Group Product Manager - Platform

Buildertrend•Omaha, NE

1d•Remote

About The Position

As a Group Product Manager at Buildertrend, you will lead the Platform organization by building the systems that power everything the company ships. The Platform team is responsible for core abstractions and systems such as identity, API, performance, and design systems, enabling product engineering teams to operate efficiently without compromising quality. This role involves leading and developing a small team of product managers while actively shaping the platform. Your efforts will focus on simplifying complexity and transforming foundational systems into reliable, composable building blocks. Buildertrend is a leading residential construction management platform, providing contractors with a comprehensive system to manage financials, schedules, team workflows, and client relationships. With nearly two decades of industry experience, Buildertrend helps builders enhance efficiency, scale operations, and maintain a competitive edge. The company is committed to fostering a culture where every team member can make a significant impact on customers, communities, and colleagues, empowering them to achieve their full career potential and lead fulfilling lives outside of work.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
5+ years of product management experience required.
Experience with technical or platform systems.
2+ years of people leadership/management experience.
Ability to navigate complex prioritization tradeoffs between deep technical efforts, engineering team enablement, and end-user experience to ultimately drive customer value.
A track record of breaking down very technical and ambitious initiatives into iterative, high-quality improvements.
Systems thinker: you enjoy thinking about how pieces fit together, scale, and evolve over time.
Enjoy getting into the weeds to partner with engineers on data models, APIs, architecture, and performance.
A metrics-informed mindset, using data to validate decisions and guide iteration.
Clear, thoughtful communicator who can align teams around complex ideas.
A curious, forward-thinking tinkerer with an interest in AI tools and workflows, both in product and in your own work.

Nice To Haves

Experience in vertical B2B AI or SaaS highly preferred.

Responsibilities

Define and drive the long-term architecture and roadmap for Platform across identity & access management, APIs, performance, mobile, design systems, information architecture, and AI foundations.
Break complex systems into incremental improvements that deliver value early and often.
Prioritize investments across disparate initiatives, balancing crew enablement, direct end-customer value, and long-term platform scalability.
Champion a dual-customer focus by building tight feedback loops with internal product engineering teams while staying deeply connected to the needs of our external users.
Operate alongside engineering as a unified team, jointly navigating technical challenges and determining the best way to build and scale the platform.
Establish clear measures of success, ensuring platform investments improve product velocity, reliability, UX consistency, accessibility, and user outcomes.
Develop Product Managers, raising the bar for product thinking and execution across the team.
Get hands on and build yourself as the Product Manager on some initiatives.
Contribute to platform foundations that support AI-powered products, including data access, model integration, and system design.