Senior Product Manager @ TrueCar

TrueCar is a leading automotive digital marketplace and we are on a mission to make car buying and selling easy, transparent and efficient. We work to empower consumers with data, and foster connections with our network of Certified Dealers who share our belief that truth, transparency and fairness are the foundation to a great experience. We forge partnerships to power car buying programs for some of America’s most trusted brands. And we continually innovate to provide useful tools, research, market context and pricing transparency to help consumers feel empowered and confident all throughout their journey.

As consumers’ priorities and shopping habits shifted, so did we. We are building a modern day marketplace and invite you to come join the TrueCar Crew. You can have a real & direct impact on our journey as we continue to evolve and revolutionize the car buying and selling experience. We are seeking talented individuals who are excited by our mission to revolutionize & elevate the car buying & selling experience.

The Opportunity:

Product Management at TrueCar leads the integration of engineering, data science, and design to achieve the company’s vision for reinventing the car pricing and buying experience. As a Senior Product Manager, you’ll join our high-functioning product team where you’ll play a key role in driving the transformation of TrueCar’s online car marketplace in order to realize our vision of dramatically improving the way people discover, buy, and sell cars.

How you’ll contribute to TrueCar’s success:

Own your team’s products, existing or new, from ideation through development, launch, and maintenance, collaborating with cross-functional teams including engineering, design and marketing
Define product requirements, features, and functionalities based on market needs and customer feedback
Ensure the deep understanding of customer needs through user research, feedback, and engagement
Develop and execute go-to-market strategies, ensuring successful product launches
Communicate product plans, progress, and results to internal stakeholders, senior leadership and external partners
Maintain deep understanding of how various pieces of a project integrate together – including business logic, data, underlying algorithms, API layers, client-side logic, and user interface components
Understand and influence TrueCar’s strategic and competitive positions
Position the product effectively in the market, considering pricing, messaging, and differentiation
Manage project ambiguity, complexity, and interdependencies in an organized and structured way
Conduct market research to identify opportunities, analyze competitor products and stay abreast of industry trends
Based on data analysis, market research, and other studies, set team goals, success metrics, and roadmap to align with TrueCar’s mission and strategic objectives
Use data driven insights to make informed decisions and optimize product features
Effectively manage diverse stakeholder relationships
Weigh competing priorities, manage trade offs, and evaluate opportunistic new ideas with stakeholders, working towards consensus while maintaining a clear focus on overarching business priorities
Prioritize features and enhancements based on business impact and customer value

Your Expertise:

Proven success as a Product Manager in a B2C marketplace or Fintech environment
Experience with a VC-funded organization during a period of accelerated growth
Strong understanding of and direct experience with an engineering culture and what it takes to build technical products in an agile+scrum environment
Communication and Team Building Skills: You thrive in a dynamic, agile environment leading scrum team members and collaborating with cross-functional teams
Creative growth mindset: Proactively think creatively to define new experiences improving adoption, usage, and reengagement to drive to better business outcomes
Familiarity and comfort with data, including the ability to use data to analyze and monitor product health, set goals and metrics, as well as aid in the prioritization of initiatives and features
Strong analytical and quantitative skills evidenced through a first principles thinking approach to problem solving and the ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and actions taken
Detail-oriented, but deftly balanced with holistic system-thinking
Entrepreneurial or small start-up experience a plus

Salary range: $155,000 - $225,000

Your TrueCar Experience

As a crew member, you’ll be primarily based out of your home as a part of our Dynamic Workplace strategy. We provide additional benefits & perks to assist our crew members in having a sustainable home workstation including monthly internet/mobile phone service reimbursement and furniture & equipment for your space.

You will receive excellent benefits that include but aren’t limited to 100% employer-paid health/vision/dental premium, 401k with company contribution, equity, a wellness stipend program, and a learning & development reimbursement program. We recognize that everyone needs an occasional recharge, so we offer a flexible PTO policy for exempt TrueCar Crew along with a generous PTO accrual policy for non-exempt TrueCar Crew, in addition to 14 company-paid holidays and 2 floating holidays. In short, we care deeply about our crew members and build employee-centric programs that prove it.

At TrueCar, we believe in the power of diversity to build a deeper understanding of our consumers and partners and drive innovation in our products. We welcome a workforce that reflects all the diversity of car-buying consumers. We encourage everyone interested in our company mission to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that is protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with applicable law. In addition, TrueCar will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

TrueCar does not accept unsolicited agency submissions.

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