SVP, Product
Apartment List
Product
United States · Remote
USD 294k-380k / year + Equity
Posted on May 21, 2025
SVP, Product
Remote within the US
Product Management
Remote
Full-time
Apartment List is the premier rental matchmaker, connecting ready-to-move renters with compatible city properties. Our renters benefit from cutting-edge technology and a personalized approach when we match them with curated properties that fit their wishlist. Meanwhile, our supply partners harness our generative AI and machine learning to efficiently connect with our qualified renters. With performance-based pricing, our partners’ success is our success as we strive to deliver renters a home they love at the value they deserve.
The SVP of Product will own the strategy and execution across our three core product pillars — Renter, Marketplace, and Lister, and lead the Product and Design organizations. This executive will serve as the unifying product voice across the company and a key strategic partner to the CEO.
Success in this role hinges on deep cross-functional alignment, particularly with Marketing, Growth, Engineering, Sales and Finance
Responsibilities and Expectations
- Define and drive the product vision, strategy, and roadmap across all core pillars.
- Lead the Product and Design organizations, including VP- and Director-level leaders.
- Raise the bar on product quality, velocity, and strategic clarity across the organization.
- Establish clear OKRs across product portfolios and ensure prioritization aligns to business goals — driving measurable impact in growth, engagement, and monetization.
- Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Growth, Marketing, GTM and Finance to drive execution.
- Champion AI-first thinking — identify high-leverage use cases to integrate AI across the user journey and internal workflows, while guiding ethical, scalable implementation.
- Champion a culture of user empathy, experimentation, and data-informed decision making
- Scale the organization through thoughtful organization design, hiring, and leadership development.
- Operate as a key advisor to the CEO on product direction, prioritization, and long-term bets.
Core Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in product management, including 5+ years managing senior product leaders (VPs, Directors); ideally across consumer technology or marketplace products.
- Proven track record of shipping impactful, user-facing products that drive engagement, conversion, and retention.
- Strong understanding of modern software development practices and AI technologies, with deep expertise in product development and experimentation frameworks, including A/B testing, multivariate experiments, personalization and recommender systems, and rapid iterative testing.
- Strong business judgment and strategic thinking — able to connect product choices to company-level goals and P&L.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills; can synthesize complexity and influence cross-functional decisions.
- Proven ability to scale product organizations, including hiring, coaching, and developing senior product, design and data leaders.
- Demonstrated ability to lead through influence across Engineering, Growth, Marketing, GTM, and Data.
- Passion for solving complex marketplace problems
- Executive presence with a bias for clarity, humility, and velocity — thrives in high-performance, high-accountability environments.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, HCI, Mathematics, or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred but not required.
Here's the Pay Range:
At Apartment List, we carefully consider a variety of factors to determine compensation for each position, including the role, level, and work. The US base salary range for this position is:
- $294,000 - $380,000 TTC (including $250,000 - $323,000 base salary) + equity
This reflects the compensation target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Please note, the compensation details provided do not include benefits and perks that we offer.
We also rely on market indicators along with considering your work location, job related skills, experience and relevant education and training, to determine compensation that is fair and competitive for you. Apartment List will consider paying compensation near the higher of the range in exceptional circumstances, where candidates have the experience, credentials or expertise that would warrant such consideration. It is always our goal to hire exceptional talent and we would be happy to share more about compensation during the hiring process.
Here's what's in it for you (full-time US based employees only; does not apply to contract roles):
Competitive Compensation: Including annual salary, pre-IPO stock options, and other financial compensation (if applicable)
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage: 100% of premiums covered for you AND all of your dependents
- Unlimited Flexible Time Off: Unlimited FTO in addition to 12 company holidays per year, quarterly “recharge” days, and a week-long holiday break
- Home Office Reimbursement: To cover home office furniture and supplies, monthly home internet, and monthly cell phone (if applicable)
- Health & Wellness Reimbursement: To cover monthly gym membership or other qualifying expenses
- Parental Support: Generous parental and family leave, fertility benefits, and employer-sponsored stipends towards family forming services
- 401k Plan: To support you in your individual retirement goals
- Team Events: Frequent team-building events, fun team off-sites, and bi-annual company meetups
- Commitment to DEI: To prioritize Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within our workplace and to stay true to our values and mission
- Mentorship and Training: To get you onboard quickly, learn new professional skills, and invest in your career development
- Impact and Visibility: To expose you to and provide the opportunity to work on highly strategic initiatives that will transform the business
- Encouragement and Empowerment: To explore and adopt new technologies and drive meaningful decisions and outcomes
- At Apartment List we believe that everyone deserves a home they love AND a career they love. We strive to build a diverse team that is a reflection of the people we serve; this is made possible through our commitment to fostering a culture of diversity, inclusion, equity, and connectedness.
As a proud equal opportunity employer, we celebrate the collection of individual differences, life experiences, ideas, perspectives, knowledge, and talent. We hire candidates of any race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, Veteran status, and any other status.
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