Product Owner

Who We Are

Invitation Homes is a fast-paced evolving publicly traded REIT that is pioneering a new industry with over 80,000 single family rental homes and a market capitalization of over $25 billion. We are a team of more than 1,400 associates who come from all walks of life. We call different communities “home,” but our shared values bind us together. Invitation Homes is a place where possibility lives.

The Product Owner is responsible for leading the day-to-day digital product development efforts that will solve critical pain points for both our customers and our associates.

What You’ll Do

• Establish and constantly foster strong working relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure clear and direct communication around short-term product efforts

• Build and continually maintain a 4-6 week sprint backlog that supports the digital product roadmap, preparing user stories and bugs with appropriate requirements and acceptance criteria for the engineering and testing teams

• Partner with product designers in the creation of user-interface artifacts

• Partner with software engineers to gain a high-level understanding of the technology integrations that enable the product capabilities within their domain

• Partner with internal stakeholders to establish good working knowledge of the operational processes in the IH landscape that may be impacted with each new product development effort

• Drive a cross-functional software development team to deliver on technology commitments

• Constantly prioritize user stories; balance feature development, defects, and tech debt according to company priorities

• Perform user acceptance testing for completed stories and bugs

• Orchestrate product review sessions with stakeholders; gracefully accept feedback and maintain flexibility as product requirements and priorities evolve

• Generate release and knowledge base documentation

• Partner on field training activities where needed

• Serve as a resource for the production support team to investigate and resolve product defects

Who We’re Looking For

• 3+ years of experience in a product owner/product manager role

• Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Experience in real estate, travel, or retail preferred

• Experience with Agile/Scrum software delivery

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) preferred

• Good business and technical acumen

• Ability to communicate complex information in simple terms to a wide variety of audiences

• Good written and oral communication skills and an ability to work collaboratively

• Ability to negotiate without being adversarial

• Empathy for the customer and associate experiences as an equal footing input to prioritization

• Ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority

• Strong teamwork skills; strong ability to motivate engineering teams and foster creativity

• Strong ability to manage expectations while making others feel heard and respected

• Willing to go above and beyond while taking ownership of needs that exist

• Serve as a problem-solver and embrace change

Why Invitation Homes

We stand for flexibility, opportunity, and a home that people can make their own. It’s as true for our associates as it is for our residents. Just like we help our residents live freer, we liberate our associates’ careers, too.  Our associates know that at Invitation Homes goals matter, potential is unlocked, and careers thrive. Invitation Homes isn’t just a work place it is a possibility place. Invitation Homes offers the below to each new associate:

• Competitive pay and an annual bonus program for all associates

• Generous paid time off plans including vacation accrual, sick time, volunteer time, and standard and floating holidays

• 401k with matching company contributions

• Awesome work environment with casual dress

• Team events and gatherings

• Employee resource groups: Together with Women, Asian Alliance, Black Collective, Juntos, Gen Next, and Open Invitation.

Invitation Homes truly is where possibility lives, pour a new foundation here!

To attract and retain top talent, we're pleased to offer competitive compensation and benefits, including:

• Annual bonus program

• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance

• Long-term and short-term disability insurance

• Generous paid time off plans include vacation accrual, sick time, standard holidays and floating holidays

• 401(k) with company matching contributions

• Awesome work environment with casual dress

• Team events and gatherings (Pre- and Post-Covid)

Invitation Homes is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and innovative environment with the best associates. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us at [email protected].

To all recruitment agencies: Invitation Homes does not accept agency resumes.  Please do not forward resumes to Invitation Homes employees.  Invitation Homes is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.