Chrysler Brand Product Manager (Future Product)

The Brand Team is seeking a passionate and driven candidate to help build upon our current success and shape future growth opportunities. The Chrysler Product Manager will be responsible for the planning, development, and management of a Chrysler nameplate, with a primary focus on the future product portfolio.  

This is a highly autonomous; strategic, fast paced, and visible position that is expected to lead and influence cross functional teams comprised of Engineering, Research, Design, Sales, Procurement, Marketing, and Finance to define and develop a customer-centric product and its technology strategies to win in the marketplace.  

The Chrysler Brand Product Manager must be comfortable presenting Brand initiatives and material to senior leadership stakeholders across the organization. This candidate will define the market opportunity and competitive landscape, analyze and define customer data such as demographics and purchase/rejection reasons, set product attribute priorities, define compelling unique selling, and value propositions. These insights will drive the product vision, product plan, price positioning, vehicle segmentation / profit pool prioritization, and go-to-market plan. The role requires the ability to define and optimize the nameplate's content strategy through a detailed understanding of market trends, customer demands, and Stellantis dealer showroom. The candidate must leverage data-driven insights to identify opportunities and develop recommendations that strengthen Chrysler's brand positioning while driving demand, revenue, margin, market share, and brand value. The role will require an entrepreneurial mindset with creative thinking and strong product, sales, marketing, presentation, and communication skills, often at executive levels.  

The Chrysler Brand Product team defines and manages the Brand’s current vehicle production and future vehicle portfolio, technologies, and services. Forward-thinking product visions are based on a complex understanding of an ever-changing marketplace, research, and analytics. The underlying key to every vehicle is to understand the core motivations of our customers - What needs motivate their purchase? What do they think of the brand and its products? What do they think of the competition? 

Team members are expected to establish effective working relationships, founded on trust and transparency, with our internal and external partners. Sound judgment, excellent communication skills, and the ability to make decisions through consensus and influence change are necessary. 

Basic Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree 
• 5 years of experience in one or more of the following: product planning, brand management, product/marketing strategy, product finance, sales, sales operations, or engineering roles 
• Experience building product and technology strategies 
• Passion for the automotive market; automotive product knowledge 
• Comfortable mining and analyzing data to identify market trends to make recommendations to generate demand and grow revenue, margin, market share, and brand value 
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects concurrently and meet aggressive and shifting deadlines 
• Able to lead multiple cross functional teams and influence in a matrix organization 
• Strong analytical and presentation skills are necessary and an aptitude to utilize those skills to communicate effectively with vehicle engineering, design, manufacturing, logistics, sales, marketing, and finance 
• Strong strategic and critical-thinking skills 
• Ability to be a change leader 
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office, especially PowerPoint & Excel  

Preferred Qualifications: 

• MBA or Master's degree in: Management, Marketing, Finance, Engineering/Engineering Management 
• Professional experience in vehicle-related industries: 
  • Automotive  
  • Motorcycles 
  • Boating / Watersports 
  • Powersports  
  • Motorsports / Racing