Position Summary
Provides leadership to product managers. Accountable for the performance & results of team, including cross-functional interactions. Develops team plans, including product roadmaps, team OKRs, & hiring, development, & retention plans. Manages larger teams 5 and/or complex interconnected products. Drive org & portfolio process enhancements. Decision are guided by Senior Management OKRs, resource availability, and organizational objectives. Responsible for defining product portfolio roadmap & executing on product vision & strategy for one or more product lines.
Key outcomes of role:
- Delivery of differentiated product line strategy & roadmap, and execution plans that meets growth & profitability targets
- Drive adoption of product line, achieve target NPS scores
- Build a world-class product management team, driving team goals & development plans, demonstrated in engagement scores & achievement of target OKRs
- Create full-life cycle portfolio plan, executing on new products through EOL
Position Responsibilities & Essential function
- Define & drive roadmap for product line
- Accountable for entire product line lifecycle
- Articulate market trends, demand drivers, competitive dynamics to inform product roadmap & priorities
- Identify key build, partner, & buy criteria
- Integrate market research, persona research, usability studies to evolve existing products in market.
- Define success metrics and OKRs for product, report on OKR outcomes in regular business & technical reviews
- Drive initiatives to capture & implement customer requirements
Qualifications
Preferred:
- MBA, MA Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience
- Expert knowledge of the auto OR rec & heavy industry, relevant customer environment & technical domain.
- Pragmatic Institute Experience, SAFE/Agile
Education/Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, Engineering or equivalent industry experience.
- 15+ years of Product Management and/or equivalent experience in Enterprise SaaS, full lifecycle management. Experience in managing larger teams.
- Experience in Agile software/DevOps methodologies & working with globally distributed teams.
- Excellent critical thinking skills; ability to make decision in dynamic environment.
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills. Experience in presenting at senior level customers & internal stakeholders.
- Ability to listen & consider the points of view of others, collaborate, build consensus cross-functionally.
- Financial acumen to support the development of business cases/monetization options.
- Highly motivated ‘go-getter' driven to achieve business results with the ability to remain positive & focused on delivering customer outcomes.
- Experience in mentoring & growing product management expertise in teams using standard industry frameworks
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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