Director, Product Management

Solera

6d • Remote

About The Position

This is a dual-mandate leadership role at the intersection of platform modernization and day-to-day product stewardship. The Director, Product Management will lead product strategy and delivery for Hollander’s salvage-industry solutions with two simultaneous imperatives: Sustain and continuously improve the legacy products that run customer businesses today, protecting revenue and service continuity. Define and execute a single modern global platform to replace multiple aging, at-risk systems across North America and International markets. The salvage industry centers on end-of-life and accident vehicles: businesses acquire vehicles, extract usable parts (engine, body panels, mirrors, etc.), and resell through local dealer networks and e-commerce channels.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; MBA preferred.
• 12+ years of Product Management experience in SaaS, with at least 4 years in a product leadership role.
• Demonstrated track record leading platform modernization or transformation programs at scale, including managing a “run and transform” portfolio in parallel.
• Experience delivering multi-geography products with localization complexity (currencies, taxes, time zones, languages, regional compliance).
• Background in workflow-intensive, integration-heavy product environments; experience leading API/platform integration strategy with third-party partners.
• Experience managing small distributed teams under ambiguous, evolving organizational conditions.
• Proficient in mobile, web, and backend platform product management for total-solution delivery.
• Conceptually fluent in APIs, integrations, data flows, and system architecture trade-offs — enough to be a strong, credible partner to Engineering without needing to define the “how.”
• Experienced using analytics to define success metrics, measure product performance, and make data-based decisions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to align diverse cross-functional and cross-geo teams through ambiguity.
• Strong product management discipline: exceptional at defining what should be built and why, with crisp requirements and clear prioritization.
• Combines business acumen, customer empathy, and intellectual curiosity.
• High agency: resourceful, proactive, moves forward without waiting for perfect conditions.
• Hands-on when needed; comfortable rolling up sleeves in lean team environments and organizational transitions.
• Growth mindset: actively experiments, learns, and iterates — including with AI tools across automation, productivity, writing, research, analytics, coding, and prototyping.

Nice To Haves

• Salvage industry experience is a plus but not mandatory.
• Strong product leaders with high learning agility and genuine curiosity about domain specifics are equally considered.
• Candidates should demonstrate a track record of mastering new verticals quickly.
• Automotive, vehicle lifecycle, or adjacent industry experience is highly desirable; salvage industry expertise is a plus, not a requirement.

Responsibilities

• Define product vision, target architecture outcomes, and a phased delivery roadmap for a single global platform replacement.
• Champion a “single global product, locally adapted” approach: ensure the platform supports localization (taxes, currencies, time zones, language, region-specific rules) without losing core coherence.
• Partner with Engineering and Data leaders on architecture trade-offs; maintain conceptual fluency in APIs, integrations, and data flows to drive productive technical conversations without acting as solution architect.
• Own the full product portfolio simultaneously: protect and enhance current legacy products while building the next-generation global platform in parallel.
• Define clear prioritization frameworks that balance sustaining existing revenue-generating products with investing in the strategic transformation program.
• Manage scope, sequencing, and customer migration planning — from legacy systems to the new platform — with minimal disruption to active customer operations.
• Lead integration strategy and execution with third-party partners through platforms and APIs; own requirements and dependencies end-to-end.
• Drive product requirements for workflow-heavy, integration-intensive environments; ensure data flows and partner dependencies are clearly defined for cross-functional teams.
• Create crisp, well-reasoned product requirements and priorities; ensure Engineering and Design teams have what they need to execute with confidence.
• Lead complex multi-geography delivery with clear decision frameworks for standardization vs. localization trade-offs.
• Define success metrics, launch measures, and migration KPIs; track and analyze product performance data to drive evidence-based decisions.
• Partner with Product Marketing to develop sales enablement, customer onboarding, and go-to-market assets for both existing products and new capabilities.
• Lead a small, distributed, cross-geo team.
• Provide strategic direction, clear prioritization, and stakeholder alignment under ambiguous, rapidly evolving organizational conditions.
• Mentor and develop product managers and owners; set goals, provide coaching, and foster a results-oriented team culture.
• Engage with partnership and acquisition opportunities that can accelerate market positioning.

Benefits

• Backed by Vista Equity Partners; leveraging product and technology expertise across all aspects of vehicle lifecycle.
• A rare opportunity to own a full platform transformation agenda from strategy through execution, with direct impact on customer-critical legacy systems and a greenfield global platform build.
• High-visibility, high-accountability role with a direct line to senior leadership and meaningful product authority.
• Collaborative, innovative culture with a strong mandate to bring “One Solera” solutions to the automotive space.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director