Product Manager III

About the role

ACV is a technology company that has revolutionized how dealers buy and sell cars online. We are transforming the automotive industry by building the most trusted and efficient digital marketplace with data solutions for sourcing, selling, and managing used vehicles with transparency and comprehensive insights.

Responsibilities

• Own data products powering ML models, such as vehicle attributes, condition, and history.
• Lead as the connective tissue between Engineering, Data Science, ML teams, and Commercial stakeholders.
• Collaborate with engineering and data science teams on ML model feature definition and selection, ensuring inputs align with product goals, customer behavior, and measurable business outcomes.
• Collaborate with engineering and data science teams to define, evaluate, and improve model performance metrics aligned to product outcomes and customer value.
• Employ a hypothesis-driven approach to product development, converting ambiguity and assumptions into a clear framework for experimentation and validation via experimentation frameworks, including A/B testing, and evaluating offline versus online metrics to measure product and model performance.
• Ensure data quality, coverage, and the reliability of underlying models and services that power critical product experiences and business decisions.
• Translate complex data from multiple sources—including user behavior, seller performance, and model outputs—into actionable insights that drive product prioritization and innovation.
• Improve inventory liquidity, pricing accuracy to drive trust and optimize the marketplace.
• Identify high-leverage product opportunities through ranking improvements, data enrichment, and better use of signals to improve relevance, conversion, and customer outcomes.
• Guide product strategy by evaluating and clearly communicating critical trade-offs between technical implementation and business value (e.g., performance vs. explainability).
• Define and own a 6–12 month roadmap across Data, Search, and ML-driven features.
• Articulate and advocate for product strategy, roadmap, and business outcomes to executive leadership to secure buy-in and alignment.

Requirements

We're looking for a Product Manager with 4+ years of industry experience, particularly in data-heavy or technically complex product areas. Strong understanding of modern data hygiene practices, including data quality management, governance, lineage, validation, and the processes required to ensure trusted, reliable, and scalable data assets across the organization. Experience in identifying and implementing LLM-based solutions to augment user workflows, resulting in significant efficiency gains or enhanced capabilities. Proven track record of leading the end-to-end delivery of complex, technical products, from ideation through to launch and iteration, consistently driving measurable business impact. Ability to drive product strategy by translating complex data into actionable insights, which requires a strong quantitative toolkit including hands-on proficiency in SQL, rigorous experimentation design, and a deep understanding of metrics architecture. Experience working cross-functionally with engineering teams. Agile experience and release planning prioritization skills. Presentation skills - Ability to simplify complex data and technical systems. Mentoring and coaching skills.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or similar). Advanced degrees are a plus.

Skills

• Strong understanding of modern data hygiene practices, including data quality management, governance, lineage, validation, and the processes required to ensure trusted, reliable, and scalable data assets across the organization.
• Experience in identifying and implementing LLM-based solutions to augment user workflows, resulting in significant efficiency gains or enhanced capabilities.
• Proven track record of leading the end-to-end delivery of complex, technical products, from ideation through to launch and iteration, consistently driving measurable business impact.
• Ability to drive product strategy by translating complex data into actionable insights, which requires a strong quantitative toolkit including hands-on proficiency in SQL, rigorous experimentation design, and a deep understanding of metrics architecture.
• Experience working cross-functionally with engineering teams.
• Able to employ a hypothesis-driven approach to product development, converting ambiguity and assumptions into a clear framework for experimentation and validation via experimentation frameworks, including A/B testing, and evaluating offline versus online metrics to measure product and model performance.

Benefits

At ACV, we offer:

• Multiple medical plans including a high deductible, low cost health plan
• Company-sponsored (paid) Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Life Insurance
• Comprehensive optional benefits such as Dental, Vision, Supplemental Life/AD&D, Legal/ID Protection, and Accident and Critical Illness Insurance
• Generous paid time off options, including uncapped vacation days, the greater of 3 paid sick days or in accordance with the applicable state or local paid sick leave law, 6 paid company holidays, 2 floating holidays, parental leave, bereavement leave, jury duty leave, voting leave, and other forms of paid leave as required by applicable law or regulation
• Employee Stock Purchase Program with additional opportunities to earn stock in the Company
• Retailer planning through the Company’s 401(k)

Pay

The compensation range for this position is listed in the "Job Details" section at the bottom of this posting. Please note that final compensation will be determined based upon the applicant's relevant experience, skill set, location, business needs, market demands, and other factors as permitted by law.

Schedule

Not specified

Equal Opportunity Employer

ACV is committed to an inclusive culture in which every individual is welcomed and empowered to celebrate their true selves. We achieve this by fostering a work environment of acceptance and understanding that is free from discrimination. ACV is committed to being an equal opportunity employer regardless of sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Contact Information

No immigration or work visa sponsorship provided for this position.