Principal Product Manager (Mortgage)

First American Financial - Irvine, CA

Full-time - Senior

Irvine, CA

1,001-5,000 employees

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About the position

The Principal Product Manager at CoreLogic is responsible for understanding market priorities and trends to identify new product and pricing opportunities. This hybrid-remote role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams to drive product strategy and execution, enhancing the company's value proposition in the property industry. The position requires engagement with third-party partners and sales teams to present solutions and assist in account planning.

Responsibilities

• Establish strategic plans to seek out new market and solution opportunities.
• Identify new areas of strategic growth by analyzing market trends and competitive gaps.
• Prepare market presentations in support of business plans and strategy.
• Present ROI and financial analysis.
• Lead, participate and present solution value to key industry organizations, conferences and forums.
• Monitor industry trends and competitive landscape to assess impacts on business strategy.
• Partner with senior managers to establish long-term strategic plans and objectives.
• Lead new solution market definition and business plans across functions.
• Support the definition of the solution strategy and assist with solution roadmap validation.
• Work with business unit managers to ensure plans are integrated with broader strategies.
• Determine ongoing market opportunities.
• Lead solution pricing, distribution strategy, and competitive positioning in collaboration with sales peers.
• Provide leadership in strategic planning for the Product Management Team.
• Monitor the development of business plans, manage solution lifecycles and product positioning.
• Achieve revenue and profitability objectives.
• Manage relationships with key stakeholders, including regulators and industry associations.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in Business Administration, Business Management, or related field required.
• Master's degree in related field preferred.
• 10+ years related experience in product management within the financial services industry.
• 5+ years of mortgage end-to-end Workflow experience specific to Underwriting/Credit lifecycle.
• Working knowledge of Loan Origination Systems such as Encompass, Empower, Mortgage Cadence.
• Experience with GSE AUS Systems (DU, LP, AIM and D1C frameworks).
• Experience gathering requirements and client-validation using workflow diagrams and prototyping tools.
• Excellent project management, organization, and customer engagement skills.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and group communication skills.
• Strong communication skills and leadership presence to drive integration and build relationships.
• Proven ability to understand complex business and technical concepts.
• Demonstrated success in managing effective working relationships at the senior executive level.
• Negotiation skills to influence strategic partnerships.
• Ability to work independently and maintain tight deadlines.
• Strong results orientation with a track record of success.
• Experience with project development methodology (Agile, Waterfall, Extreme).
• High degree of adaptability.

Nice-to-haves

• Pragmatic Marketing certification preferred but not required.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• Professional growth opportunities.