Lead Technical Product Manager
This position is remote currently (optional in office) due to COVID health guidelines with the option of hybrid onsite work in Atlanta, GA at a future time.
A leader and disruptor in the genuine automotive parts eCommerce space, SimplePart is searching for a driven, innovative technical product manager who is dedicated to problem-solving and delivering best-in-class solutions for a rapidly changing and expanding global market–and keeping us at the top of the game. With 9 million monthly shoppers served from all over the world, our platform is the eCommerce platform of choice for globally-recognized automotive brands. We solve decades-old challenges for our clients, and inspire and enable them to reach for more. And you are key to this mission.
You understand and exemplify the design thinking process: your work is iterative, goal-oriented development that centers on solving the problem rather than chasing requirements. You’re focused not just on the initial development but also on determining if the solution is actually a solution. You’ll work closely with our internal teams and clients to ensure products continue to solve problems and expand growth opportunities, creating processes to gather ideas from all parts of the organization.
SimplePart is a place where the best idea wins, no matter who it comes from–and as a servant leader, you champion and cultivate this mindset with all you do. You know you’re only as strong as your team is, and you’re excited to build the foundations for this team you’ll lead.
In this role, you’ll develop new products and product features based on a deep understanding of our goals in the niche industry that’s automotive eCommerce. Whether your experience includes a background in automotive or you’re resourceful enough to source what you’ll need to be an expert, you’ll identify and fill product gaps, and generate and execute ideas to grow market share, drive growth, and improve customer experiences. Mapping industry and customer needs to SimplePart’s existing products and features or creating new ones, exploring the potential of intended solutions, and driving the charge internally–it’s all in a day’s work.
Sound like you? Check out the responsibilities and qualifications -- and apply!
Responsibilities + duties:
- Provide thought leadership and asserts influence by driving complex projects to completion effectively and efficiently
- Gathering, organizing, and prioritizing product and features ideas from internal and external stakeholders
- Evaluate, iterate, and ideate product requirements based on goals of internal and external stakeholders
- Facilitate and manage technical road mapping
- Work closely with development team, design team, architects, QA and operations to ensure product development works to move both the business and technical roadmaps forward, sustainably
- Maintain a deep understanding of how the technical product impacts internal teams, external clients, and our end users
- Understand and measure user needs, relative to how those needs have been met (or not)
- Understand and track where features are in their own lifecycle
- Define success criteria for QA and product acceptance
- Lead creation of technical specification, schemas, data mappings and user stories to enable system modification or development
- Act as the internal subject matter expert for technical products, ensuring creation and maintenance of internal product documentation
- Provide demos as needed and get sign off on new functionality from key stakeholders
- Build and manage a product team to support existing responsibilities and expand opportunities for growth
Preferred experience:
- BS in computer science, CIS, or engineering or related business degree
- 2+ years’ experience in being a great communicator cross-functionally and internally
- 2+ years’ experience working with B2B or B2C technical products
- Coding knowledge in ASP.NET & SQL based environments
- Proven to exceptional domain knowledge of e-commerce systems
- Ideally, expertise in product and app development at a SaaS or e-commerce business
- Proven ability to work effectively with internal and technical teams, specifically in
- Influencing others, without needing to rely on formal authority
- Simplifying complexity and translate technical concepts to non-tech audiences
- Communicating with and achieving alignment with technical partners
- Experience prioritizing and adapting under pressure - from both internal and external sources
We offer our employees:
- Company paid health/dental/vision/life/disability benefits
- Competitive pay
- Medical FSA
- Dependent Care FSA with company contribution
- 401k plan with company match
- Maternity/Paternity leave
- Tuition assistance
- Flexible vacation
- Vacation bonus
- Commuter benefits
- Friday lunches
- Dog friendly office
SimplePart is an established, solidly profitable company headquartered in Downtown Atlanta's Fairlie Poplar District. If you are interested in joining our collaborative group, please apply below. In your application, please be sure to include a cover letter that gives us an idea of your personality, who you are and what you're all about. We look forward to hearing from you! Be a part of a team of ambitious, lifelong learners who enjoy making an impact and challenging themselves each day.
SimplePart is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. We don't discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship. No recruiters, please.