Remote (with flexibility to work from the Portland, OR or Austin, TX offices as desired or needed)

Position Summary:

Assistsin shaping individual product strategy & in the creation of relevant business cases. Accountable for the full product lifecycle from ideation to end-of-life. Responsible fordetermininginterdependencies in the broader CDK product lines & ecosystem. Voice of the customer & marketfor the product organization. Ensures that user personas & product requirements are defined and reflected in user stories. May also own and/or assistin Epic development. Working with Scrum Master and agile team on backlog grooming and ensures thattimely decision making on product requirement trade-offs.

Supervision and Autonomy

• Conducts complex& importantwork.

• Operates with moderate supervision, little instruction on day-to-daywork& general instruction on new projects.

• Analyzessolutions using standard procedures. 

Product Knowledge

• Maintains awareness of competition& productdifferentiators. Continuously builds product management skills.

• Leverages industry, org, customer knowledge to interpret & drive internal/ customer requirements.

Leadership

• Leads product requirements & works daily with agile team(s) definingusersstories/Features (Epics).

• Acts as a resource for junior staff (peer-to-peer)

Impact Results

• Successful execution hasimpacton overall product deliverables & may also impactcross-connected uses cases & related customer & business outcomes.

• Has moderate impact on commitments & issues are likely to cause moderate disruption to the business.

• Successful execution hasimpacton overall product deliverables & may also impactcross-connected uses cases & related customer & business outcomes. 

• Has moderate impact on commitments & issues are likely to cause moderate disruption to the business.

Position Responsibilities & Essential function:

• Translate product vision into prioritized & deliverable Features (Epics) and user stories (based on feedback from dealers/customers & analysis of user & buyer personas) to deliver differentiated customer outcomes.

• Manage the backlog for sprint teams, partnering with R&D/scrummasterin prioritization, supporting full lifecycle from definition, beta, showcase & retrospectives.

• Participate in AI Native development practices

• Work with product marketing to developproduct’svalue proposition, features/benefits.

• Monitor & adapt to key product success metrics (e.g.adoption, profitability, NPS, market share growth)

• Invest in gainingexpertiseof the market, user personas, functional & domain knowledge.

• Develop & prioritize the Features (Epics) & user stories based on user/market requirements, strategy & business plan. Support business case development.

• Collaborate with other Product Managers to ensure the productremainsaligned with overall CDK product strategy & deliverables. 

Qualifications:

Preferred:

• Deep knowledge in creating Features (Epics) & user stories, driving end-to-end execution of product releases.

• Strong written& verbalcommunication skills. Ability to facilitatecustomer communications.

• Ability tolisten& consider the points of view of others, collaborate & build consensus within cross-functional areas.

• Participated in business case creation & aligning requirements to business outcomes.

• Experience in defining and bringingto market valuable AI enhancements.

• Knowledgeable in API specification and use cases

• Strongtrack recordof product execution in a dynamic environment.

• Ability to work hybrid to our Portland, OR office or our Austin, TX headquarters.

• Travel up to 25% oftime.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or equivalent industry experience 

• 3-5+ years of Product Owner or Product Management and/or equivalent experience in Enterprise SaaS, full lifecycle management.

• Experience in Agile software/DevOps methodologies & working with globally distributed teams.

Base Compensation: $120,000 - $145,000