Technical Product Manager

What's Under the Hood

DriveTime Family of Brands includes in-house financing and servicing through Bridgecrest, which is one of the country's leading financial servicing providers. Bridgecrest services roughly $17 billion in finance receivables for DriveTime and other third parties. We service auto loans across a wide credit spectrum with the intent of creating a strong path to vehicle ownership for our customers.

That's Nice, But What's the Job?

This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas or who need sponsorship now or in the future are not eligible for hire at this time.

In short, as a Technical Product Manager you drive and participate in all phases of the product life cycle from ideation to deployment. All along the way you're communicating and aligning product development with business stakeholders and ensuring the strategy and roadmaps align with the organization's goals.

In long, our Technical Product Manager you are responsible for:

• Independent project ownership from ideation through post-delivery
• Ownership of the most complex, highest value and highly visible initiatives
• Ability and desire to be flexible/agile; need to be able to be redeployed to the highest priority initiatives at any time
• Primarily responsible for maintaining a backlog for a software development teams, but may be required to manage the backlog for multiple software development team
• Influencing and owning the product vision and initiating the product roadmap, articulating the features that feed the roadmap
• Performing gap analysis on the technical and operational considerations for new product development
• Establishing schedules, guidelines, and procedures and determining the most effective way to deliver a complete solution to an identified problem
• Proposing different solutions for the same problem, situation, or workflow using your knowledge of business and system-level personas
• Owning software vendor assessment and relationships to support business goals.
• Working with business owners and development teams to analyze, prioritize, and organize business requirements to ensure efforts focus on the most critical needs
• Defining business requirements by partnering with internal and external stakeholders
• Facilitating and leading discussions with technology teams and business users to define business requirements and acceptance criteria

• Working cross-functionally with strategy analytics, project, process, and operations to ensure products are delivered successfully
• Communicating the vision and goals for a project, and support the development team through the achievement of those goals
• Conducting meetings with all business levels to communicate new initiatives, features and rollout of new products and services
• Ensuring success criteria are measured and results are socialized to key stakeholders

So What Kind of Folks Are We Looking for?

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. The ability to talk and write with confidence, charisma and competence for a wide variety of audiences including management.
• A mind for the details. Okay we know "detail-oriented" is on about every job description - but we really mean it!
• Agile in a fast-past environment. We move, and we move quickly. Thriving in an environment that never stops, is a must.
• Plays well with others. You will be working in a high-functioning team environment. We work together in order to win together.
• Organization and time management skills in spades. You'll be handling multiple projects and deadlines that will require you to prioritize then re-prioritizethenre-prioritize again.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills. Friendly and tactful with the ability to influence others, effectively manage conflict, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage highly sensitive and confidential information, interact at all levels within the organization, and build cross-functional partnerships across the business
• Rebel with a cause. You are always looking beyond the obvious for continuous improvement.
• Takes a hold of the wheel. You'll need to take the initiative and be comfortable doing so.

The Specifics.

• 5+ years of Product Management experience in a technical capacity
• Bachelors degree required, MBA preferred
• Experience with leading a migration, ideally a compliance software
• Financial services experience or industry that is highly regulated
• Experience with building relationships with vendor software partners
• Demonstrated experience in developing and maintaining product roadmaps
• Mentoring and coaching other Product Managers, Product Analyst, and interns
• Experience presenting confidently to senior leadership and stakeholders

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So What About the Perks? Perks matter

• Medical, dental, and vision, oh my! DriveTime Family of Brands covers a sizable amount of insurance premiums to ensure our employees receive top-tier healthcare coverage.
• But Wait, There's More. 401(K), Company paid life insurance policy, short and long-term disability coverage to name a few.
• Growth Opportunities. You grow, I grow, we all grow! But seriously, DriveTime Family of Brands is committed to providing its employees with every opportunity to grow professionally with roughly over 1,000 employees promoted year over year.
• Tuition Reimbursement. We're as passionate about your professional development as you are. With that, we'll put our money where our mouth is.
• Wellness Program. Health is wealth! This program includes self-guided coaching and journeys, cash incentives and discounts on your medical premiums through engaging in fun activities!
• Gratitude is Green. We offer competitive pay across the organization, because, wellmoney matters!

• In-House Gym. We want our employees to be the best versions of themselves. So come early, take a break in your day or finish strong with a workout!
• Give Us a Reason (or not), and We'll Celebrate. Regardless of whether there is a holiday or not, we are finding ways to kick back and enjoy each other's company outside of day-to-day work.
• Smart-Casual Dress. Come dressed in jeans (you'll fit right in with the rest of us).

• Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays. Not just lip service: we work hard, to play hard.

Anything Else? Absolutely.

DriveTime Family of Brands is Great Place to Work Certified! And get this: 90% of our rockstar employees say they feel right at home here. We could spend a lot of time having you read about ALL our awards, but we'll save time (and practice some humility) just naming a few others; Comparably Awards: Best Company for Diversity, Best Company Culture and Best Company Leadership, oh and don't forget Phoenix Business Journal Healthiest Employers (okay, we'll stop there)!

Hiring is contingent upon successful completion of our background and drug screening process. DriveTime is a drug-free, tobacco-free workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer.

And when it comes to hiring, we don't just look for the right person for the job, we seek out the right person for DriveTime. Buckle up for plenty of opportunities to grow in a professional, fun, and high-energy environment!