Lead Product Manager, Marketplace at ACV | Buffalo, NY, US | Rezi

Lead Product Manager, Marketplace at ACV

Lead Product Manager, Marketplace

ACV · Buffalo, NY, US

1 months ago

Lead Product Manager, Marketplace

ACV · Buffalo, NY, US

a month ago
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About the Role

ACV is seeking a seasoned Staff Product Manager to own and scale products at the core of ACV's marketplace, specifically the dealer-to-dealer platform. This role involves setting product strategy, leading and developing a team of junior Product Managers, and ensuring the quality and velocity of team deliverables. The ideal candidate is comfortable with long-term strategic direction and hands-on problem-solving, possessing the judgment and range to build products that keep pace with a rapidly evolving business.

Responsibilities

  • Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.
  • Own the strategy and roadmap for your area of the marketplace, aligning your team behind shared goals and keeping everyone focused on the highest-value work.
  • Lead, coach, and grow a team of junior product managers — setting clear expectations, giving regular feedback, and helping each PM level up their craft.
  • Architect and scale products that perform reliably as transaction volume, users, and data grow, partnering closely with engineering on the trade-offs that keep the platform fast and dependable.
  • Partner with finance and executives to build the business cases and product targets that feed the annual operating plan, and execute against those targets to drive marketplace growth.
  • Drive discovery for new marketplace capabilities, and make the build, buy, or partner calls that decide where your team invests.
  • Set the standard for product craft on your team, defining how you do AI-native, prototype-led discovery and analytical rigor, and building reusable practices that speed up work across the team.
  • Lead go-to-market planning for major launches, defining success criteria and coordinating launch sequencing across Sales, Marketing, and Operations.
  • Drive cross-functional alignment on multi-team initiatives, building relationships with leaders in adjacent functions to unlock opportunities and reduce friction.

Requirements

  • Ability to read, write, speak and understand English.
  • Proven track record of building and scaling products end to end, ideally in a high-growth, high-volume environment.
  • Experience directly managing, coaching, and growing a team of product managers.
  • Fluency with AI-native product workflows, including rapid prototyping.
  • Product discovery, prioritization, product-strategy, and measurement (KPI) skills.
  • Business and financial acumen, including building business cases and financial models to present to executives.
  • Excellent communication and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
  • Go-to-market and release planning experience.
  • Marketplace or two-sided platform product experience.
  • Automotive or automotive-adjacent industry experience.
  • Experience building platform or API products that other teams build on.
  • Experience with products where scale, reliability, or data accuracy is mission-critical.
  • Technical depth, such as prior software engineering experience, fluency querying data with SQL, and comfort reading and reasoning about code.

Skills

  • AI-native product workflows
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Product discovery
  • Prioritization
  • Product strategy
  • Measurement (KPI)
  • Business acumen
  • Financial acumen
  • Building business cases
  • Financial modeling
  • Communication
  • Influencing senior stakeholders
  • Go-to-market planning
  • Release planning
  • SQL
  • Reading and reasoning about code

Experience Level

  • Staff Product Manager
  • Seasoned

Education Level

  • 4 Year / Bachelor's Degree in Business, Communications, Finance, Computer Science or a related field or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits

  • Multiple medical plans including a high deductible, low cost health plan
  • Company-sponsored (paid) Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Life Insurance
  • Comprehensive optional benefits such as Dental, Vision, Supplemental Life/AD&D, Legal/ID Protection, and Accident and Critical Illness Insurance
  • Generous paid time off options, including uncapped vacation days, the greater of 3 paid sick days or in accordance with the applicable state or local paid sick leave law, 6 paid company holidays, 2 floating holidays, parental leave, bereavement leave, jury duty leave, voting leave, and other forms of paid leave as required by applicable law or regulation
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program with additional opportunities to earn stock in the Company
  • Retirement planning through the Company’s 401(k)

About the Company

  • ACV is a technology company that has revolutionized how dealers buy and sell cars online, transforming the automotive industry.
  • ACV Auctions Inc. (ACV) has applied innovation and user-designed, data driven applications and solutions.
  • We are building the most trusted and efficient digital marketplace with data solutions for sourcing, selling and managing used vehicles with transparency and comprehensive insights that were once unimaginable.
  • We are disruptors of the industry and we want you to join us on our journey.
  • Our network of brands include ACV Auctions, ACV Transportation, ClearCar, MAX Digital and ACV Capital within its Marketplace Products, as well as, True360 and Data Services.
  • At ACV we focus on the Health, Physical, Financial, Social and Emotional Wellness of our Teammates.

Equal Opportunity

  • At ACV, we are committed to an inclusive culture in which every individual is welcomed and empowered to celebrate their true selves.
  • We achieve this by fostering a work environment of acceptance and understanding that is free from discrimination.
  • ACV is committed to being an equal opportunity employer regardless of sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic.
  • We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
  • If you have a disability or special need that requires reasonable accommodation, please let us know.