Senior OEM Program Manager

Cars Commerce

Senior OEM Program Manager at Cars Commerce managing OEM client relationships and program strategy. Collaborating with internal teams to ensure successful delivery of technical initiatives.

Posted 5/22/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $104,100 - $130,150 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the primary business point of contact for OEM clients, managing the work request pipeline, facilitating meetings, and resolving issues while identifying new opportunities.
Lead an OEM Program(s) to successfully manage business objectives, client relationships and work pipelines necessary to maintain and grow these OEM program affiliations.
Work in direct relationships with OEM clients to lead and manage the work request pipeline, facilitate business meetings, identify and consult to new opportunities, and troubleshoot/resolve issues.
Coordinate and build strong relationships with internal Technology, Product, Operations, Marketing, and Sales departments for ensuring the successful implementation and high-quality delivery of all program strategy, growth, and technical opportunities and deliverables.
Oversee project activities across multiple projects for the Program, provide direction to team members and clients, helping resolve priority conflicts, and maintaining a rollup view and client roadmap of the overall work pipeline related to managing the program.
Operate in close partnership with leaders across Technology, Product, Operations, Marketing, and Sales departments to continuously communicate Program information and documentation, including strategic priorities, opportunities and timelines, in order to help identify needed resource allocation, and to provide analysis of program successes against business objectives.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in business management, digital marketing, computer sciences, software engineering, technology/project management, or similar practical experience.
3-5+ years of experience in program, product, or project management or similar roles.
Prior Business to Business Experience with OEMs or Large Dealer Groups.
Record of successful, high value account/program management, preferably within the automotive industry.
Thorough knowledge and proficiency in program, product, project management, and SDLC methodologies.
Strong ability to balance stakeholders through negotiation and organizational savvy.
Experience managing people and leading through influence of others.
Experiencing managing executive level or high value accounts with excellent presentation, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Excellent customer service skills and ability to understand client needs.
Outstanding presentation, communication and delivery skills to engage clients and team members.
Must possess the ability to present over the phone and in person.
Fast learner with willingness to embrace the ever-changing software, technical, digital marketing landscape and strong problem-solving capability.
Strong performance, with exceptional organizational and process skills, with the ability to execute a roadmap and plan.
Ability to understand technical tasks in a variety of software applications, tech stacks, and systems with experience collaborating with software development teams.
Understanding of product lifecycle development, Agile, and other SDLC methodologies.
Knowledge of all software, technical, digital products.
Website infrastructure and technology.
Analytics and Reporting (Google GA4).
SEO principles and fundamentals.
Digital Advertising/Media.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Dental & Vision Healthcare Plans
New Hire Stipend for Home Office Set-Up
Generous PTO
Paid Holidays, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Recharge Day

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Hard Skills & Tools

program managementproduct managementproject managementSDLC methodologiesAgiledigital marketinganalyticsSEOdigital advertisingwebsite infrastructure

Soft Skills

negotiationorganizational skillsleadershipcommunicationinterpersonal skillscustomer serviceproblem-solvingpresentation skillsstakeholder managementrelationship building