferred, but not required

• A strong commitment to integrity, professionalism, and SitusAMC’s guiding principles

• A demonstrable ability to collaborate effectively with team members in diverse groups and regions

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Note: This job description is not intended to be all inclusive or exclusive. At any time, employees may perform other related duties as required to meet the ongoing needs of the organization and participate in additional trainings. SitusAMC does not accept unsolicited resumes from staffing agencies, search firms or any third parties. Any unsolicited resume submitted to SitusAMC in any manner will be considered SitusAMC property, and SitusAMC will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.

The annual full time base salary range for this role is

$110,000.00 - $170,000.00

Specific compensation is determined through interviews and a review of relevant education, experience, training, skills, geographic location and alignment with market data. Additionally, certain positions may be eligible to receive a discretionary bonus as determined by bonus program guidelines, position eligibility and SitusAMC Senior Management approval. SitusAMC offers PTO and paid holidays, the terms of which are set forth in the program policies. All full time employees also are eligible to participate in various benefit plans, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance and 401K; in each case in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.

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SitusAMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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