Senior Product Manager
About the role
About Tekion
Tekion is a cloud-native, AI-native automotive retail technology company on a mission to modernize the dealership experience. Our Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) platform is purpose-built for the automotive industry — unifying DMS, CRM, digital retail, fixed ops, and analytics in a single, real-time data platform deployed across 1,700+ rooftops. As one of the fastest-growing companies in automotive technology, we're reshaping how OEMs, dealer groups, and consumers experience the car-buying and ownership journey.
About the Role
The Senior Product Manager, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) is a strategic, high-visibility role at the intersection of enterprise technology and OEM partnership. You will be the primary product interface between Tekion and our OEM subscribers — translating complex manufacturer requirements into scalable platform capabilities while ensuring a world-class experience for some of the largest automotive companies in the world.
Reporting to the Director of Product for Automotive Enterprise Cloud, you will own the product roadmap for OEM-facing features and integrations, advocate for OEM needs internally, and lead discovery, delivery, and continuous improvement cycles that directly drive the success of our most strategic accounts.
What You'll Do
- Serve as the primary product point of contact for OEM subscribers to the Automotive Enterprise Cloud, leading requirement reviews/workshops, roadmap previews, and managing prioritization in accordance of maximum business impact for said OEMs.
- Translate OEM-specific business needs — including compliance mandates, data sharing standards, customer experience requirements, and brand program integrations — into clear, prioritized product requirements.
- Own and maintain the OEM-facing AEC product roadmap, balancing individual partner requests against broader platform strategy and cross-OEM scalability.
- Partner with Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Program Management, Product Marketing, and Customer Success to define and deliver OEM integration capabilities, including API standards, data pipelines, reporting frameworks, and dealer program compliance tooling.
- Lead discovery with OEM stakeholders to uncover unmet needs, identify friction points, and inform the long-term vision for the AEC platform.
- Define suggested success metrics for OEM integrations and platform capabilities in tandem with the Program Management Organization; instrument, monitor, and report on adoption, satisfaction, and value realization.
- Create and maintain product artifacts including BRDs, PRDs, ISDs, and internal and external-facing documentation.
- Represent the OEM product perspective in cross-functional planning, executive reviews, and company-level roadmap discussions.
- Stay current on OEM