CarGurus is seeking a Senior Technical Product Manager to drive strategic initiatives and operational excellence across their Data Engineering organization, enabling the delivery of high-impact, scalable solutions that power business insights.
Requirements
- 5+ years of product management experience, with 2+ years specifically partnering with data engineering, analytics engineering, or data platform teams.
- Proven ability to partner effectively with Business Systems Analysts to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
- Proven ability to own product roadmaps, manage intake processes, and prioritize technical work in a way that aligns with strategic business objectives.
- Strong understanding of modern data ecosystems (e.g., data pipelines, warehouses, analytics tools), and the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business value.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to set and manage expectations across technical and non-technical audiences.
- A bias for clarity and structure in ambiguous environments, with the ability to focus teams on what matters most while adapting to evolving priorities.
- Familiarity with Agile development processes and comfort attending, but not leading, agile ceremonies to ensure alignment between engineering execution and business priorities.
Responsibilities
- Own, develop and maintain the quarterly roadmap for the Data Engineering team by aligning stakeholder needs, evaluating business impact, and ensuring strategic alignment with broader company goals.
- Collaborate closely with Engineering Managers to support execution of roadmap initiatives—scoping projects, managing dependencies, and ensuring deliverables stay on track.
- Facilitate clear and proactive communication with internal stakeholders, including regular status updates, milestone reporting, and transparent handling of delays or scope changes.
- Drive and automate, where appropriate, the intake and prioritization process, ensuring business value is consistently front and center while balancing engineering constraints and capacity.
- Identify and escalate development blockers or cross-team dependencies early, collaborating with engineering partners to address them while keeping stakeholders informed.
- Stay deeply informed on the team’s technical stack and evolving data architecture to influence roadmap decisions and ensure alignment with long-term platform strategy.
- Act as the first point of contact for emergent stakeholder requests, assessing value and impact with engineering partners and determining how to respond without disrupting team focus.
Other
- This is a highly cross-functional role ideal for someone who understands the complexity of data platforms, communicates effectively at all levels, and can align business goals with engineering capacity to drive focused, value-driven outcomes.
- We reward our Gurus’ curiosity and passion with best-in-class benefits and compensation, including equity for all employees, both when they start and as they continue to grow with us.
- A flexible hybrid model and robust time off policies encourage work-life balance and individual well-being.
- CarGurus strives to be a place to which people can bring the ultimate expression of themselves and their potential—starting with our hiring process.
- We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
