SUMMARY

We’re looking for an experienced Product Manager to lead the development and execution of our search & discovery experience.
As a Product Manager for search & discovery, you’ll play a key role in helping millions of tenants with finding their next place to live. You’ll lead a cross-functional team and will collaborate with marketing, sales, and customer support, to deliver a high-quality product experience that delights users and achieves our business objectives.
In this role you will report to the Group Product Manager of the respective team.

REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years of experience in product management, preferably in b2c environments
• Experience working on a two-sided marketplace is a plus.
• Experience in a fast-paced, agile environment is a plus.
• Problem-Solving & Analytical Skills: You’re a true problem solver with strong analytical capabilities.
• Prioritization: You’re able to manage multiple, often competing, priorities effectively.
• Experimentation: You have hands-on experience with running A/B tests to optimize user experiences.
• Data-Driven: You are data-informed, using insights to guide your decisions. Experience with event-based analytics tools such as Mixpanel or Amplitude is a big plus.
• Design & User Experience: You have experience working collaboratively with designers, conducting user research, and possess basic UX/UI knowledge..
• Critical Thinking: You possess a critical mindset, always questioning and seeking improvements.
• Customer-Centric: You are inherently customer-centric; for you, the user is the most important stakeholder.
• Communication & Collaboration: You possess strong communication and interpersonal skills, enabling you to work effectively with cross-functional teams (including engineers, designers, marketing, and customer support).
• Strategic & Detail-Oriented: You’re able to think strategically about the product’s long-term vision while also paying meticulous attention to the details of execution.

ABOUT HOUSINGANYWHERE

HousingAnywhere is Europe’s largest mid-term rental platform, covering over 125 cities across Europe and several in the US. With Kamernet and Studapart under its umbrella, HousingAnywhere empowers people to live wherever and however they choose. Through our advanced online platforms, which together attract over 30 million users annually, we connect young professionals and students directly with accommodation providers. Our team of 250 professionals is dedicated to helping tenants find comfort and peace of mind in their rental search, whether they’re looking for a home across the globe or just across town.

• Product Strategy & Vision: Define and communicate the product vision, roadmap, and strategy in alignment with the company’s overall goals and objectives.
• Customer & Market Research: Conduct market analysis and competitor research to gather insights and identify opportunities for new products or product enhancements. Team up with UX researchers to conduct customer interviews to explore the unknowns or validate the hypotheses.
• Requirements management: you can turn solutions into clear specifications for your team, break it down into phases if needed to ensure the quick feedback cycle.
• Product Development: Lead the product lifecycle from ideation to launch, working with engineering and design teams to ensure product development is on track and meets customer expectations.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, UX, sales, marketing, and customer success teams to drive product development and ensure successful launches.
• Prioritization: Manage the product backlog and prioritize product innovations, new features, enhancements, and bug fixes based on business impact, customer value, and technical feasibility. You can easily explain why we prioritise A over B.
• Metrics & Analytics: You have a clear understanding of the most important product metrics. You monitor these metrics, use them as input for product prioritization, and use them to validate the impact of product changes.
• User Experience & Design: Ensure a focus on delivering outstanding user experiences, collaborating with UX designers to create intuitive and user-friendly interfaces.
• Go-to-Market: Work with marketing and sales teams to create go-to-market strategies, product positioning, and launch plans.
• Stakeholder Management: Regularly update stakeholders on product progress, timelines, and performance.