VP, Product Engineering - Marketplace (Cars.com)

About The Role:

We are looking for an accomplished Engineering Leader for our Cars.com Marketplace at Cars Commerce. In this role, you will lead the Product Engineering teams that create the Car Shopping experience for millions of consumers using our Website and Mobile Apps. The Marketplace Engineering team leverages a set of products, services, and tools from our Cars Commerce platform that enable them to leverage a common set of capabilities to create experiences with speed and that push our innovations forward. The successful candidate will combine strategic vision, relevant expertise, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage cross-functionally to develop business cases, get internal and external buy-in, and orchestrate execution with customers and partners. 

As the Leader of the Marketplace Engineering Team, you will partner with the VP, Product, Marketplace to ideate, build, and execute a best-in-class Product roadmap that drives key business outcomes while accounting for Technology, Marketing, and Analytics concerns. You will thrive at Cars Commerce, because you are a creative problem solver, people leader, and executer driven by creating Product Innovations for massive audiences, while maintaining an efficient, operationally excellent set of technologies, systems, and services. 

Responsibilities:

• Reporting directly to the CTO, this position offers executive-level exposure and cross-departmental experience. 
• Create and maintain a Vision for Marketplace Engineering, in partnership with Marketplace Product leadership 
  • Growing our Consumer Shopping Audience 
  • Enabling Innovation and Speed to Market 
  • A Mobile First Approach to Product Development 
  • Operate Excellently as our Product Engineering teams run what they build
  • Build and Maintain Technology Standards, Best Practices, “Paved Roads,” Technology Maturity Assessment and Mitigation Planning 
• Be the expert at communicating the Marketplace Vision and strategies to both internal and external audiences by helping to translate technical roadmaps to meaningful business outcomes
• Build executive relationships and enabling executive leadership to understand the benefits Marketplace contributes to, and receives from, the platform strategy
• Drive execution of that Marketplace Vision, including creating and managing KPIs, OKRs, SLOs and SLAs 
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders across the organization, including product, marketing, sales, and operations 
• Manage the Marketplace Engineering budget, ensuring efficient allocation of resources and cost optimization 
• Develop and maintain high-performing software development teams by attracting, recruiting, and retaining top talent 
• Manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery 
• Create and present clear and concise reports on the status of software development projects to executive management 
• Stay abreast of the latest trends and technologies in the software development industry 

Qualifications:

• At least 15+ years of Technology leadership experience
• Experience leading teams that have built Web and Mobile products at scale, with very large audiences
• Experience leading Software Development teams -- knows how to build from scratch, strong understanding of SDLC
• Strong understanding of software development best practices, including code quality, testing, and deployment 
• Comfortable meeting with high profile Customers, guiding them through Product and Technology possibilities and constraints 
• Experience delivering software to multiple channels like Mobile – understands core concepts around iOS/Android development, Mobile Design Systems, choosing when to leverage Native 
• Experience partnering with Cloud teams – has strong technical, operational, and governance depth with at least one Cloud provider and service from Azure, GCP, or AWS
• Experience with partnering with Architecture teams – understands core architecture principles, appreciates the benefits and pitfalls of how architecture impacts Product and Technology teams 
• Experience with partnering with QA Engineering – experiences with various tools and frameworks, supports a hub & spoke model with centralized expertise, best practices, and tool administration complimented by localized implementations 
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills 
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional teams
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
• Proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously
• Passion for technology and a commitment to innovation

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