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Senior Product Manager, Zipcar

ZipcarZipcar·Transportation

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$120,000 - $160,000/year

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About the role

As Senior Product Manager, your mission is to build, manage, and enhance our core platform and user experience across all of Zipcar’s mobility solutions.  In this role as Senior Product Manager, you will lead the design and development of new tools and services that enhance our member experience.  

What You'll Do: 

  • Build a vision and own mission critical applications within Zipcar’s platform and mobile applications 

  • Partner with engineering to define product requirements and operational processes to scale Zipcar’s core technology platform in support of short-term and longer-term goals 

  • Design and implement end-to-end billing experiences across Zipcar’s platform including capabilities to support various pricing models, billing types, receivables management, reporting and analytics  

  • Identify key partners and vendors, both business and technical, to support platform services strategies  

  • Own and drive initiatives across mobile app and internal tools, with the ability to quickly prototype designs and iterate with UX teams 

  • Partner with key internal stakeholders to drive improvements to platform health and member success KPIs that span platform and core user experience (e.g. funnel conversion, chargeback rate, etc.).

Perks You’ll Get: 

  • Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability Inurance and other voluntary benefits through our parent company, Avis Budget Group  

  • Generous paid time off, including holidays, vacation, personal, sick, volunteer and Parental Leave options   

  • Tax-free benefit for public transportation or parking expenses  

  • Bicycle Reimbursement program   

  • 401(k) Retirement Plan with company matched contributions   

  • Free Zipcar Membership and other employee discounts, including discounts on renting and buying Avis/Budget cars   

  • Community involvement opportunities  

What We're Looking For: 

  • Over 5 years of experience in software product management.  Platform or technical product management background preferred  

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related Engineering field, or a related business field 

  • Ability to define technical platform requirements that connect to business needs using data to formulate hypothesis  

  • Partner with engineering teams to prioritize backlogs, writing clear user stories that articulate desired customer functionality  

  • Acts as a consultant for business verticals, being able to quickly grasp key objectives and translate these into billing service requirements  

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills  

  • Experience leveraging business intelligence platforms for data-driven decision making 

  • Familiarity with financial accounting principles, billing services and processes are a plus

What you’ll love about being a Zipster: 

  • Being accountable to ‘getting stuff done’ while holding each other and our stakeholders to KPIs and maintaining a high bar for end-user experience  

  • Collaborative and respectful team environment where we constantly learn from our end-users, each other, and iteratively test product features  

  • Opportunity to make a huge impact on Zipcar’s current and future product offerings, working closely with engineering teams and architects to extend our platform  

  • Join a team of problem-solvers that use data analytics and qualitative feedback to map out and manage product roadmaps  

  • Seeing your work make an immediate impact to members

The annual starting salary for this position is between $120,000 – $160,000 annually. Factors that may affect starting pay within this range include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.   

Who We Are: 

Glad you asked! Zipcar is the world’s leading car-sharing network, found in urban areas and university campuses in more than 500 cities and towns. Our team is smart, creative and fun, and we’re driven by a mission - to enable simple and responsible urban living.   

The extra mile:  

We encourage Zipsters to bring their whole selves to work - unique perspectives, personal experiences, backgrounds, and however they identify. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer - M/F/D/V.   

Parsippany

New Jersey

United States of America

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Aplyr's read

Zipcar revolutionizes urban mobility with its flexible car-sharing model, attracting employees passionate about sustainable transportation and innovative solutions.

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What's promising

  • •Zipcar offers a sustainable alternative to traditional car ownership, appealing to environmentally conscious consumers.
  • •The company provides flexible work opportunities in urban mobility and transportation innovation.
  • •Zipcar's established brand presence in major cities ensures a stable customer base.

What to watch

  • •The rise of ride-sharing apps presents significant competition to Zipcar's business model.
  • •Operational challenges include maintaining and managing a large, dispersed vehicle fleet.
  • •Profitability can be affected by fluctuating demand and high maintenance costs.

Why Zipcar

  • •Zipcar pioneered the car-sharing concept, establishing itself as a leader in the industry.
  • •The company offers a membership-based model, fostering a community of users.
  • •Zipcar's technology allows for seamless vehicle access and booking via mobile app.

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About Zipcar

Zipcar is a car-sharing service that allows members to rent vehicles by the hour or day, providing an alternative to car ownership.

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