Newmark · 2 weeks ago
Lead Product Manager (New York, Washington DC, Dallas)
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$220K/yr - $225K/yr
10+ years expNewmark is a leading company in the financial services sector, and they are seeking a Lead Product Manager to enhance their debt origination processes through AI-driven solutions. The role involves collaborating with various teams to identify automation opportunities, drive product strategy, and achieve measurable efficiency gains in financial workflows.
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Responsibilities
Spend time with our debt origination teams—including prescreen, underwriting, and closing professionals—to understand their day-to-day workflows, pain points, and opportunities for automation
Partner with design, engineering, data science, and analytics teams to identify and prioritize AI-driven solutions for document data extraction, cross-document auditing, and automated data ingestion into loan calculation models
Meet with capital markets leaders and underwriting managers to align on process inefficiencies and map them to technology solutions that can deliver measurable time and cost savings
Shadow underwriters and closing teams to observe their document review processes and identify opportunities for AI-powered automation
Partner with your fellow product managers on integrations and changes that may impact other capital markets solutions across the organization
Drive the product strategy for transforming manual data extraction and entry processes into automated, AI-enhanced workflows
Qualification
Required
Prior product experience working with financial services, lending, or debt origination platforms is highly preferred
Demonstrated experience with AI/ML product development, particularly in document processing, data extraction, or workflow automation
Proven ability to make a meaningful impact on operational efficiency through technology solutions and your contributions to the product roadmap
You have more than 10 years of product management experience, having evolved product portfolios that have delivered measurable process improvements and cost savings
Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of related experience preferred or equivalent work experience
Vision – You have an eye for process optimization opportunities, including defining and driving AI-powered automation features with quantitative and qualitative reasoning
Internal Customer Focus – You comprehend and advocate for our debt origination teams; you bring strong empathy for complex financial workflows and experience driving product direction based on operational pain points and efficiency opportunities
Attention to Detail – You sweat the small stuff in financial processes, and you raise the team's standards for accuracy and attention to detail in loan data handling
Planning – Lead cross-functional participation in planning and execution; direct product development toward the highest-ROI automation opportunities
Decisive – You can translate complex underwriting requirements and regulatory constraints into solid AI product plans and precise technical requirements
Communication Skills – Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills; experience crafting epics, user stories, and tasks for complex financial workflows
Leadership – You can unite and steer cross-functional teams aligned to process transformation goals without direct managerial authority
Product management experience at a leading technology company, with enterprise software, financial services, lending, or real estate technology experience strongly preferred
Demonstrated experience in adopting product management best practices, standards and policies in regulated financial environments
Strategic thinker – Understands capital markets business objectives and converts them into clear product plans for operational transformation
Analytical and results oriented – Uses hard data to assess automation opportunities, metrics driven on efficiency gains, ruthless in prioritization of highest-impact process improvements
Comfortable with ambiguity and challenge – Thrives in a fast-paced financial services environment, concurrently manages multiple automation initiatives
Excellent communicator – Articulates the product strategy for debt origination transformation, experienced in presenting efficiency and cost reduction results to senior executives
Preferred
Commercial real estate debt, mortgage technology, lending operations, or FinTech experience
Experience with AI/ML applications in document processing, OCR, or financial data extraction
Demonstrated success with process reengineering projects that delivered significant cost savings
You have owned product strategy for complex financial products with regulatory considerations
Experience with loan origination systems, underwriting platforms, or closing management tools
Benefits
Competitive benefits package
Discretionary bonuses
Other short- and long-term incentives (e.g., deferred cash, equity, etc.)
Company
Newmark
Newmark is a commercial real estate company that offers real estate brokerage, leasing, and property management services.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.4BKey Investors
JP Morgan
2025-09-04Post Ipo Debt· $425M
2025-04-24Post Ipo Debt· $203.91M
2025-02-27Post Ipo Debt· $450M
Leadership Team
Barry Gosin
Chief Executive Officer
Christina Clark
Vice Chairman
Recent News
2026-01-15
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