Senior Director, Product Management & Innovation Strategy (Auto/Digital/Retail) at Experian in SCHAUMBURG, Illinois

Job Description:

Sr. Director of Product Management & Innovation,

Automotive Digital Retail Solutions

Experian Automotive

Reporting to the Sr. VP of Strategy, Product and Marketing

Position Summary

Lead the overall product vision of the new strategic Experian Automotive Digital Retail initiative. Scope of the role also includes scaling Experian's Vehicle History and Value Recover suites and developing new areas of innovation that will drive strong double-digit growth. Key tasks include:

• Understanding of market needs, requirements and competitive analysis
• Creation and ownership of the Vision and Strategy (incl. identification of partnership and acquisition opportunities)
• Development of product roadmaps and regular status updates with IT, sales, and senior management
• Engagement of Voice of the Customer throughout the product lifecycle
• Execution of the strategic performance management process

Essential Functions

• Translating market understandings into a compelling innovative product vision and strategy and translating new ideas into reality
• Conduct research and analyze data on product positioning, pricing and revenue, competitor products and services, and market trends to identify and recommend product enhancement and development opportunities
• Create and maintain product business plan(s) and roadmaps
• Determine build/buy/partner decisions in collaboration with IT, sales and senior management
• Drive a consistently high level of quality and innovation in detailed product management deliverables (e.g. business cases, marketing requirements, compliance documents, pricing, sales tools)
• Utilizing Voice of the Customer throughout the product lifecycle to discover and validate market feedback (both existing and future clients) and for win/loss analysis
• Developing business cases for new opportunities, including market sizing, target market segmentation, competitive analysis, and product positioning
• Provide innovative product management direction to the product management team(s); drive execution and collaboration with IT leadership and development teams
• Provide sales support presentations, demos, RFI/RFP responses, and development of relevant collateral (e.g., product brochures, data sheets, white papers, case studies, etc.)
• Recruiting, motivating, mentoring, coaching, developing and retaining a high performing team

Experience:

• Requires a minimum of 10+ years of experience in product management information services or technology company of which at least 5 years were in a leadership role
• Extensive Online / Automotive / Lending / IT industry experience
• Proven track record in utilizing analytical tools, metrics and models for both managing product portfolios and creating product road maps
• Strong understanding of relevant markets, strategies, and products/services

• Excellent leadership skills
• Excellent process and project management skills
• Outstanding facilitation, communication and information sharing skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent presentation and reporting building skills

• Bachelor degree required
• MBA strongly preferred