Associate Product Manager (6months FTC)

Location

Northern Ireland | United Kingdom

Job description

Associate Product Manager - 6months FTC

We are excited to announce an opportunity for an Associate Product Manager to join our team on a 6-month Fixed Term Contract (FTC). In this role, you will play a critical part in supporting our digital products and collaborating with our engineering team to execute strategic plans.

The real estate market is undergoing a transformative change, driven by data and technology. At CBRE, we recognize the vital role that digital and technology-powered products play in delivering unmatched value to our clients.

To excel in this role, you must have a genuine passion for developing innovative digital products that seamlessly integrate into our customers' workflows and provide timely, relevant information. Technical expertise, combined with project and stakeholder management experience, is essential, as is a solid understanding of engineering, agile software development, and support processes.

As the ideal candidate, you are a self-starter who constantly seeks ways to improve products, optimize customer journeys, address pain points, and elevate key performance indicators (KPIs). Join our dynamic team and contribute to the continued success of CBRE as we shape the future of the real estate industry.

Key responsibilities

• Own a set of existing, proprietary Valuation & Advisory Services products, maintaining and enhancing these in line with business and user priorities across Pacific
• Working with the Product Management team to balance business and customer needs. Ensures prioritisation and trade-off discussions are customer-focused
• Own the product roadmap and set sprint goals that are measurable and outcome-orientated
• Working with local/offshore agile (Scrum) development teams, act as the Product Owner - write and groom user stories, maintain the product backlog and deliver measurable, incremental value to users and the business
• Become a point of authority for a product; identify and measure its KPIs, constantly identify and deliver opportunities to improve and measure uplift
• Engage with users to carry out research and testing to identify and interpret needs and pain points
• Define Product learning agenda and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure success/failure 
• Regularly and systematically use data to uncover opportunities, track product performance, and drive decision-making 
• Provide support to the rest of the Product Management team on global initiatives

Essential skills and experience

• 0 - 2 years’ experience in a Product Manager/Owner position within a digital environment
• Data-driven and proactive in identifying problems early and prioritising deliverables
• Good combination of technical and business background, having worked closely with end users to gather requirements and with Engineering team to translate these into user stories that can be developed and tested against
• Well-versed in Agile (Scrum) and Lean methodologies
• Demonstrable experience managing stakeholders from a wide range of teams and levels of seniority
• Understanding the principles and importance of a good user experience 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desirable skills and experience

• Bachelor's degree in a related field of work or equivalent work experience
• Experience with building and deploying products across multiple localities, and in environments with users resistant to change 
• Experience working with UX and Design teams and passionate about creating user-centric experiences
• Confidence to run workshops to share knowledge and experience with colleagues from Product team
• Good technical understanding of digital platforms including analytics, databases, cloud technology
• Experience of Commercial Real Estate

Essential attributes

• Ability to build effective relationships across a range of business levels and communicate clearly
• Ability to find simple solutions to complex problems with the user at the heart 
• Ability to make effective decisions, manage stakeholders and control a product’s direction whilst handling conflicting opinions
• Able to manage multiple tasks and perform under pressure against tight deadlines and targets
• Eye for detail and a willingness to go the extra mile to achieve best possible results
• Demonstrable passion for the discipline of Product Management

ABOUT OUR TEAM

We are a growing product management team within CBRE’s Digital and Technology group.  We are well positioned within the organisation to access global data, tools, resources, and leaders throughout the industry. Our mission is to empower both the enterprise and the Valuation & Advisory line of business with the game changing data and insights needed to develop and execute business strategy. We believe that personal growth is equally as important as company growth, as the two are, in fact, largely interdependent. We dream big and want to work on the most interesting real estate problems with great people, leading technology and shared curiosity. 

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