Product Manager

Kraków - Poland

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Company Background

Established in 1928 Genuine Parts Company is a leading global service provider of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added solutions. Our Automotive Parts Group operates across the U.S. Canada Mexico Australasia France the U.K. Ireland Germany Poland the Netherlands Belgium Spain and Portugal while our Industrial Parts Group serves customers in the U.S. Canada Mexico and Australasia. We keep the world moving with a vast network of over 10700 locations spanning 17 countries supported by more than 63000 teammates. Learn more at .

Position Purpose

Were seeking a talented Product Manager to lead three agile teams in building next-generation Shop Management platforms at GPC the worlds leading distributor of automotive and industrial replacement parts. Your mission: define and deliver backend-driven scalable solutions that transform repair shop operations from the ground up taking products from concept (0) to market success (1) and beyond.

You will have end-to-end ownership of the product lifecycle identifying customer pain points collaborating with engineering on backend architecture and APIs guiding design for usability and leading strategic decisions that impact the entire business. Expect to support business reviews communicate the product vision present across all levels of the organization and contribute to improving product management practices.

This role will have a large scope and a high degree of ownership as you direct creation of products related to repair shop management software and lead teams in the definition discovery design development and delivery of end-to-end capabilities leveraging technology operations and process.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Strategy & Vision

Drive growth for the business by applying customer and domain expertise to provide thought leadership and translate vision into outcomes
Own and maintain a product roadmap driven by the highest impact customer needs while considering delivery cost
Think creatively and propose innovative solutions to customer problems
Define and communicate value propositions OKRs success metrics and outcomes
Work with leadership to evaluate and prioritize opportunities
Collaborate with engineering and design to deliver a feasible usable product
Maintain knowledge of competitive landscape and technology innovations

Execution & Delivery

Represent both the customer and the business throughout the technology development process
Identify areas where research is needed to inform a solution or validate a hypothesis
Plan and conduct user research both independently and with support from UX Research
Own prioritization and maintain a product backlog
Document requirements (functional and non-functional) via Product Requirements Documents epics user stories and acceptance criteria
Groom and refine user stories
Plan and conduct user showcases and acceptance testing
Track KPIs to measure outcomes and adjust plans as needed

Stakeholder & Team Leadership

Collaborate with all product development stakeholders (UX Engineering Security others) to ensure successful delivery of products
Identify and manage dependencies
Manage stakeholder expectations via transparent communication of progress risks and trade-offs
Communicate and provide regular updates to the product roadmap
Mentor and support junior product team members to build a high-performing product management organization

Qualifications:

Required

College degree; MBA or another Masters degree are nice to have
8 years experience in product management including experience owning the product lifecycle in Agile environments
Proven experience defining strategy roadmaps and owning results
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong technical proficiency with backend technologies APIs and system integrations
Mastery of the product discovery process including user research data analysis and competitive research
Mastery of identifying goals metrics and analytics to measure product value
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred

Experience taking a product from 0 to 1
Experience supporting and mentoring others
Experience in B2B SaaS
Experience with Shop Management Systems
Experience with the automotive aftermarket

Location

Krakow/Hybrid

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Required Experience:

Company BackgroundEstablished in 1928 Genuine Parts Company is a leading global service provider of automotive and industrial replacement parts and value-added solutions. Our Automotive Parts Group operates across the U.S. Canada Mexico Australasia France the U.K. Ireland Germany Poland the Netherla...