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Position Overview:
The Product Manager will provide leadership and oversight for the development and management of membership and subscription portfolio of products for the Real Estate ecosystem at Colibri. These products include Continuing Education, B2B offerings, and future certificate programs. The ideal candidate will define and build our membership product strategy and roadmap in collaboration with Customer Experience, Content Development, Platform/Engineering, Marketing, and Sales. The role will be responsible and accountable for transforming the existing product portfolio to become membership focused, identifying, and executing against KPIs that will increase the value Colibri offers to our learners and creates long-term mutual value. This is a growth-oriented business and a growth-oriented role that will have significant visibility and expectations across the organization. Due to acquisitions over the last few years, the real estate product portfolio has been disconnected across the career journey for our learners, but this is changing in 2023 and will unlock the opportunity to lean into membership across the nation.
What You’ll Do
- Working with customers to understand how the Real Estate products can be improved to meet their needs, with focus on improving key metrics, including MAUs, NPS, and success in real estate.
- Collaborating with stakeholders in the organization to improve the approach to and measurement of customer engagement in performing market research and stakeholder needs assessment to evaluate the opportunities and to prioritize them for the business.
- Lead the roadmap definition, development, and implementation of the portfolio of real estate education products.
- Work with the product management team to establish best practices and methodologies employed by the team.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders across the company to accomplish customer and business needs in maintaining the existing (legacy) products.
- Simultaneously manage multiple projects for quality, market fit, and on time delivery.
- Interpret feedback from Sales, Marketing, student surveys, and NPS scores to identify and address deficiencies in the product.
- Balance aggressive timelines and frequent changes in priorities and workload.
- Develop a shared vision for the future of Real Estate education and Colibri’s strategic direction to lead with product.
- Attend meetings, training, and other events as required.
- Assist with other projects/tasks as needed.
What You’ll Need to Succeed
- Demonstrated ability to lead projects and timelines.
- 6 or more years as a product manager, market researcher, or product owner
- BA/MA in Instructional Design, Marketing/Corporate Communications, Educational Psychology, English, Journalism or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Preferred - 4 or more years of experience in instructional content, preferably for online deployment.
- Ability to analyze data, identify insights, and to develop and execute new product strategies.
- Ability to exercise a high level of judgment. This role requires the ability to decide on a course or sequence of action and to direct others in that course of action. Must be able to reasonably envision future needs and plan accordingly.
- Strong business financial skills required. Able to use math to add, subtract, multiply or divide and may work with fractions, decimals, or percentages. Able to understand and manage P & L and budget and utilize other tools to manage the department.
- Strong interpersonal and superior written skills required.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Experience with Microsoft Office applications is required.
- Ability to travel up to 10%.
- Ability to occasionally work off hours.
- Experience in real estate, financial service, or publishing would be an important plus.
Colibri Group welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, and we understand that not every candidate will meet every requirement listed in the job description. Research has shown that women and people of color may be less likely to apply to jobs unless they feel they meet every qualification, and we want to actively combat this bias in our hiring process. If you’re excited about the role and believe you have the skills and experience to contribute to our team, we encourage you to apply, even if your background doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification listed. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we believe that diversity of perspectives and experiences is essential to our success. You may be just the right candidate for this role or another position within our organization. Don’t hesitate to take the leap and apply today!
Colibri Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Colibri Group prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.