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:
TrueCar is seeking a Director, Product Management. Our Product Management team is inherently cross-functional and works closely with our engineers, data scientists, and designers to guide products from conception to launch to achieve the company’s vision for reinventing the consumer’s experience; with our marketing and solutions teams to bring our experiences to market, as well as with our business partners to generate profitable revenue streams.
How you will contribute to TrueCar’s success:
- Manage the product plan and drive the team towards timely completion of key milestones.
- Lead and develop a team of product managers, in addition to other critical product roles.
- Communicate product status, key issues, and launch plans to key constituents across the organization including senior management and external partners.
- Responsible for the development and direction of research aimed at improving current products and generating ideas for new products and services.
- Research, evaluate and filter assigned ideas from senior management.
- Create, evaluate and analyze specification documents for new lines of business and products.
- Present product ideas to senior management and seek approval for execution and launch.
- Work closely with partner management team to identify new products to enhance performance of programs.
- Work with technology leads to evolve the product development process.
- Work with design and front-end teams to produce efficient front-user experiences.
- Monitor and optimize the performance (conversion, close rate, abandonment) of the Car-Buying platform.
- Develop effective user stories and spec (visual and written) requirements.
- Hands-on work with software engineers as they build and test the new feature.
- Conduct a post-launch assessment of newly implemented initiatives.
Your Expertise:
- Extensive product management experience owning product line strategy, product roadmaps and successfully bringing products to market in a B2C or two-sided marketplace environment.
- Prior experience successfully managing, motivating, developing, and growing highly capable product managers.
- Demonstrated leadership and ability to practice strong ownership, and drive change in complex environments
- Ability to constructively advance opinionated perspectives, well-informed by industry and customer analysis, to all levels of an organization.
- Highly data-driven and can quickly formulate the right analytical framework for any user experience or product/platform health question.
- A natural, deep curiosity that drives you to learn, investigate, and constantly ask “why”.
- Expert communication skills, including the ability to persuade and inspire, a knack for breaking down complex technical concepts, and a proactive attitude toward knowledge sharing.
- Creativity when it comes to generating ideas, but an understanding that execution is what ultimately matters.
- Comfort with ambiguity, and an instinct for moving quickly.
Base salary range: $188,000 - $230,000
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.
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