Product Manager

🚀 We're Hiring | Product Manager 🚀

At Empa‑T, we believe that great products are built through a deep understanding of customer needs, market dynamics, and strong collaboration between business and technology teams.

We are looking for an experienced Product Manager to join an international project within the automotive technology sector. You will be responsible for defining and driving the roadmap of a leading Dealer Management System (DMS), ensuring that product evolution delivers value to customers while supporting business growth and innovation.

🧡 About the Project

As part of a dynamic and international environment, you will work closely with Product Management, Development Teams, Sales, Operations, Professional Services, and Customers across Europe. Your mission will be to shape the future of a DMS platform by translating market needs into product strategy, prioritizing development efforts, and ensuring successful product deliveries.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and manage the product roadmap in alignment with business strategy and product vision.
• Monitor market trends, customer needs, legal requirements, and competitor solutions to identify opportunities for innovation.
• Gather and challenge business requirements, validating Epics, Features, and acceptance criteria.
• Maintain direct communication with customers to understand business challenges and product expectations.
• Manage and prioritize the product backlog to maximize customer and business value.
• Collaborate with development teams during sprint planning and product delivery activities.
• Participate in workload estimation and release planning exercises.
• Approve product deliveries and ensure solutions meet business requirements.
• Coordinate pilot phases for major releases and collect customer feedback.
• Support deployment teams during product rollout activities.
• Participate in customer meetings, product demonstrations, and pre-sales activities.
• Contribute to commercial proposals and quotations in collaboration with Sales teams.
• Ensure adherence to Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) processes from a product perspective.
• Promote collaboration between Product, Development, Support, Customer Success, Marketing, and Sales teams.

Leadership & Management Responsibilities

• Lead and support a multidisciplinary product team.
• Conduct regular team meetings and ensure alignment on priorities and objectives.
• Define, monitor, and evaluate annual performance goals.
• Contribute to staffing, promotion, compensation, and development decisions.
• Identify training needs and create development plans for team members.
• Support onboarding and integration of new employees.
• Promote knowledge sharing and skill redundancy within the team.
• Maintain competency matrices and team capability evolution.
• Monitor team attendance and resource allocation processes.

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or similar role.
• Strong understanding of Agile product development methodologies.
• Experience managing roadmaps, backlogs, prioritization, and product delivery.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Excellent requirements gathering and business analysis capabilities.
• Strong documentation and business process writing skills.
• Experience working in cross-functional environments involving business and technical teams.
• Fluent English communication skills (mandatory).
• Experience working with international and multicultural teams.

Nice to Have

• Strong knowledge of the Automotive industry.
• Previous experience working with Dealer Management Systems (DMS).
• Experience collaborating with Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, and Professional Services teams.
• Knowledge of automotive software products and dealership operations.
• Experience within SaaS or enterprise software environments.

📍 Location

Portugal | Remote

Why Empa‑T?

At Empa‑T, we value empathy, integrity, and collaboration.

We work on impactful international projects where technology and business come together to transform industries. You'll have the opportunity to shape the future of automotive software solutions, collaborate with experts across Europe, and contribute to products used daily by thousands of professionals.

🧡 Join us and help build the next generation of automotive digital solutions that empower dealerships and improve customer experiences across Europe. 🚗✨