Senior Product Manager, Dealer Engagement Platform

Who we are
At CarGurus (NASDAQ: CARG), our mission is to give people the power to reach their destination. We started as a small team of developers determined to bring trust and transparency to car shopping. Since then, our history of innovation and go-to-market acceleration has driven industry-leading growth. In fact, we're the largest and fastest-growing automotive marketplace, and we've been profitable for over 15 years.
What we do
The market is evolving, and we are too, moving the entire automotive journey online and guiding our customers through every step. That includes everything from the sale of an old car to the financing, purchase, and delivery of a new one. Today, tens of millions of consumers visit CarGurus.com each month, and ~30,000 dealerships use our products. But they're not the only ones who love CarGurus-our employees do, too. We have a people-first culture that fosters kindness, collaboration, and innovation, and empowers our Gurus with tools to fuel their career growth. Disrupting a trillion-dollar industry requires fresh and diverse perspectives. Come join us for the ride!
Role overview
CarGurus is seeking a Senior Product Manager, Dealer Engagement Platform (DEP) to lead the transformation of our next-generation dealer-facing platform into a fast, modern, and thoughtfully designed experience. The DEP serves as the foundation for how dealers interact with our ecosystem, powering engagement, insights, and growth across our suite of tools.
This role will shape the user-facing architecture and experience that unifies dealer workflows across CarGurus. You'll drive a vision for a platform that's not only scalable and extensible but also delightful, performant, and easy to iterate on - enabling rapid product innovation and cohesive dealer experiences.
As the product owner for the DEP, you'll collaborate closely with Engineering, UX, Product Analytics, and cross-functional product teams to define a platform that brings consistency, flexibility, and speed to every dealer interaction.
What you'll do

• Own the vision and roadmap for the Dealer Engagement Platform, driving a fast, intuitive, and modern experience built on strong usability and performance principles.
• Evolve the DEP's design system and component architecture to enable rapid iteration, visual consistency, and seamless reuse across dealer-facing products.
• Collaborate with UX and Engineering to ensure the platform reflects best-in-class layout, interaction, and responsive design practices.
• Partner with dealer product teams to identify shared needs and accelerate delivery through scalable, reusable front-end components and unified workflows.
• Balance quick usability improvements with long-term platform scalability and technical excellence, ensuring a foundation that supports continuous innovation.
• Champion a cohesive visual and interaction language across all dealer experiences, ensuring every touchpoint feels unified, modern, and easy to use.

What you'll bring

• 5-7+ years of product management experience, including ownership of front-end platforms, design systems, or user-facing product foundations.
• Proven success in building modern, performant, and extensible front-end architectures that enable fast iteration and consistent user experiences.
• Strong understanding of user management, roles and permissions, and how these underpin cohesive multi-product ecosystems.
• Deep collaboration experience with UX and Engineering to deliver scalable, reusable components and intuitive design patterns.
• Ability to translate technical and design decisions into business impact, driving alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strategic, systems-level thinking with a bias for action-balancing immediate usability wins with long-term platform evolution.
• Excellent communication, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills within a matrixed, cross-functional environment.
• Familiarity with marketplace or B2B SaaS platforms; automotive or retail industry experience is a plus.

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Position Pay Range
$140,000 - $175,000 USD
Working at CarGurus
We reward our Gurus' curiosity and passion with best-in-class benefits and compensation, including equity for all employees, both when they start and as they continue to grow with us. Our career development and corporate giving programs, as well as our employee resource groups (ERGs) and communities, help people build connections while making an impact in personally meaningful ways. A flexible hybrid model and robust time off policies encourage work-life balance and individual well-being. Thoughtful perks like daily free lunch, a new car discount, meditation and fitness apps, commuting cost coverage, and more help our people create space for what matters most in their personal and professional lives.
We welcome all
CarGurus strives to be a place to which people can bring the ultimate expression of themselves and their potential-starting with our hiring process. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We foster an inclusive environment that values people for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. That's why we hope you'll apply even if you don't check every box listed in the job description. We also encourage you to tell your recruiter if you require accommodations to participate in our hiring process due to a disability so we can provide the appropriate support. We want to know what only you can bring to CarGurus. #LI-Hybrid