Senior Product Manager (Sr PM I)

Employment Type: Full time

Position Overview

At Cars Commerce, we are dedicated to simplifying the entire process of buying and selling cars. We strive to connect the automotive industry with streamlined, tierless technology to enhance, measure, and drive local automotive retail. Our portfolio includes the leading marketplace, Cars.com, the industry-leading digital experience, Dealer Inspire, our trade and appraisal technology, AccuTrade, and the new Cars Commerce Media Network. Cars Commerce is essential for success in the automotive industry.

Our core philosophy is collaboration, reflected in our shared values: Rise Together, Open to All, Caring to Challenge, Taking Ownership, and Doing the Right Thing. These values foster an environment where growth is inevitable. Recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a Best Company to Work For in 2024, we are committed to an exceptional employee experience.

As a Senior Product Manager at Cars Commerce & Dealer Inspire, you will be instrumental in solving challenges, driving innovation, and delivering value for critical business products. You will also mentor other Product Managers, working collaboratively with designers, engineers, researchers, and analysts to create and execute a best-in-class product roadmap. This includes defining, validating, and prioritizing epics and initiatives, supporting product goals and strategy, and championing core product development principles across the business.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the roadmap for your product(s).
• Act as a hands-on coach, mentor, and role model for more junior Product Managers, while building best-in-class products for our customers.
• Gain a deep understanding of shopper and seller problems, ensuring clear definition and prioritization of issues.
• Make informed tradeoffs between scope, cost, schedule, and business benefits to ensure tech resources are focused on the highest impact work.
• Consistently deliver high-value, impactful work on schedule.
• Drive tangible customer and business value that is regularly and predictably demonstrated both internally and externally.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teammates to improve processes and ensure team alignment towards goals.
• Contribute to team-level KPIs/OKRs, define product KPIs/OKRs, and monitor/manage product performance.

Requirements

• Creative problem-solving skills.
• Ability to serve as a role model to other PMs.
• Executor driven by positive outcomes for users.
• Demonstrated trust in and dedication to the company's vision, mission, and values.
• Strong customer empathy with product decisions based on qualitative and quantitative customer and business data.
• Ability to make decisions by optimizing for ROI and driving bottom-line/top-line performance.
• Passion for solving complex, multi-sided problems, developing strategies and roadmaps, and executing plans that create new value for users and the business.
• Natural collaborator and communicator with a track record of building positive relationships across a diverse organization.

Company Information

Cars Commerce is a leader in the automotive industry, simplifying the car buying and selling experience through innovative technology and leading marketplaces. Our commitment to our values and employee experience has earned us recognition as a U.S. News & World Report Best Company to Work For in 2024.

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