Director of Product Management, Evolve

Product Management

$200-240k

Eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on both company and individual performance. Some positions may also have restrictions based on compensation in the following states: California, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Washington.

Expert level

Denver

Remote from US

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Making vacation rental easy for everyone

Job no longer available

Making vacation rental easy for everyone

1001+ employees

B2CHospitalityB2BTravelMarketplace

Job no longer available

$200-240k

Expert level

Denver

Remote from US

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2CHospitalityB2BTravelMarketplace

Company mission

To make renting a vacation home easy for both guests and owners by offering verification and 24/7 support.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Successful candidates will be big thinkers who excel in navigating ambiguity, possess strong analytical skills, and have exceptional verbal and written communication abilities
10+ years of experience in Product Management preferably within a fast paced, high-growth environment
5+ years of experience managing high functioning product management team
Strong collaboration and communication skills to build cross functional partnerships with varying types of teams, ranging from highly technical engineering teams to end user facing support teams
Proven ability to drive data-informed decision making, leveraging stakeholder input, qualitative user research, the competitive landscape, and analytics to steer invested parties towards balanced recommendations
Ability to evaluate trade offs amongst competing priorities, and discuss new ideas while maintaining focus on overall business priorities
Familiarity with a wide breadth of product management tools and services to aid product organization in discovery, documentation, execution and measurement of products

What the job involves

As a Director of Product Management, you will lead the product vision and strategy for growth and retention while managing a team of Principal and Senior Product Managers
In this role, you will own the end-to-end experience for thousands of vacation rental owners, helping them start, manage, and grow their businesses on Evolve’s platform. You will define the product strategy to scale the business significantly, determining the features and capabilities required to achieve that growth
We are seeking an ambitious, innovative, growth-minded product leader with experience in building and coaching teams to launch new products and capabilities and drive adoption to meet business goals
They will bring a high degree of cross-functional collaboration, influencing a diverse set of leaders across Engineering, UX, Marketing, Sales, and Operations to identify opportunities and drive consensus on product investments
Balancing short-term wins with long-term strategic decisions will be essential as the vacation rental industry continues to transform
As an integral member of a growing team in a fast-paced culture, you will have a unique opportunity to shape and strengthen the future of the company
Create a product vision for assigned areas of product, develop strategies to achieve that vision
Be an excellent storyteller to get buy-in from stakeholders and your teams on your vision
Build and manage teams of Principal and Senior Product Managers, ensuring the product organization can effectively support all stakeholders in the Evolve marketplace (Guests, Owners, Partners, and Evolvers)
Instill product management best practices throughout the product organization, in addition to your own teams, creating a culture of learning and career development opportunities for the product management organization
Create frameworks to ensure product is prioritizing the highest impact initiatives, and that product roadmaps focus on delivering business value and impact company KPIs
Stay close to the details to ensure your teams are executing fast and help remove blockers for them as they surface
Work with leadership on process and organizational improvements to ensure high quality, on time execution of product roadmap

Our take

Evolve is a hospitality company offering 5-star experiences to rental customers in highly vetted properties. It takes a direct hand in guest experience management, from preparing and vetting properties, to fine-tuning stays in response to client feedback.

Launched in 2011, Evolve came to the game shortly after Airbnb. However, where Airbnb makes vacation rental possible for everyone, Evolve aims to make it easy. This is a difference it has made great pains to stress, perhaps a hangover from the misconceptions it faced from VCs when raising initial funds.

Evolve serves thousands of homeowners, with over 10 million guest customers. As home rentals continue to be popular, and with the market in need of quality control, Evolve’s 5-star focus enables it to stand out and secure a good position for the future.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

11% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (2.5)

Trustpilot (4)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Feb 2022

$100m

LATE VC

May 2020

$25m

SERIES E

Total funding: $224.2m

Company benefits

Onsite gym
401(k) matching up to 4%
Free travel credit and discounted stays
Monthly all-company meetings
Happy hours
Baseball games and holiday parties
Community groups
Paid leave for new parents
Work from home opportunities
Health insurance

Company HQ

Central Business District, Denver, CO

Leadership

Brian Wegan

(Founder & CEO)

They studied at Boston College and the University of Virginia School of Law. They were an Associate Attorney at Gunderson Dettmer, and VP of Exclusive Resorts.

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