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Position title: Senior Product Manager II

FLSA Status: Full-time, Exempt

Reports to: Director of Product Management

The Role

The Senior Product Manager II position is expected to manage the active pipeline of feature development in Jira and to work through the product process on any major initiatives in front of the product team. This includes Planning Sprints, leading refinement sessions, writing user stories and coordinating with other team members in requirements gathering.

The Senior Product Manager II role requires the ability to build strong relationships with our stakeholders, GTM partners, UX as well as the engineering team. Whether working on a cross-team initiative or tracking down required data/data sources for a new feature the SPM2 will be engaged with many members of the larger Anywhere RE organization.

This role will need to not only prioritize the engineering backlog, but their time when determining where to focus to deliver the highest impact. The expectation is that anyone considered for this role will be able to track and develop multiple initiatives with a constant push towards delivery.

The Day to Day

• Produce Jira Initiatives and Epics and clearly communicate them to the Engineering, UX and QA teams.

• Meet with partners to gather requirements.

• Coordinate with other Product team members in their efforts to provide production support, process analytics and coordinate other feature development.

• Own the relationship with business partners and perform continuous discovery with business and user.

• Coordinate upcoming epics for sprint planning - ensure 2 sprints of backlog groomed and ready

• Meet regularly with Tech, UX and Product teams to maintain clear focus on the mission and to ensure all have what is needed to move initiatives forward.

• The Senior Product Manager 2 role is a high output, high expectation, role. Your day to day is yours to plan and execute. A Senior Product Manager 2 on Leads Product team is expected to be self-directed and mission focused.

The Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in a professional product development environment with minimum 5 years in a Product Management/Ownership role.

• 5+ years’ experience working in an Agile development.

• Strong written and verbal communication, including technical writing skills.

• Excellent Technical literacy

• Full Product Lifecycle experience

• Experience building User Experience focused Products

• Experience working with JIRA, Confluence, or equivalent.

• The ability to make decisions with confidence.

Who is Anywhere Real Estate Product?

We are a team of forward-thinking, problem-solving product enthusiasts who drive innovation for our agents, employees, brands and brokers each day. We are propelled by a core set of values:

• Inspiring. Have the courage to shape the future.

• Collaborative. Leverage the collective genius.

• Accountable. If it’s to be, it’s up to me.

• Transparent. The good, the bad and the ugly.

• Bold. Fail fast and dare to be different.

• Driven. By passion, speed and delight.

We are the pit crew, dedicated to teamwork, precision and performance. In our world, our agents and brokers are the drivers, the ones at the helm. The brands are the car – the vehicle that powers the driver to success. We serve as the pit crew – possessing the expert understanding of our drivers and having the technical ability to help them succeed. In our world, we all have a very specialized role to play and are focused on one core mission: when we do our jobs well, the agents and brokers triumph.

Anywhere Real Estate Inc. (http://www.anywhere.re/)  (NYSE: HOUS) is on a mission to empower everyone’s next move. Home to some of the most recognized brands in real estate Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate (https://www.bhgre.com/) , Century 21® (https://www.century21.com/) , Coldwell Banker® (https://www.coldwellbanker.com/) , Coldwell Banker Commercial® (https://www.cbcworldwide.com/) , Corcoran® (https://www.corcoran.com/) , ERA® (https://www.era.com/) , and Sotheby's International Realty® (https://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng)

The Anywhere portfolio includes franchise and brokerage operations as well as national title, settlement, and relocation companies and nationally scaled mortgage origination and underwriting joint ventures.  Supporting approximately 1.5 million home transactions in 2021, Anywhere is focused on simplifying, digitizing and integrating the real estate transaction for all consumers, no matter where they may be in their home buying and selling journey.  With innovative products and technology, Anywhere fuels the productivity of its approximately 196,200 independent sales agents in the US and approximately 136,400 independent sales agents in 118 other countries and territories.

At Anywhere Real Estate, diversity fuels success – for our company, for our employees, and for our industry. We strive to be a top destination for diverse talent, committed to creating a culture of belonging that empowers everyone’s next move. We pursue talent – strategic thinkers who are eager to always find a better way, relentlessly focus on talent, obsess about growth, and achieve exceptional results. We value diversity – respecting backgrounds, cultures, perspectives, and beliefs. We develop our diverse talent base – through increasing representation in executive key leadership roles with actions including mentorship programs and partnerships with real estate associations that promote diversity and inclusion. Read more about our company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in our annual Corporate Social Responsibility Report (https://assets.website-files.com/633f08923c4c519693723aa5/63f7690462db639dcd8b18de_Anywhere%20CSR%20Report%202022.pdf) .

You’ll find our commitment to diversity reflected in our achievements:

• Recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies since 2011.

• Anywhere has also been designated a Great Place to Work since 2019.

• Recognized by Fortune as one of America’s Most Innovative Companies.

• Honored by Forbes as one of the World’s Best Employers for Diversity and Top Female Friendly Companies.

With a diverse employee population, we know we will succeed together and move real estate to what’s next. We hope you’ll join us.

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