About Tekion:
Positively disrupting an industry that has not seen any innovation in over 50 years, Tekion has challenged the paradigm with the first and fastest cloud-native automotive platform that includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and other large automotive enterprises and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire spectrum of the automotive retail ecosystem through one seamless platform. The transformative platform uses cutting-edge technology, big data, machine learning, and AI to seamlessly bring together OEMs, retailers/dealers and consumers. With its highly configurable integration and greater customer engagement capabilities, Tekion is enabling the best automotive retail experiences ever. Tekion employs close to 3,000 people across North America, Asia and Europe.
About the Role
We are seeking a dynamic Senior Manager, Product to lead product strategy and development at our fast-growing SaaS company. You will drive our product vision across critical modules, including Search, Employees, Users, Roles & Permissions, Customer & Vendor Management modules. As a senior leader, you will champion collaboration and influence cross-functional teams to deliver customer centric solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the product roadmap for Search, User Management, Roles & Permissions, Customer & Vendor Management modules.
- Identify problems & opportunities by deeply understanding user needs
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Design, Customer Success, Sales, Marketing, and other product teams
- Lead a team of product managers, providing mentorship, guidance, coaching, and professional development.
- Drive technical discussions and decisions: define workflows, work closely with engineering on API & system architecture design.
- Build and ship features using the full Product Development Life Cycle (PDLC) process, from ideation and requirements gathering through design, development, launch, and post-launch iteration, ensuring features align with business goals and customer needs.
- Define, analyze and communicate metrics to measure product success and inform decision-making
- Represent the product vision internally and externally; influence at leadership and peer level
- Drive continuous improvements around product and process, championing a customer-first mentality
- Ensure product requirements are clear, actionable, and in line with company’s business goals
Requirements
- 10+ years hands-on product management experience building SaaS products (preferably in B2B space)
- Demonstrated experience building and shipping features end-to-end using structured PDLC (Product Development Life Cycle) methodologies.
- Deep experience designing and improving modules in:
- Search & Discovery
- Employees, Users, Roles & Permissions
- Customer and Vendor Management
- Strong technical acumen: Solid understanding of APIs, system architecture, and platform components.
- Proven ability to influence and collaborate across engineering, design, and business teams.
- Track record of hiring, managing, and mentoring product managers or cross-functional product teams.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Demonstrated ability to transform problems into solutions and ship products that delight end-users
- Shipped features to improve product implementation velocity
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant field (MBA or advanced degree a plus).
Preferred Skills
- Experience with complex enterprise SaaS platforms at scale
- Background in PLG (Product Led Growth) environments
- Familiarity with best-in-class product discovery and design thinking approaches.
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.
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What We Do
At Tekion, we believe that business applications don’t have to be boring. In fact, they should be simple, fun and cool! They should be as delightful to use as your favorite social or consumer application, yet powerful enough to seamlessly and efficiently run global businesses that provide unparalleled consumer experience without compromise.
Founded by visionary entrepreneur and innovator Jay Vijayan, we are building the world’s best business applications on the cloud starting with the automotive retail industry. We inherently use cutting-edge technologies like big data, machine learning/AI, and human computer interaction (voice, touch, vision, sensors and IoT). We are inventing new technology along the way to overcome barriers and solve big problems, all while having a blast doing it!
Our flagship product offering, Automotive Retail Cloud ™- an industry-first cloud-native retail platform, including all functionalities of a Dealer Management System (DMS) launched recently.
