Senior Manager, Employee and Partner Enablement

About Tekion

Positively disrupting an industry that has not seen any innovation in over 50 years, Tekion has challenged the paradigm with the first and fastest cloud-native automotive platform that includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and other large automotive enterprises and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire spectrum of the automotive retail ecosystem through one seamless platform. The transformative platform uses cutting-edge technology, big data, machine learning, and AI to seamlessly bring together OEMs, retailers/dealers and consumers. With its highly configurable integration and greater customer engagement capabilities, Tekion is enabling the best automotive retail experiences ever. Tekion employs close to 3,000 people across North America, Asia and Europe.

About the Role

The Senior Manager, Employee and Partner Enablement is responsible for defining and executing the learning strategy that drives the success of Tekion's services organization and external partner ecosystem. This role leads a team of blended learning developers and facilitators, builds scalable enablement programs, and ensures alignment with business outcomes and operational priorities. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with deep instructional expertise, a passion for leadership, and experience enabling services organizations and partner ecosystems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Define the services enablement learning strategy and lead execution across internal teams, partners, and customer-facing functions
• Manage and mentor a team of blended learning developers and facilitators to deliver impactful learning solutions
• Collaborate with executive stakeholders across Product, Services, and Customer Value to ensure learning programs address performance needs
• Oversee the development of scalable onboarding, certification, and continuous development content
• Establish success metrics for enablement initiatives and lead efforts to measure, analyze, and iterate programs based on data and feedback
• Foster innovation in learning methods, tools, and delivery to improve knowledge retention and operational readiness
• Represent the enablement learning function in strategic planning discussions and business reviews

Job Complexity: Leads enterprise-wide enablement initiatives with broad organizational impact, requiring alignment with senior leadership and multiple business units

Required Supervision: Operates with full autonomy and accountability for the direction, performance, and success of the enablement learning function

Expertise: Recognized as a strategic expert in learning and development for services organizations, with strong leadership and cross-functional influence

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience in partner and professional services enablement
• 3+ years managing learning teams, including experience with team development and leadership at scale
• Deep expertise in learning strategy and adult education methodologies
• Proven success developing and scaling enablement programs in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and analytical skills
• Bachelor's degree in education, business, or a related field; advanced degree preferred

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and generous stock options
• 100% employer-paid top-of-the-line medical, dental and vision coverage
• Unlimited PTO, parental leave and free snacks and beverages
• Opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds from Silicon Valley's most dominant and successful companies
• Be part of an early stage, hyper-growth start-up with the opportunity to grow and prosper
• Work on the latest and coolest technologies – everything is home-grown and built ground-up
• A dynamic work environment with a strong sense of community and collaboration
• Open and transparent culture that encourages innovation, rewards performance and discourages hierarchy
• Exciting opportunities for career growth and development

Pay

The salary range describes the minimum to maximum base salary range for this position across applicable US locations. The actual compensation offered may vary from the posted hiring range based on geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer. In addition to the compensation listed, this position may be eligible for equity compensation, and/or a bonus or commission whereby total compensation may exceed base salary depending on individual or company performance.

Base Salary Range: $106,125—$176,500 USD