Job Description

TRADER INTERACTIVE IS HIRING A DIGITAL RETAILING PRODUCT MANAGER.

The Digital Retailing Product Manager will join the growing Trader Interactive Digital Retailing team and will be responsible for supporting our online vehicle transacting initiatives within several markets throughout the product life cycle to optimize KPIs and meet company, brand, product and sales growth objectives.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Meet business deliverables, timelines and expectations

• Drive innovative digital solutions to meet strategic business goals

• Gather business requirements from a variety of sources, such as the product team, dealers, consumers, stakeholders, design, sales and marketing

• Document, elaborate on and work with business leadership to prioritize these requirements as part of the overall product roadmap

• Maintain and prioritize a large product backlog

• Serve as subject matter expert in relevant product domains assisting with customer UAT, defect triage and mitigation efforts

• Partner with stakeholders to define minimum viable product (MVP)

• Inspect, accept or reject completed development work

• Communicate work in progress and upcoming work to key internal and external stakeholders

• Develop an understanding of the target markets and user bases which will then guide decisions on product backlog and prioritization

• Contribute to the business cases created by project managers as necessary to justify proposed solutions and business investments

• Conduct customer, market, and competitive analysis to identify industry trends, market gaps and unmet customer needs

• Act as project manager lead in strategic initiatives for discovery and delivery

• Act as Key point of contact for Digital Retailing team

• Create Epics, User Stories, and UAC for the Scrum team

• Work closely with teammates and tools to identify new ways of optimizing the product

• Orchestrate multivariate testing of hypotheses

• Review product in QA prior to release to ensure alignment with UAC and requirements are being met

• Demo new product features and enhancements to both internal and external stakeholders

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: 

• 5+ years of relevant Product Management, Product Owner, or Business Analyst experience in software product development environment

• A minimum of 5 years of related experience in software development

• 4-year degree

• Ability to support Agile Scrum methodologies or waterfall methodologies

• Proven writing skills including the ability to write concisely and clearly for different audiences

• Experience working with software development teams

• Experience in a role with strong requirements elicitation (Business Analyst, Technical Product Manager, consultant, etc.)

• Experience with customer support and bug tracking

• Experience and proficiency with business management tools JIRA, G Suite and MS suite

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Digital/online retailing 

• Building digital B2C and B2B products

• User engagement data analysis and reporting

ABOUT TRADER INTERACTIVE

Here at Trader Interactive, we pride ourselves on the size and quality of audience that we deliver to our customers, a fun and collaborative work environment and a unified company vision we call ONE TEAM ONE DREAM. We are a team of driven professionals with passion for our work and an infectious team spirit. Our expertise in digital has made us the leading online marketplace and marketing solutions provider in the categories we serve. Our talented team consists of over 350 employees who run 11 unique businesses from our home office in Norfolk, VA and across the U.S. 

We run the world’s biggest marketplaces for lifestyle vehicles (RV, motorcycles, ATV, Snowmobiles) and commercial equipment. Some of our sites include RVTrader, CycleTrader, CommercialTruckTrader and EquipmentTrader. Collectively, we reach millions of consumers, power thousands of dealer websites, and offer smart tools to assist dealers in more effectively running their businesses and serving their customers.

Trader proudly supports a diverse workforce, and we encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply. Trader is an equal opportunity employer where hiring is based entirely on business needs, job requirements, and individual merit.