About the role
Renovation Estimator Renovation Estimator About Opendoor At Opendoor our mission is to tilt the world in favor of homeowners and those who aim to become one. Homeownership matters. It's how people build wealth, stability, and community. It's how families put down roots, how neighborhoods strengthen, how the future gets built. We're building the modern system of homeownership giving people the freedom to buy and sell on their own terms. We’ve built an end-to-end online experience that has already helped thousands of people and we’re just getting started. Location This is an in-person role in the Phoenix, AZ office. Candidates must be based within a 50-mile commuting distance of the office and able to be physically present in the office 4 days a week. Overview Centralized Renovations Estimator The Renovations Estimator provides accurate, timely cost estimates and definitive renovation scopes for field team execution and supporting competitive pricing offers.This role serves as a key partner to the Pricing and Home Operations teams by translating inspection data and market demand signals into a complete renovation scope of work calibrated to optimize our ability to resell a home given market conditions. What You’ll Do Translate Inspection Reports to Work to be Done: Translate third-party inspection reports and assessment artifacts (video walkthroughs, photos) into a final, detailed line-item scope that serves as the starting source of truth for work we will do to list the home. You will evaluate defects called out in third-party inspection reports, make a judgment on whether repairs are required, and define work required to resolve the defect. Apply Repair Standards and Pricing: Ensure all repair line items and pricing adhere to Opendoor’s repair standards and negotiated pricing; you will exercise near total judgment in how we transform inputs (Inspection, market demand signals, etc) into work to be done Integrate Pricing Strategy: Partner closely with Pricing to ‘merchandise’ our homes - referencing and incorporating Pricing notes, upgrade requests, and any other pricing requests into the scope of work we will do before listing the home Collaborate on Offer Adjustment: Work with Pricing and Home Ops to translate the comprehensive scope into Condition Adjustments for the Final Offer, clearly separating pre-list versus post-list exposure. Scope Validation and Refinement: Partner with Home Project Managers (HPMs) post-acquisition to validate scopes, refine quantities, and adjust for site conditions at D1W, documenting changes and rationale to improve future estimating accuracy. Performance Monitoring: Partner with leadership to track estimate vs. actual variance and surface insights on systemic deltas by market, vintage, and category, proposing calibrations to unit costs and scope rules where appropriate. Process Definition & Documentation Integrity: You will be part of a newly created team that has been centralized under Opendoor Pricing leadership. We are relying on your partnership to define and retain new processes. As part of this, you will maintain a high bar for documentation (assumptions, quantities, photos, takeoffs) to support approvals and ensure downstream vendor execution quality. What You’ll Need Minimum 3+ years of residential renovation or construction estimating, including takeoffs and scope development across core trades (interior finishes, roofing, HVAC, electrical, plumbing). Proficiency with spreadsheets and estimating templates; comfort working with standardized cost libraries and market modifiers. Familiarity with inspection artifacts, including third-party inspection reports, and home construction standards. Excellent cross-functional communication skills; able to collaborate with Pricing, Central Ops, and HPMs in a fast-paced, metrics-driven environment. A passion for problem solving across both homes and processes. At the home level, the idea of delivering the optimal home to a buyer for the least amount of money fires you up. At the process level, you are always looking for the opportunity to make things better - you are an owner of the process, not just a consumer!
