Associate Product Manager

About the role

CDK Global is a leading provider of cloud-based software to dealerships and Original Equipment Manufacturers ("OEMs") across automotive and related industries. The Company's cloud-based, software as a service ("SaaS") platform enables dealerships to manage their end-to-end business operations including the acquisition, sale, financing, insuring, repair, and maintenance of vehicles. By automating and streamlining critical workflows, the integrated platform of modern solutions enables dealers to sell and service more vehicles by creating simple and convenient experiences for customers and improves their financial and operational performance.

Responsibilities

• Create user stories based on established product vision & features (epics) to deliver differentiated customer outcomes
• Aid in backlog management for sprint teams, partnering with R&D / scrum master in prioritization of user backlog, supporting full lifecycle from definition, beta, showcase, & retrospective
• Collaborate with other CDK product managers and product marketing to articulate the value proposition for user stories
• Learn the key product success metrics (e.g. adoption, profitability, NPS, market share growth) & how they relate to user stories & features (epics)
• Gain functional expertise & SME through training and partnering with more experienced CDK product managers

Qualifications

• 1-year related work experience or relevant internship as a product owner, or product manager
• Experience in Agile software/DevOps methodologies & working with globally distributed teams
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or equivalent industry experience
• 1+ years of Product Owner or Product Management and/or equivalent experience: internships or education
• Demonstrated ability to learn new concepts
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills
• Willingness to take on new challenges in a dynamic environment
• Strong analytical skills, and ability to break complex ideas into actionable tasks