The Opportunity:

TrueCar is seeking an empathetic and courageous leader to own the product management efforts related to finance and accessories for TrueCar , our digital commerce experience. TrueCar is a user journey that begins with pricing and deal accuracy, continues to consumer-facing finance and insurance products, credit and deal sheets, and is supported by consumer messaging with dealers throughout. You'll coach, develop, and advocate for a team of product managers, and guide the whole picture from strategy through planning to supporting your team to craft and iterate on our product experiences.

It is imperative that you're a motivated, innovative thinker with the ability to quickly grasp opportunities and apply exceptional product management skills to help the company capitalize on our mission to make car buying and selling easy, transparent, and efficient, for both dealers and consumers.

How you will contribute to TrueCar's success:

• Take product ownership of the financing and commerce consumer experiences that drive purchase conversion and revenue, and fuel our future growth.
• Lead the teams responsible for the key components of the TrueCar product, including consumer finance products, add-on products (accessories/protection products) and integrated inline consumer messaging.
• Work closely with TrueCar leadership and cross-functional leads to define the long-term, strategic direction and product vision
• Drive the identification and assessment of future product expansion opportunities through in-house development, strategic partnerships or acquisitions
• Work in an extremely fast-paced environment, making critical decisions and trade-offs quickly while working with the team on iterating their way to innovative product solutions
• Coach the team to be more creative and bold in their product plans, build deep collaboration with design and engineering, and ship engaging, highly aesthetic and personalized new product experiences.
• Cultivate a high-performing team of product managers by hiring, building skills, coaching, and mentoring.
• Deeply understand the needs and problems of our users and build innovative products to meet those needs
• Collaborate across multiple stakeholders – including engineering, design, finance, marketing, PR, sales, and legal – to ensure your teams can successfully launch and scale our products
• Build a deep, system knowledge on the user impact of product features and define key metrics for success

Your impact as a VP, Product Management at TrueCar:

• Drive conversion within our TrueCar digital commerce experience; thereby driving revenue for TrueCar
• Increase conversion rates for consumers being approved for financing, finding the right car and attaching additional products to transactions
• Convert consumers in the space between approved and declined
• Offer financing to more users (lease, co-sign, OSF, etc)
• Enrich TrueCar's diverse and inclusive culture through sharing knowledge and personal experiences.

Your Expertise:

• Broad-based business leadership experience in product management to include at least one significant leadership role in a digital commerce product environment, preferably in a two-sided marketplace
• Respected strategic leader who is highly effective at building and developing high-performing product development teams
• Passionate and articulate about digital commerce and transforming the automotive industry
• Proven track record of successfully launching and growing digital products
• Demonstrated accountability for product outcomes; willing to roll up your sleeves and help get things across the finish line
• Evidenced courage, candor, and curiosity in communicating with your teams and cross-functional partners
• Proven ability to facilitate engagement, alignment and agreement within Product Management and Design, and cross-functionally with partners in Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Finance, to achieve ambitious goals
• A powerful combination of the will to win and drive for business results mixed with a likable, warm and kind interpersonal style capable of inspiring teams to perform to their maximum potential
• Flexible and open-minded with a mentality of curiosity and continuous improvement, proactively seeking input from others
• Entrepreneurial drive and spirit; enjoy working in a rapid change environment
• Ability to receive constructive criticism with poise; adapt easily and efficiently to change
• Proven ability to iterate in steps and think in leaps.
• Ability to balance outstanding user insight with high analytical rigor
• The drive to question assumptions and validate hypotheses
• Obsession for getting the product details right with know-how to ship on time
• Deep understanding of multi-product environments and associated platforms and technology
• Automotive domain knowledge preferred
• CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner) certification preferred
• Prior experience with OKRs

Base salary: $227,000 - $303,000