Senior/Staff Product Manager - Automotive FinTech & Digital Retailing

AutoFi is hiring a Senior/Staff Product Manager to shape product strategy and execution across its automotive retailing and financing platform. The role leads cross-functional product development spanning areas such as lending, digital retailing, and AI-powered commerce.

Responsibilities:

• Own and drive product vision, strategy, and roadmaps for key areas of AutoFi's automotive retailing and financing platform
• Lead complex, high-impact product initiatives spanning dealerships, lenders, consumers, and technology partners
• Identify market opportunities, emerging technologies, and competitive advantages within automotive FinTech and digital retailing
• Translate business objectives, customer needs, and industry trends into actionable product strategies
• Influence product direction and cross-functional priorities through strong communication, data, and business judgment
• Operate as a senior individual contributor, providing thought leadership and mentorship across the Product organization
• Leverage deep experience in one or more of the following automotive software domains:
• Understand dealership workflows, lender requirements, compliance considerations, and consumer purchasing experiences
• Partner with dealership customers, lenders, and internal stakeholders to identify friction points and develop scalable solutions
• Build products that simplify complex automotive transactions while improving dealer efficiency, consumer conversion, and financing outcomes
• Use AI tools daily to improve productivity, accelerate product development, and make better-informed decisions
• Integrate AI into everyday product management workflows, including customer research, competitive analysis, requirements development, data analysis, and prototyping
• Identify opportunities to embed AI, automation, and intelligent decision-making into AutoFi's product offerings
• Collaborate with Engineering and Design to explore AI-powered features that create meaningful customer and business value
• Continuously experiment with emerging AI technologies and champion practical AI adoption across the organization
• Lead end-to-end product development, from discovery and business case development through launch and iteration
• Work closely with Engineering, Design, Sales, Customer Success, and executive leadership to deliver high-quality solutions
• Develop clear product requirements, user stories, workflows, and acceptance criteria
• Make thoughtful tradeoffs between speed, quality, technical complexity, and business impact
• Define and monitor KPIs, including adoption, conversion, transaction completion, revenue impact, and customer satisfaction
• Use data, customer feedback, and experimentation to continuously optimize product performance

Requirements:

• 6+ years of Product Management experience, with significant experience building and scaling B2B SaaS, FinTech, eCommerce, Digital Retailing or automotive technology products
• Proven track record of owning complex products and delivering measurable business outcomes
• Strong understanding of dealership operations, automotive financing workflows, and the broader automotive technology ecosystem
• Demonstrated daily use of AI tools in professional workflows, with the ability to provide specific examples of how AI improves productivity, decision-making, and execution
• Experience working closely with software engineering teams to deliver technically complex products and integrations
• Strong analytical skills and ability to use data to inform product decisions and prioritization
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional leadership skills
• Ability to operate independently, navigate ambiguity, and influence without direct authority
• Startup mentality: Resourceful, adaptable, action-oriented, and comfortable moving quickly with limited structure or resources
• Direct automotive software experience is highly preferred, with demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following: Desking, Lending, F&I, Leasing, Digital Retailing, or automotive eCommerce
• Experience building, launching, or scaling an AI-powered product or feature, particularly within automotive, FinTech, or SaaS
• Experience with AI/ML capabilities, large language models (LLMs), generative AI, or intelligent automation
• Experience working at an automotive technology provider, dealership software company, lending platform, or automotive FinTech startup
• Knowledge of automotive lender integrations, credit decisioning, loan origination systems, and financing compliance
• Familiarity with automotive software ecosystems, including DMS, CRM, desking, and digital retailing platforms
• Experience scaling products in a high-growth startup or entrepreneurial environment
• Experience driving platform-level product strategy across multiple teams or product lines