Homes Project Manager Details

Homes Project Manager

Opendoor - St. Louis, MO

Employment Type : Full-Time

About Opendoor:Are you intrigued by the thought of disrupting a trillion dollar industry through technology? At Opendoor, we’re on a mission to make it simple to buy and sell homes. The traditional process is broken, with an average home taking over 90 days to sell and costing thousands of dollars. We empower everyone with the freedom to move by making buying and selling a home stress-free and instant. We’ve built an exceptional team, seen strong growth, served over 85,000 customers and recently went public! The coming years present a tremendous opportunity for innovation as we explore new frontiers and scale nationwide.
About the role:
We’re looking for a Homes Project Manager to join the team and be our first “boots on the ground” in a new market! As a Homes Project Manager you’ll collaborate with the acquisitions and resale teams to own all repair related services for homes Opendoor homes. You will actively manage your homes from the initial inspection to final resale. You’ll work with our customers, our vendors, and various Opendoor teams, including those in our San Francisco office. The Homes Project Manager will support the market Home Operations Team in establishing a culture that is conducive to Opendoor’s core principles and a superior customer experience. As a Homes Project Manager you will:

• Review neighborhood conditions, home comparables and conduct thorough in-home condition assessments to facilitate the due diligence process prior to home purchase.
• Maintain a high level of customer care while developing a clear and thorough assessment of home condition.
• Create repair and renovation scopes for local vendors adhering to quality and pricing standards.
• Collaborate with market Valuations Team to identify and scope ROI positive renovation enhancements.
• Manage the execution of repair and renovation scopes on time, on budget, and at or exceeding our quality standards. This includes interacting with and managing vendors, conducting in-field quality control checks, and working within a scheduling system to coordinate work.
• Finalize preparation of home for listing including security system and sign set up.
• Respond to listed home quality issues in homes as they arise before resale.
• Support the Closing Team to determine the scope, price & validity of all repair asks during resale.
• Quickly adapt to evolving situations and priorities.
• Develop our early operations: You’ll set up our physical presence in the market, establish early vendor relationships, and lay the foundations for us to acquire homes, and then repair and renovate them.
• Support local hiring and onboard new hires: Our markets are only as strong as the people running them. You will support hiring for the local market, and onboard new hires to the company as we grow the market over time

Education and/or Experience:

• 3-5 years Residential Construction/Renovation Management experience
• Bachelor’s degree preferred

Ideal Profile:

• Strong technical and verbal communication skills
• Expertise in estimating residential construction and renovations projects
• Experience in managing residential construction and renovations projects
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced and often ambiguous environment
• A team-first mentality and eagerness to set and meet aggressive goals
• Attention to detail and deadlines
• Acts from ownership
• Team player
• Leadership skills
• Possess a valid state Driver's License
• Possess a motor vehicle to perform the essential functions of the role
• Must be willing to store company owned tools, signage, and other equipment in own vehicles

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, team member must perform multiple tasks at home sites that require some physical labor, including lifting, climbing, bending, and operating hand and power tools
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work
• Moderate lifting is required
• Ability to uphold the stress of driving within your assigned territory for 30% of the work day
• Regular, predictable attendance is required; including quarter-driven hours as business demands dictate

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a teammate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

More About UsWant to learn more about us and how we are revolutionizing the home buying and selling process? Learn more about us on our website, check out our profile on The Muse to learn more about our culture from our team members, or read our blog posts to hear about the work we are doing.
We Offer the Following Benefits and Perks:

• Your choice of coverage for medical, dental, and vision (optional for dependents)
• Flexible vacation policy
• Commuter benefit
• Generous parental leave
• Paid time off to volunteer

Please note that these benefits and perks are available only to Full Time team members and do not apply to contract roles.
Opendoor values OpennessOur team celebrates our diverse backgrounds. We believe that being open about who we are and what we do allows us to be better. Individuals seeking employment at Opendoor are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or other protected status under all applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.