Sr. Lead Product Owner

Cars Commerce Inc.; Quebec; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cars Commerce, a leader in automotive commerce solutions, seeks a Senior Lead Product Owner to shape the strategy, launch, and growth of dealer services across Canada. You will own the products and lead cross-functional teams to deliver value for dealerships, buyers, and consumer platforms.

Based in Montreal or Quebec City with remote work option, you will drive adoption of existing services and bring new offerings to market, partnering with leadership to expand nationwide impact in Canada.

Qualifications

• Senior Lead Product Owner leads strategy, launch, and growth of dealer services to help automotive dealerships generate more appointments and close more deals.
• Focus on growing adoption of existing dealer services across Canada and launching new services bought from third parties today.
• Owns the products and the teams around them sell, deliver, and build them.

Responsibilities

• Drive dealer performance, revenue growth, and long-term dealer retention.
• Ensure each service delivers measurable business value with stable operations and strong support processes.
• Lead strategy and growth of a portfolio of dealer services for Canada.

Skills

Product ownership

Automotive industry knowledge

Strategic growth

Job description

Be essential at Cars Commerce

At Cars Commerce, we're fanatical about simplifying everything about car buying and selling. We do right by our customers and consumers to better connect the industry with simplified and tierless technology to enhance, measure and drive local automotive retail. Whether through our No.1 most recognized marketplace, Cars.com, our industry-leading digital experience, Dealer Inspire, our trade and appraisal technology, AccuTrade, our reputation-based digital wholesale auction marketplace, Dealerclub, or our new Cars Commerce Media Network, Cars Commerce is essential for success in the automotive industry.

No one ever travels alone here: at its core, Cars Commerce is collaboration. In fact, it's built into the very fabric of our shared values. We like to say we Rise Together - putting people at the center of what we do, from consumer to customer to community. Life at Cars Commerce makes it easy when we share the ethos to be Open to All, encouraging open-minded communication because we know diverse thinking yields better outcomes. But critical to our success is Caring to Challenge and Taking Ownership, fueling a competitive spirit in a respectful environment where we think about tomorrow but act today. At our foundation, we have integrity, Doing the Right Thing, even when it's hard. It's our shared commitment to these values that makes Cars Commerce a place where growth becomes not only possible, but downright unavoidable.

But don't take our word for it. We are proud to be named one of Built In's 2026 Best Places to Work in Chicago and across the U.S. Ready to make your mark? Join a team that's driving real change in the automotive industry.

Summary

The Sr. Lead Product Owner leads the strategy, launch, and growth of a portfolio of dealer services designed to help automotive dealerships generate more appointments, close more deals, and retain more customers.

This role focuses on growing adoption of our existing dealer services across Canada and launching new services our dealers already buy from third parties today. It calls for deep dealership operations expertise rather than a technical background: this person owns the products, and the teams around them sell, deliver, and build them.

The Sr. Lead Product Owner ensures each service delivers measurable business value and is backed by stable operations and strong support processes, driving dealer performance, revenue growth, and long-term dealer retention.

About the role [Remote and must be based in the Montreal or Quebec City area. May require onsite interviews]

Join us in shaping a future of Automotive Commerce in Canada, D2C Media builds solutions for automotive dealerships, manufacturers, and consumers. Our driving force is to deliver a single platform that simplifies everything about buying and selling cars. The D2C Media Team drives our Dealer Websites, CRM, Inventory management and our AI driven platforms. We are on a transformational journey, building innovative and integrated services that redefine how we deliver value to our customers.

As a Senior Lead Product Owner on our D2C Media Team, you will lead the strategy, launch, and growth of a portfolio of dealer services designed to help automotive dealerships generate more appointments, close more deals, and retain more customers. This is an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of our platform and drive meaningful change at scale, making a lasting impact within the automotive industry.

About You

You're an experienced, results-oriented, Product Owner who blends industry knowledge with product growth. This role focuses on growing adoption of our existing dealer services across Canada and launching new services our dealers already buy from third parties today. It calls for deep dealership operations expertise rather than a technical background. This person owns the products, and the teams around them sell, deliver