Product Manager, Inventory & Listing Experience
Boston · Boston (1001 Boylston Street) · USD 123,000-154,000 · 4+ years experience · Full-time · Hybrid · Posted Oct 8, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 4+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Boston · Boston (1001 Boylston Street)
- Salary
- USD 123,000-154,000 · Base salary
About the role
- CarGurus is seeking a customer-obsessed, data-driven Product Manager to join the growing Dealer Product team.
- In this role, you will own the product strategy and experience that empowers auto dealers to seamlessly move inventory from vehicle acquired to retail-ready and advertised.
Responsibilities
- Own the strategy and roadmap for dealer merchandising and syndication, establishing clear priorities from initial listing creation through distribution across CarGurus and third-party channels.
- Spend time with auto dealers to deeply understand their workflows, pain points, and unmet needs, translating qualitative insights and behavioral data into clear user problems, product requirements, and iterative delivery plans.
- Define what constitutes a complete, correct, and optimal listing (photos, options, condition, trim, descriptions) and build experiences that transform raw vehicle records into high-quality, publish-ready listings without redundant data entry.
- Partner closely with Consumer Product teams to ensure dealer-created inventory translates into accurate, compelling listings that drive shopper engagement on CarGurus.
- Evaluate build, buy, partner, and integration opportunities across merchandising, syndication, and the broader inventory management ecosystem.
- Lead end-to-end product development—from discovery and design through launch, measurement, and optimization—in tight alignment with Engineering, Design, Analytics, and Data Science.
- Partner with technical teams to build reliable listing data, quality signals, destination-level monitoring, and performance insights that maximize distribution reliability.
- Identify and evaluate high-impact opportunities to integrate artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automated capabilities to streamline dealer operations, deliver data-driven intelligence, and elevate the quality, speed, and effectiveness of inventory merchandising and distribution.
- Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success to support successful launches, drive dealer adoption, and gather ongoing operational feedback.
- Define success metrics, monitor usage and listing performance, and use quantitative data alongside dealer feedback to evaluate releases and guide future investments.
Requirements
- 4+ years of product management experience, ideally building B2B SaaS, workflow, marketplace, or inventory-related products
- Experience or comfort working with APIs, third-party integrations, white label partnerships, data feeds, workflow orchestration, or technology partners
- Strong quantitative skills with the ability to define success metrics, interpret product usage data, and connect feature delivery to measurable business outcomes
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, turn complex operational problems into clear roadmaps, and make thoughtful tradeoffs across customer value, technical complexity, and speed
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong customer empathy, stakeholder management, and the ability to build alignment across interconnected B2B and Consumer product teams
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with automotive retail, dealer inventory management, vehicle merchandising, content management, or marketplace syndication
- Practical experience utilizing Generative AI to streamline workflows and/or rapidly develop prototypes with tools such as Claude Code
Benefits
- Equity for all employees
- Career development programs
- Corporate giving programs
- Employee resource groups (ERGs) and communities
- Flexible hybrid model
- Robust time off policies
- Daily free lunch
- New car discount
- Meditation and fitness apps
- Commuting cost coverage
Workplace
- Flexible hybrid model
- Position based in Boston at 1001 Boylston Street
- CarGurus may require in-person interviews for positions based in the Boston and Dublin offices
Skills
- APIs
- Generative AI
- Claude Code
