CDP Technical Product Manager
Job Summary
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 3000 people across North America Asia and Europe.
Key Responsibilities:
CDP Roadmap & Vision: Define and execute the product vision strategy and
roadmap for our CDP aligned to company goals and customer needs.
Stakeholder Alignment: Partner with Engineering Data Science Sales Customer
Success and external partners to ensure alignment and effective delivery.
Voice of the Customer: Deeply understand user personas (dealers/OEMs) pain
points data workflows and market trends to inform product decisions.
Product Design & Requirements: Translate market/user insights into clear product
requirements user stories and acceptance criteria for development teams.
Data Governance & Compliance: Ensure CDP meets security privacy and
regulatory (e.g. GDPR CCPA) requirements.
Performance Measurement: Define KPIs monitor adoption and iterate to deliver
measurable business and customer value.
Go-to-Market: Collaborate in launch enablement and success of new features
with Marketing Sales and Support.
Team Leadership: Mentor and guide associate/junior product managers.
Qualifications:
Experience: 7 years in SaaS product management with 3 years leading CDP
CRM or data infrastructure products (Automotive SaaS strongly preferred).
Expertise: Deep understanding of CDP concepts: identity resolution data
integration segmentation analytics data privacy API ecosystems.
Technical Acumen: Adept at working with data teams (ETL data lakes cloud
platforms) and understanding technical tradeoffs.
Domain Knowledge: Familiarity with automotive retail/OEM data flows dealership
management systems (DMS) is a plus.
Stakeholder Management: Proven track record interfacing with customers sales
and engineering teams.
Communication: Exceptional communication presentation and documentation
skills.
Nice-to-Have:
Experience with product-led growth (PLG) models.
Background in B2B enterprise SaaS platforms.
Prior experience with scaling data products in regulated industries.
Current Tekion Employees: Please apply via the Internal Job Board in Ashby
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Required Experience:
IC
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