Product Owner/Manager - Homebuilding Industry

Yoh, A Day & Zimmermann Company is seeking a hands-on Product Owner/Manager for the homebuilding industry to lead the evolution of a SaaS platform designed for home builders. This role involves managing a small Agile team, prioritizing the product backlog, and ensuring the platform meets the needs of residential builders through effective product enhancements.

Responsibilities:

• Drive product adoption, customer engagement, and market growth within the residential homebuilding industry
• Partner directly with home builders, construction managers, purchasing teams, and business stakeholders to understand operational challenges and identify opportunities for product enhancement
• Gather customer feedback and transform builder needs into actionable product requirements and roadmap initiatives
• Develop and execute product initiatives tied to measurable business outcomes, customer retention, and utilization metrics
• Own the product suite end-to-end, including backlog management, sprint planning, release planning, and roadmap execution
• Serve as the primary voice of the customer, ensuring product decisions align with builder workflows and industry best practices
• Prioritize features and enhancements based on customer value, business impact, and technical feasibility
• Collaborate with Product Leadership to align tactical execution with long-term product strategy
• Lead release planning and communicate delivery expectations to internal stakeholders and customers
• Develop a deep understanding of residential homebuilding operations, including: Construction scheduling, Purchasing and procurement, Job costing, Change orders, Vendor and subcontractor management, Accounting and financial processes, Production and field operations
• Work directly with builders to understand how information flows from sales through construction and accounting systems
• Identify opportunities to streamline builder processes through automation, workflow improvements, and technology enhancements
• Ensure product functionality aligns with the operational realities of residential construction businesses
• Manage day-to-day execution of a major modernization initiative, transitioning the platform from a legacy ColdFusion application to a modern browser-based solution utilizing .NET web services and Blazor
• Balance support and enhancement of the existing platform while guiding development of the next-generation solution
• Partner closely with development, QA, and business teams to ensure successful delivery of modernization milestones
• Lead and mentor a growing Agile product team consisting of Business Analysts, QA Engineers, and Software Developers
• Remove obstacles impacting team productivity and successful sprint delivery
• Foster accountability, collaboration, transparency, and continuous improvement
• Help establish product management best practices, standards, and processes
• Champion AI initiatives across both the product and the team
• Identify opportunities to deliver meaningful AI-powered capabilities that simplify builder workflows and improve operational efficiency
• Utilize AI tools and automation to accelerate research, planning, product delivery, and decision-making
• Collaborate with leadership and development teams to prioritize and deliver AI-enabled product features

Requirements:

• 5+ years of Product Owner, Product Manager, or similar product leadership experience within a B2B SaaS environment
• Direct experience within the residential homebuilding, construction, construction technology, or building products industry
• Strong understanding of homebuilder business processes, construction operations, and workflow management
• Experience working with software platforms that support residential construction, project management, purchasing, accounting, scheduling, estimating, or ERP functions
• Demonstrated ability to work directly with builders, construction professionals, and business stakeholders to gather requirements and drive product decisions
• Strong understanding of transaction-based business systems and workflow processes
• Experience managing Agile product backlogs, sprint planning, and release planning
• Experience leading or working closely with software development teams
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Proven ability to drive user adoption, customer engagement, and business outcomes
• AI-first mindset with demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools to improve productivity and product delivery
• Experience working for a homebuilder, construction technology company, ERP provider, or software platform serving the residential construction industry
• Familiarity with homebuilding software platforms, construction management systems, or builder ERP solutions
• Experience supporting integrations with Sage Intacct, Sage 300, QuickBooks Desktop, or QuickBooks Online
• Experience with .NET, Blazor, SaaS modernization initiatives, or legacy application transformation projects
• Experience with AWS and cloud-hosted application environments
• Experience delivering AI/ML-powered features such as chatbots, predictive analytics, recommendation engines, or generative AI solutions
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Construction Management, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field