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Zillow · 2 months ago

Tech Leadership Development Lead

Zillow is reimagining how people move through the real estate market and their careers. They are seeking a Tech Leadership Development Lead who will elevate manager effectiveness across their Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Design organizations by leading the strategy and execution of learning and enablement efforts for technical people managers.

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Responsibilities

Lead the reimagining of manager development across Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Design, starting with senior leaders and expanding to the middle management layer
Define and operationalize what “great leadership” looks like by level—clarifying expectations around feedback, inspection, coaching, and performance ownership
Build modular, behavior-driven learning experiences (toolkits, short-form content, in-the-flow enablement, etc)
Partner closely with HRBPs, People Analytics, and Tech leadership to identify needs, align signals, and co-own success metrics
Share manager effectiveness data, insights, and behavior signals with leaders in a digestible, actionable format—on a regular cadence—so they can hold people leaders accountable for performance, feedback, and team health
Partner with org leaders and HRBPs to help define and reinforce the core leadership practices that drive team health and accountability—ensuring managers regularly check in on goals, inspect work, give feedback, hold career conversations, and address low performance consistently
Elevate manager onboarding and talent readiness by creating assets and experiences that embed leadership culture early
Pilot, test, and iterate—using feedback from leaders and teams to improve and scale

Qualification

Technical team dynamicsLeadership capability buildingPerformance managementLearning experience designHigh emotional intelligenceCoachingAgile developmentCommunication skills

Required

6+ years of experience in a technical, product, or talent role—ideally within a fast-moving or matrixed org
Demonstrated success in building leadership capability, whether through programs, coaching, org design, or enablement initiatives
Strong understanding of technical team dynamics and performance management, particularly for player-coach leaders
Exceptional ability to simplify, communicate, and turn expectations into actionable behaviors
Experience designing or facilitating learning in formats that go beyond traditional workshops—e.g., async toolkits, sprint-based learning, manager labs, feedback rituals
High EQ and business acumen—you know how to meet leaders where they are and move them forward

Preferred

Bonus: Experience with performance calibration, feedback culture, or partnering on engagement/attrition interventions

Benefits

In addition to a competitive base salary this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location.

Company

Zillow is an online real estate marketplace for finding and sharing information about homes, real estate, and mortgages. It is a sub-organization of Zillow Group.

H1B Sponsorship

Zillow has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (179)
2024 (150)
2023 (171)
2022 (256)
2021 (239)
2020 (195)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$96.63M
Key Investors
Legg MasonPAR Capital Management
2016-08-01Post Ipo Equity
2014-04-01Post Ipo Equity
2012-12-12Post Ipo Equity· $4.13M

Leadership Team

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Lloyd Frink
Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chair
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Rich Barton
Co-founder and Co-Executive Chair
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