Technical Product Manager

Next Ventures - New York, NY

Full-time

New York, NY

About the position

The Product Manager will play a crucial role in a growing, cross-functional team that includes engineers, designers, underwriters, and financial experts. This position is focused on orchestrating the ambitious product roadmap for a company specializing in real estate lending, investment, and advisory services. The role requires in-person collaboration in the New York City office, with a flexible work option available one day a week.

Responsibilities

• Support software engineers to implement features by clarifying requirements and facilitating technical discussions.
• Develop user stories, acceptance criteria, and detailed product specifications to communicate feature requirements to engineering and stakeholder teams.
• Facilitate problem solving and prioritization across teams, factoring in tradeoffs between speed, scalability, quality, and wider business deadlines.
• Define, monitor, and analyze product performance metrics, identifying opportunities for improvement and optimization.
• Demonstrate and support dissemination of best practices for product management, product development, release management, and user support.
• Support the establishment and maintenance of release management, product planning, and launch frameworks.
• Develop and execute strategies for proactive user support and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with engineers to create UX flows, wireframes, and product designs.

Requirements

• 2+ years product management experience in a technical environment, technology-based company, or real estate firm.
• Experience managing and delivering technology projects from inception to production.
• Fluent in agile methodologies, lean practices, and the Software Development Lifecycle.
• Expert in Jira, Figma, and/or similar industry tools.
• Experience defining, developing, and owning product roadmaps.
• Proven record of delivering impactful product demonstrations.
• Passion for driving project vision and guiding teams towards key milestones.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in real estate or prop-tech is a bonus but not a strict requirement.