Technical Product Manager / Owner — Emil Frey

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What you should know about us

Emil Frey Gruppe is not only a Swiss family-owned company with more than 100 years of experience, but also one of the leading companies in the automotive industry. Quality, tradition, innovation and customer orientation are the company's key pillars. Its activities focus on importing automotive brands, operating garages, logistics for spare and accessory parts, and providing financial services. Carmarket is Switzerland's independent and trustworthy online automotive marketplace. Developed by specialist retailers, it offers a comprehensive range of immediately available and professionally inspected vehicles.

Your responsibilities

Carmarket AG is looking for a committed, analytically strong and solution-oriented individual as Technical Product Manager / Owner 100 %. In this versatile role, you will be responsible for the technical backbone of our API-first and headless platform throughout the entire product lifecycle – from analyzing business needs through conception and prioritization to implementation, quality assurance and continuous optimization.

• Develop and communicate product goals, strategy and roadmap together with the Head of Product Management.
• Be responsible for listing publication, data structures, external data sources, as well as data quality and timeliness.
• Coordinate technical solutions and integrations into the digital ecosystem with business, architecture and the product teams involved.
• Analyze and validate customer, dealer, market and usage needs and incorporate them into product development.
• Translate business requirements into product concepts, processes, user stories, acceptance criteria and UX/UI specifications.
• Prioritize the roadmap and backlog and coordinate discovery, implementation, testing, acceptance and releases.
• Ensure product quality and user-friendliness and evaluate KPIs, usage and customer feedback.
• Work with Sales, Marketing, Customer Support, Development and external partners and report transparently on status, risks and dependencies.
• Moderate Scrum ceremonies, remove obstacles and coordinate capacities across product verticals.

Your profile

• Higher education or further training in business information systems, business administration, digital product management or a comparable field.
• Several years of experience in product management and in managing complex digital product or IT projects, platforms, marketplaces or comparable services.
• Very good knowledge of product discovery, user research, roadmap and backlog management, agile working methods (ideally with Scrum Master experience), testing and release management.
• Good understanding of data structures, interfaces and APIs, data flows, headless CMS concepts and technical feasibility. Experience with ERP or SaaS products is an advantage.
• Analytical and data-driven approach as well as a confident command of product KPIs.
• Entrepreneurial thinking, a pronounced understanding of interrelationships and synergies, as well as a pragmatic, solution-oriented approach to work.
• High social competence, strong communication skills, organizational skills, negotiation skills and assertiveness.
• Very good German and English skills, both spoken and written; knowledge of French as well as experience in the automotive or platform industry are an advantage.

What we offer you

With us, you will find a new challenge with exciting tasks and much more:

• Numerous discounts (new vehicles, service work and spare parts, vehicle and health insurance, fuel cards, hotels and much more)
• Our own attractive pension fund as an independent pension institution
• A long-term company perspective
• Individual training and development opportunities
• At least 25 days of vacation

How to contact us

Marius Casanova, Regional HR Manager, looks forward to receiving the complete application (including CV, employment references, etc.) via the link "Apply now!". For the sake of readability, the simultaneous use of the masculine, feminine and diverse forms of language (m/f/d) is omitted. Female and other gender identities are expressly included. For us, diversity also means that people work together in teams that achieve the best possible results through their uniqueness and differences. We are convinced that a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture enable us to realize our full potential.

Carmarket AG is looking for a committed, analytically strong and solution-oriented person as Technical Product Manager / Owner 100 %. In this versatile role, you will be responsible for the technical backbone of our API-first and headless platform throughout the entire product life cycle – from analyzing business needs through conception and prioritization to implementation, quality assurance and continuous optimization.

• Develop and communicate product goals, strategy and roadmap together with the Head of Product Management.
• Take responsibility for listing publication, data structures, external data sources, as well as data quality and timeliness.
• Coordinate technical solutions and integrations into the digital ecosystem with Business, Architecture and the product teams involved.
• Analyze and validate customer, dealer, market and usage needs and incorporate them into product development.
• Translate business requirements into product concepts, processes, user stories, acceptance criteria and UX/UI specifications.
• Prioritize the roadmap and backlog and coordinate discovery, implementation, testing, acceptance and releases.
• Ensure product quality and user-friendliness and evaluate KPIs, usage and customer feedback.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Customer Support, Development and external partners, and report transparently on status, risks and dependencies.
• Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, remove impediments and coordinate capacities across the product verticals.

• Higher education or further education in Business Information Systems, Business Administration, Digital Product Management or a comparable field.
• Several years of experience in Product Management as well as in leading complex digital product or IT projects, platforms, marketplaces or comparable services.
• Very good knowledge of Product Discovery, User Research, roadmap and backlog management, agile ways of working (ideally with Scrum Master experience), testing and release management.
• Good understanding of data structures, interfaces and APIs, data flows, headless CMS concepts and technical feasibility. Experience with ERP or SaaS products is an advantage.
• Analytical and data-driven approach as well as a confident command of product KPIs.
• Entrepreneurial thinking, a strong understanding of interrelationships and synergies, as well as a pragmatic, solution-oriented way of working.
• Excellent social skills, strong communication skills, organizational skills, negotiating skills and assertiveness.
• Very good command of German and English, both spoken and written; knowledge of French and experience in the automotive or platform industry are an advantage.