Vice President - Product Owner – Real Estate Yardi Platform

You are a strategic thinker passionate about driving solutions in “Product management ”. You have found the right team

As a Product Owner - Vice President within our J.P. Morgan Asset Management Real Estate team, you will be responsible for setting and improving our platform objectives on Yardi across a global operating model, translating business priorities into roadmaps, and delivering measurable modernization in workflows, controls, and data quality.

Job Responsibilities

• Define the product vision, roadmap, and backlog for Yardi capabilities and integrations aligned to Investment Accounting and/or Multifamily priorities.

• Align regional business, operations, finance, and technology stakeholders on priorities, outcomes, and delivery sequencing across the global operating model.

• Translate business needs into clear requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and delivery plans for Yardi modules and adjacent systems.

• Lead end-to-end delivery for Yardi modules including discovery, design, testing, release readiness, and change management.

• Configure and administer Yardi security, workflows, chart of accounts, bank and GL setup, and multi-entity structures to meet control and audit requirements.

• Design and govern integrations between Yardi and downstream platforms using secure file exchange, ETL, and APIs, including mappings, lineage, and reconciliations.

• Build and enhance reporting using Yardi Standard Reporting and SQL-based extracts while defining KPIs and ensuring metric consistency and data quality.

• Drive release and environment management including patching, upgrades, regression testing, vendor coordination, incident triage, and SLA oversight.

• Apply AI and data-driven analytics to prioritize work, automate workflows, improve data quality, and generate actionable stakeholder insights.

• Standardize global processes and controls while accommodating local market requirements across regions and regulatory contexts.

• Mentor teammates on product thinking, analytical reasoning, AI literacy, and stakeholder communication to strengthen Agile execution and continuous improvement.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Minimum 5 years of hands-on Yardi experience (Voyager and/or Investment Accounting) in production, including configuration, module setup, user administration, and reporting.

• Minimum 10 years of overall experience delivering enterprise technology in product management, solutions/business analysis, or a closely related role with VP-level scope.

• Deep domain expertise in Investment Accounting and/or Multifamily operations on Yardi (e.g., funds/vehicles, capital activity, waterfalls, consolidations; leasing/resident lifecycle where applicable).

• Demonstrated ownership of at least one Yardi implementation, major upgrade, or multi-module optimization from requirements through stabilization.

• Proficiency with Yardi reporting (YSR) and custom extracts with strong SQL skills for validation, reconciliation, and analytics.

• Experience designing and supporting integrations between Yardi and finance/analytics platforms using file-based, ETL, and/or API patterns.

• AI proficiency with hands-on experience identifying, prioritizing, and deploying AI/ML solutions and establishing responsible-use standards and guardrails.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to drive alignment and decisions across diverse, global groups.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Broader domain knowledge in real estate investment management, commercial mortgage, and/or private lending.

• Additional depth in Yardi areas such as Lease Administration, CAM and recoveries, Debt, multi-entity and multicurrency, intercompany, consolidations, bank reconciliation, and cash management.

• Experience integrating and operating adjacent real estate applications (e.g., ARGUS and other proptech platforms) within an enterprise ecosystem.

• Experience with reporting and analytics tools (e.g., Tableau) and advanced Excel for analysis and stakeholder reporting.

• Familiarity with modern delivery tooling and ways of working (e.g., Jira and Monday.com) to support roadmap execution and transparency.