Senior Product Manager

About the role

The Senior Product Manager, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) is a strategic, high-visibility role at the intersection of enterprise technology and OEM partnership. You will be the primary product interface between Tekion and our OEM subscribers — translating complex manufacturer requirements into scalable platform capabilities while ensuring a world-class experience for some of the largest automotive companies in the world.

Reporting

Reports to: Director of Product for Automotive Enterprise Cloud

What you'll do

• Serve as the primary product point of contact for OEM subscribers to the Automotive Enterprise Cloud, leading requirement reviews/workshops, roadmap previews, and managing prioritization in accordance of maximum business impact for said OEMs.
• Translate OEM-specific business needs — including compliance mandates, data sharing standards, customer experience requirements, and brand program integrations — into clear, prioritized product requirements.
• Own and maintain the OEM-facing AEC product roadmap, balancing individual partner requests against broader platform strategy and cross-OEM scalability.
• Partner with Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Program Management, Product Marketing, and Customer Success to define and deliver OEM integration capabilities, including API standards, data pipelines, reporting frameworks, and dealer program compliance tooling.
• Lead discovery with OEM stakeholders to uncover unmet needs, identify friction points, and inform the long-term vision for the AEC platform.
• Create and maintain product artifacts including BRDs, PRDs, ISDs, and internal and external-facing documentation.
• Represent the OEM product perspective in cross-functional planning, executive reviews, and company-level roadmap discussions.
• Stay current on OEM industry trends, certification requirements, competitive platforms, and regulatory developments affecting automotive retail technology.

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of product management experience, with at least 2 years in an enterprise or B2B SaaS context managing integrations, APIs, or platform capabilities.
• Experience in the automotive industry, automotive retail technology (DMS, CRM, digital retail)
• Demonstrated experience partnering directly with large enterprise customers or strategic partners in a client-facing product capacity.
• Strong technical fluency — able to engage credibly with Engineering on API design, data models, and system integrations without writing code.
• Strong AI tooling fluency, and comfortable with AI-first product development methodologies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level presentation and the ability to simplify complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities across multiple partners and workstreams with minimal oversight.
• Experience writing detailed product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria for engineering teams.
• Comfort with data — able to define KPIs, interpret usage metrics, and use quantitative and qualitative signals to inform prioritization decisions.

Preferred

• Familiarity with OEM program structures, dealer certification programs, or factory-to-dealer technology integrations.
• Experience managing products that sit at the intersection of a platform/marketplace and large enterprise subscribers.
• Background in working with product-led and partner-led growth motions.
• Exposure to AI-powered product features or data platform products.
• MBA or equivalent advanced degree.

Why Tekion

• Work on a platform that is actively disrupting a $6B+ market dominated by legacy technology — your product decisions will have real, visible impact.
• Collaborate directly with some of the world's largest OEMs on meaningful, long-horizon product problems.
• Be part of a company scaling rapidly toward $1B ARR with strong institutional backing.
• Join a world-class product and engineering organization of 1,500+ engineers obsessed with building best-in-class technology.
• Competitive compensation, equity, comprehensive benefits, and a remote-first culture built for deep focus.