Tekion - Lead Product Manager - Automotive Enterprise Cloud
Requirements
• 5+ years of product management experience, with at least 2 years in an enterprise or B2B SaaS context managing integrations, APIs, or platform capabilities. • Experience in the automotive industry, automotive retail technology (DMS, CRM, digital retail) • Demonstrated experience partnering directly with large enterprise customers or strategic partners in a client-facing product capacity. • Strong technical fluency — able to engage credibly with Engineering on API design, data models, and system integrations without writing code. • Strong AI tooling fluency, and comfortable with AI-first product development methodologies • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level presentation and the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders. • Proven ability to manage competing priorities across multiple partners and workstreams with minimal oversight. • Experience writing detailed product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for engineering teams. • Comfort with data — able to define KPIs, interpret usage metrics, and use quantitative and qualitative signals to inform prioritization decisions. • Preferred • Familiarity with OEM program structures, dealer certification programs, or factory-to-dealer technology integrations. • Background in working with product-led and partner-led growth motions. • Exposure to AI-powered product features or data platform products. • MBA or equivalent advanced degree. • WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
Responsibilities
• Translate OEM-specific business needs — including compliance mandates, data sharing standards, customer experience requirements, and brand program integrations — into clear, prioritized product requirements. • Own and maintain the OEM-facing AEC product roadmap, balancing individual partner requests against broader platform strategy and cross-OEM scalability. • Partner with Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Program Management, Product Marketing, and Customer Success to define and deliver OEM integration capabilities, including API standards, data pipelines, reporting frameworks, and dealer program compliance tooling. • Lead discovery with OEM stakeholders to uncover unmet needs, identify friction points, and inform the long-term vision for the AEC platform. • Define suggested success metrics for OEM integrations and platform capabilities in tandem with the Program Management Organization; instrument, monitor, and report on adoption, satisfaction, and value realization. • Create and maintain product artifacts including BRDs, PRDs, ISDs, and internal and external-facing documentation. • Represent the OEM product perspective in cross-functional planning, executive reviews, and company-level roadmap discussions. • Stay current on OEM industry trends, certification requirements, competitive platforms, and regulatory developments affecting automotive retail technology. • Completed onboarding to the ARC platform and AEC architecture, including existing OEM integration patterns. • Reviewed existing backlog and roadmap commitments; identified immediate gaps or risks. • Delivered an updated, prioritized OEM-facing roadmap aligned to Director of Product and OEM stakeholder expectations. • Materially advanced at least one high-priority OEM integration, capability, or high impact experience. • Built a scalable, reusable integration framework that reduces time-to-value for new OEM onboarding. • Positioned as the trusted internal expert and external advocate for OEM product needs on the AEC platform.
Benefits
• Work on a platform that is actively disrupting a $6B+ market dominated by legacy technology — your product decisions will have real, visible impact. • Collaborate directly with some of the world's largest OEMs on meaningful, long-horizon product problems. • Be part of a company scaling rapidly toward $1B ARR with strong institutional backing. • Competitive compensation, equity, comprehensive benefits, and a remote-first culture built for deep focus. • Current Tekion Employees – Please apply via Greenhouse Internal Job Board • The salary range describes the minimum to maximum base salary range for this position across applicable US locations. The actual compensation offered may vary from the posted hiring range based on geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. In addition to the compensation listed, this position may be eligible for equity compensation, and/or a bonus or commission whereby total compensation may exceed base salary depending on individual or company performance. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process. • $124,500—$207,000 USD • Tekion is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, victim of violence or having a family member who is a victim of violence, the intersectionality of two or more protected categories, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. • For more information on our privacy practices, please refer to our Applicant Privacy Notice here.
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