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Director of Field Research – North America  

Overview

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces.  Included in the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100, CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the world’s real estate, empowering all people to discover properties, insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives. 

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years, giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings for our customers.  We’ve continually refined, transformed, and perfected our approach to our business, creating platforms that have become standard in our industry, for our customers, and even our competitors.  We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation.  This is how we deliver for our customers, our employees, and investors.  By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available, we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.

The Role 

At CoStar Group, the Field Research team plays a critical role in capturing data that supports all CoStar Group products.  Whether capturing information around a new state of the art office building or canvassing an existing neighborhood, our research brings significant value to the real estate industry.  Reporting to the Senior Director of Field Operations, we are looking for a Director of Field Research who will lead and inspire a management team responsible for a growing team of world class researchers.  This individual’s mandate will be to ensure timely delivery of quality content consisting of data and imagery across our products. They will need to bring a strong operational mindset and leadership to the position. This role will be based out of our Richmond, VA office.  

Responsibilities: 

• Lead a team of field managers and individual contributors with a strong operational mindset to ensure individual metrics and quality standards are being met. 

• Develop and recruit strong operational leadership to support the growing organization. 

• Coach and develop managers and individual researchers to drive success.  

• Lead on-boarding and training programs that focus on driving integration of new team members and the on-going development of researchers and managers. 

• Ensure operational metrics are being met by teams and provide feedback to the team.  

• Strategize to overcome operational challenges and provide on-going and real time feedback to managers and team members.  

• Focus on continuous improvement of workflows and processes to drive optimization and innovation. 

• Collaborate with Product, Research, and IT departments to deliver the most accurate data possible on behalf of our customers. 

Qualifications:  

• Bachelors required and Masters preferred. 

• 5-8 years of experience leading large-scale dispersed teams (50+) against deadlines and deliverables 

• Proven track record driving accountability with managers and leading in a metric driven organization. 

• Demonstrated ability to operate in fast paced environment with high creative and delivery standards. 

• Ability to collaborate across functional areas to deliver assignments. 

• Passion and interest in real estate as plus 

What's In It For You? 

When you join CoStar Group, you’ll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.  

We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training, tuition reimbursement, and an inter-office exchange program.  

Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):  

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug  

• Life, legal, and supplementary insurance  

• Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family  

• Commuter and parking benefits  

• 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions  

• Employee stock purchase plan  

• Paid time off  

• Tuition reimbursement  

• On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent), with yoga studio, Pelotons, personal training, group exercise classes 

• Access to CoStar Group’s Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Employee Resource Groups  

• Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks  

We welcome all qualified candidates who are currently eligible to work full-time in the United States to apply.  However, please note that CoStar Group is not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position.