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Modern Retail is looking for a highly motivated individual (Senior Product Manager) with an entrepreneurial mind set who is energized to own the strategy and business use cases in the Modern Retail line of business.
The Senior Product Manager assists in shaping the product strategy and creation of relevant business cases for Modern Retail. This individual is accountable for the full product lifecycle from ideation to end-of-life and is responsible for determining interdependencies in the broader CDK product lines & ecosystem. The Senior Product Manager is truly the voice of the customer and market for the product organization, ensuring that user personas and product requirements are defined and reflected in user stories. This individual may also own and/or assist in Epic development and will work very closely with the Scrum Master and agile team on backlog grooming to ensure timely decision making on product requirement trade-offs.
Supervision and Autonomy
- Conducts complex and important work
- Operates with moderate supervision, little instruction on day-to-day work and general instruction on new projects
- Analyzes solutions using standard procedures
Product Knowledge
- Maintains awareness of competition & product differentiators. Continuously builds product management skills
- Leverages industry, organizational and customer knowledge to interpret & drive internal/ customer requirements
Leadership
- Leads product requirements and works daily with agile team(s) defining users stories / Features (Epics)
- Acts as a resource for junior staff (peer-to-peer)
Position Responsibilities & Essential Functions:
- Translate product vision into prioritized & deliverable Features (Epics) and user stories (based on feedback from dealers/customers & analysis of user & buyer personas) to deliver differentiated customer outcomes
- Manage the backlog for sprint teams, partnering with R&D/scrum master in prioritization, supporting full lifecycle from definition, beta, showcase & retrospectives
- Work with product marketing to develop product’s value proposition, features/benefits
- Monitor & adapt to key product success metrics (e.g., adoption, profitability, NPS, market share growth)
- Invest in gaining expertise of the market, user personas, functional and domain knowledge
- Develop & prioritize the Features (Epics) & user stories based on user/market requirements, strategy & business plan. Support business case development
- Collaborate with other Product Managers to ensure the product remains aligned with overall CDK product strategy & deliverable
Required Qualifications for Consideration:
- 3-5+ years of Product Owner or Product Management and/or equivalent experience in Enterprise SaaS, full lifecycle management
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or equivalent industry experience
- Experience in Agile software/DevOps methodologies & working with globally distributed teams
Preferred Qualifications:
- Deep knowledge in creating Features (Epics) & user stories, driving end-to-end execution of product releases
- Strong written & verbal communication skills. Ability to facilitate customer communications
- Ability to listen & consider the points of view of others, collaborate & build consensus within cross-functional areas
- Participated in business case creation & aligning requirements to business outcomes
- Strong track record of product execution in dynamic environment
- Travel up to 25% of time
Compensation: $100,000 - $129,000
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What We Do
We’re Neuron at CDK Global. We use artificial intelligence and machine learning to produce predictive data insights for dealers and automakers. We’re committed to helping dealers connect and serve their customer base while growing their businesses in the way they envision.
After the acquisition of Square Root on February 1st, our enterprise software, CoEFFICIENT®, is further breaking through organizational silos, uncovers each dealership's unique needs, and helps achieve business goals to improve customer experiences.
Why Work With Us
Our culture is at the core of everything we do. As we grow, we’re not only looking to hire the best and brightest, but we’re also looking for people who share our values of Own It, Stay Curious, Be Open and Create Possibilities. We pride ourselves on having a diverse workforce. We value and celebrate the uniqueness of individuals and the different
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