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. The platform includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers, and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire automotive retail ecosystem through one seamless platform, using cutting-edge technology, big data, machine learning, and AI to bring together OEMs, retailers/dealers, and consumers. With highly configurable integration and customer engagement capabilities, Tekion enables transformative automotive retail experiences. 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.

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
• Work on the latest and coolest home-grown technologies in a hyper-growth start-up environment
• 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

Compensation Range: $106,125 - $176,500