Lead Product Manager

About the role

As a Lead Product Manager on the Lot Operations Modernization team, you will help set the direction for one of the highest-impact problem spaces in Manheim’s auction network. You’ll lead discovery, shape strategy, and build the products that reduce cost, eliminate waste, and modernize how lot employees move vehicles every day.

Responsibilities

• Own one or more interconnected problem areas in Lot Operations Modernization—from labor visibility and vehicle move efficiency to planning gaps and inconsistent standards across the auction network.
• Lead discovery efforts end-to-end—conducting research, engaging field users, and determining whether problems are real, relevant, and worth solving within the team's strategy.
• Translate validated problems into specifications, and step in to resolve ambiguity the team can't clear on its own.
• Help define a 6–9 month roadmap.
• Build business cases and investment documents that secure funding and inform prioritization decisions at the release-train level.
• Define and monitor KPIs for assigned product areas, using Pendo, operational data, and field research to flag when outcomes are trending off course before it becomes a leadership question.
• Partner directly with Solution Delivery Managers, engineering, UX, and data/analytics leads to prototype, test, and validate solutions—and bring buy/build/partner recommendations to the Release Train Core.
• Mentor other Product Managers—modeling discovery rigor, prioritization judgment, and how to turn ambiguity into a clear plan; this role may also carry 1-2 direct reports.
• Represent your product area in PI planning and Inspect/Adapt events, and communicate progress, risk, and tradeoffs directly to Director- and VP-level stakeholders.
• Champion AI-accelerated discovery, experimentation, and development—not just using AI tools yourself, but helping the rest of the team adopt them.
• Collaborate with other Product Managers on the release train to keep problem areas aligned to strategy and avoid duplicated effort.
• Share learnings openly, contributing to a discovery culture built on transparency, iteration, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and 6 years of experience; or a master's degree and 4 years of experience; or a Ph.D. and 1 year of experience in a related field; or 18 years of experience in a related field with no degree.
• Proven track record leading discovery independently and turning it into a fundable business case.
• Skilled at managing multiple priorities, translating ambiguous and operationally complex problems into clear requirements, and evaluating emerging technology for product fit.
• Experience coaching or mentoring other product managers.
• Familiarity with SAFe Agile methodology and PI planning.
• High integrity; skilled in building partnerships, driving innovation, and focusing the team on execution and excellence.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.

Preferred Background

We’re not prescriptive about where you’ve been—we care about what you can do. That said, candidates with experience in any of the following areas may find this role a natural fit:

• Automotive or Wholesale
• Operations or Logistics
• Supply Chain Technology
• Field service or last-mile
• Familiarity with Rally or comparable ALM tooling, and analytics/product tools such as Pendo, Power BI, Tableau, Snowflake.
• A track record of driving AI-related initiatives or tooling adoption at a team level.

Pay

Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $111,500.00 - $185,900.00 per year. The base salary may vary within the anticipated range based on factors such as location and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. The position may also be eligible for additional compensation, including an incentive program.

Benefits

• Flexible vacation policy with pay, consistent with duties and company needs.
• Seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
• Up to 160 hours of paid wellness time annually for personal or family wellness.
• Additional paid time off for bereavement, voting, jury duty, volunteering, military leave, and parental leave.