Product Director, Searcher , LoopNet

Product Director, Searcher Experience, Loop Net

Job Description

CoStar Group is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces, and 3D digital twin technology. Included in the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives. We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers.

Loop Net has more than 86,000 companies searching daily and six times more traffic than its nearest competitor. It is the #1 global commercial real estate marketplace, connecting brokers, buyers, and sellers with powerful tools for closing deals efficiently, whether for sale, lease, or auction.

This position is located in Arlington, VA and is on-site Monday through Friday. We are hiring a Product Director to lead the searcher side of the Loop Net experience — everything a tenant, buyer, or investor touches from the moment they land on Loop Net to the moment they find the right space. The role owns product strategy and execution across the Homepage & User Accounts, Search Results Page, and Listing Details Page teams, managing two Product Managers and partnering closely with design and engineering leadership.

It works alongside the Senior Product Director, Lister Experience, to ensure a coherent experience end to end.

• Own product strategy and roadmap for the end-to-end searcher experience: homepage, search results, and listing details.
• Lead and manage two Product Managers, setting priorities and sequencing work across the Homepage, User Accounts, Search Results Page, and Listing Details Page teams.
• Partner with the Senior Product Director, Lister Experience, to ensure a consistent, coherent experience for both sides of the marketplace.
• Define and drive the vision for bringing AI into the search and discovery experience, including conversational search and personalization.
• Set and track product KPIs for search relevance, engagement, and conversion across the searcher journey.
• Partner with design and engineering leadership to resolve cross-team tradeoffs and ensure a consistent experience across surfaces.
• Represent the searcher experience in cross‑functional planning with marketing, sales, and analytics.
• Coach and develop the Product Managers on the team, building their product judgment and execution rigor.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited, not-for-profit, in‑person university or college.
• 8+ years of product management experience, including 2+ years managing other Product Managers.
• Experience owning a multi‑team product area end to end, ideally spanning search/discovery and detail‑page experiences.
• Experience with consumer‑facing, high‑traffic search or marketplace products.
• Strong analytical skills; comfortable setting and tracking KPIs and using experimentation to validate decisions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and cross‑functional leadership skills.
• A track record of commitment to prior employers.

• Experience building or shipping products with conversational AI, generative AI, or personalization/ranking systems.
• Experience in commercial or residential real estate, or other two‑sided marketplaces.
• Experience partnering with a peer product leader who owns an adjacent, complementary customer segment (e.g., supply vs. demand sides of a marketplace).

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage:
  Medical, Vision, Dental, Prescription Drug, Life, legal, and supplementary insurance.
• Virtual and in‑person mental health counseling services for individuals and family.
• Commuter and parking benefits.
• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Paid time off.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• On‑site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent).
• Access to CoStar Group’s Employee Resource Groups.
• Complimentary…