Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cars Commerce is dedicated to simplifying the car buying and selling process through innovative technology. The Lead Product Manager will oversee the OEM product portfolio, driving innovation and managing client relationships while balancing product development and delivery.
Responsibilities
- Own and deliver the product roadmap for the OEM portfolio, including NCH, NVI, CPO, and related OEM programs
- Act as a hands-on coach, mentor, and role model to more junior Product Managers, while building best-in-class products for OEM clients and end users
- Serve as the primary product point of contact for OEM clients leading client-facing presentations, QBRs, and roadmap reviews in partnership with the OEM Sales team
- Partner closely with OEM Sales to translate client needs, deal commitments, and market feedback into clear product requirements and prioritized backlog items
- Understand OEM partners' and shoppers' problems in detail; define and prioritize tradeoffs between scope, schedule, cost, and business benefit to keep engineering focused on the highest-impact work
- Manage concurrent OEM programs across cross-functional teams (engineering, design, data science, analytics), maintaining clear program plans, milestones, and risk visibility
- Consistently deliver high-value, impactful work on schedule across both feature development and program deliverables
- Drive real customer and business value that shows up internally and externally, regularly and predictably
- Collaborate with cross-functional teammates to improve processes and ensure team alignment toward goals
- Contribute to team-level KPIs/OKRs; define OEM product KPIs/OKRs and monitor product health and performance against those metrics
- Establish effective, trusting relationships with key OEM clients, the OEM Sales team, and internal stakeholders
- Establish yourself as the internal expert and thought leader on the OEM product space
- Communicate roadmaps, updates, and key accomplishments effectively and broadly throughout the organization
- Work across internal teams to align on interconnected roadmaps and manage dependencies between OEM programs and platform investments
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Economics, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- At least 7 years of experience as a product manager (across mobile and web), with a history of delivering significant and meaningful business and customer outcomes across a full product line
- Experience in the automotive industry, OEM, dealer technology, or adjacent automotive software/data platforms strongly preferred
- Demonstrated product sense with an in-depth understanding of UX design principles and product experimentation (e.g., A/B testing, user testing)
- Experience working across the entire product process (strategy through delivery) with an exceptional grasp of product management fundamentals, lean product development, and agile practices
- Proven client-facing skills: experience presenting to senior external stakeholders and managing ongoing client relationships
- Experience defining KPIs and product metrics and using them to drive decisions, paired with a sense for when to balance data with intuition
- MBA or other advanced degree
- Familiarity with OEM program structures including new car, CPO, and vehicle intelligence data products
- Experience working with automotive sales channels and understanding of dealer/OEM go-to-market dynamics
- Background in platform or data products; comfort discussing APIs, data pipelines, and integrations with engineering teams
- SQL, Tableau, and/or other data analysis skills
Benefits
- Medical, Dental & Vision Healthcare Plans
- New Hire Stipend for Home Office Set-Up
- Generous PTO
- Paid Holidays, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Recharge Day
Company Overview
Cars Commerce is an audience-driven technology company that simplifies buying and selling cars. It was founded in 1998, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.carscommerce.inc.