We are CARIAD, an automotive software development team with the Volkswagen Group. Our mission is to make the automotive experience safer, more sustainable, more comfortable, more digital, and more fun. To achieve that we are building the leading tech stack for the automotive industry and creating a unified software platform for over 10 million new vehicles per year. We’re looking for talented, digital minds like you to help us create code that moves the world. Together with you, we’ll build outstanding digital experiences and products for all Volkswagen Group brands that will transform mobility. Join us as we shape the future of the car and everyone around it.

Role Summary

The Product Manager is a member of a Product Team responsible for defining feature and prioritizing the Team Backlog. You collaborate with other product team leaders on the strategic vision, as the key person to drive teams to execute that vision. As a Product Manager you will have a significant role in maximizing the value produced by the team to ensure that user stories meet the customer’s needs and meet the Definition of Done.

Role Responsibilities

Main responsibility – 100%

Drive and execute the evaluation of new requirements from local customers (US group brands)
Align internationally technical feasibilities, resource capabilities and financial viabilities.
Bring new product requirements to decision in respective committees.
Execute and drive development teams to ensure the customer needs.
Harmonize & synchronize regional requirement in a global environment.
Develop and implement product strategies consistent with customer need and company vision.
Partner with customers and stakeholders to develop product strategy and co-create solutions.
Partner with internal stakeholders to review product strategy and ensure alignment.
Ensure product vision and requirements are designed with scalability and long-term vision in mind.
Lead technical discussions with a high level of independence including requirements, customer experience and security.
Represent the voice of the customer to internal stakeholders; A natural design thinker that can synthesize requirements into a common set of platform and services capabilities, writing very clear, thorough and detailed user stories for complex features and product sets.
Liaise with other functions, product managers, engineering and other applicable groups to ensure flawless execution
Provide status, action plan and recommendations to senior leadership on an ongoing basis.
Maintain the product backlog for building, editing, and maintaining user stories, including defects and enablers. Backlog items are prioritized based on user value, time, and other team dependencies
Continuous review and reprioritization of the backlog as part of the prep work for Iteration Planning, including coordination of dependencies with other Product Managers.
Lead iteration planning events communicating story detail and priorities to ensure the team aligns and agrees on a final iteration plan.

Years of Experience

5+ years of work experience

1-3+ years’ experience in product and/or program management

Required Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience

Desired Education

Certification in product management

Skills:

Excellent communication skills and executive presence.
Passionate about what you do and fired up about the opportunity to transform the auto industry working for an industry leader.
Aptitude and comfort to collaborate with engineering teams to build robust, reliable and scalable products
Highly execution focused by working in conjunction with various counterparts.
Embrace change and ambiguity in an ecosystem that is rapidly evolving.
Able to build knowledge of automotive software products competitive landscape and related dynamics.
Ability to think creatively to solve problems with our customer at the center.
Organizational and leadership abilities to influence, negotiate and drive results.
Strong customer-facing communication skills and technical aptitude.
Strong process driven ability to streamline complicated process.

Required Skills:

Experience as a product manager, & influencing cross-functional teams in delivery of major new products or services
Proven success in collaborating and driving decisions with multiple stakeholders, including team members across product, technology and design.
Ability to work autonomously to successfully meet goals within expected timelines and with minimal supervision.
Experience driving business outcomes (impact), and proactively producing reports that demonstrate progress toward strategic goals.
Translating the WHY for all stakeholders, partners and customers.

Desired Skills

Fluency with Dev Ops, Confluence, Jira and other collaboration tools
Background and understanding of system architecture.
Experience crafting OKRs and reporting progress to leadership.

Work Flexibility

Possible travel and long hours as business requirements dictate

Compensation

Salary range is dependent on factors such as geographical differentials, credentials or certifications, industry-based experience, qualification and training. The salary range for this position is $101,200 - $146,900.

CARIAD, Inc. provides performance based merits and annual bonus along with a competitive benefits package. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401k with employer match and defined contribution plan, short and long term disability, basic life and AD&D insurance, employee assistance program, tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment plans, maternity and non-primary caregiver leave, adoption assistance, employee referral program and vacation and paid holidays. We also offer a unique vehicle lease program that covers registration and insurance fees.

CARIAD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, and do not discriminate based on race, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, color, gender identity/expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.

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