Principal Product Manager, Innovation

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Lead Product Manager to join a small, fast-moving innovation team that incubates new products and solutions from concept to launch. You will be involved in identifying opportunities, framing complex problems, and transforming early-stage ideas into validated solutions. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of product management experience, including proven success launching innovative products from inception to delivery.

Qualifications

10+ years of product management experience, including zero-to-one or incubation work with shipped outcomes.

Exceptional drive and a proven ability to deliver results, consistently overcoming obstacles with a proactive and unfazed approach.

True passion for crafting something from nothing.

Experience with design thinking, lean startup, and other innovation methodologies such as lean experimentation and rapid prototyping.

Enthusiastic curiosity about the latest technology and innovation trends.

Highly analytical with strong conceptual thinking and creative, business-focused problem-solving skills.

Ability to evaluate alternatives quantitatively and qualitatively and make compelling recommendations based on proven business case analysis.

Strong ability to influence stakeholders and communicate with senior leadership.

Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.

Experience working in agile environments and managing customer-facing digital products.

Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize ruthlessly in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

Entrepreneurial mindset — resourceful, curious, and energized by ambiguity.

Strategic & Customer-Focused — understanding customer needs, market dynamics, and business goals.

Analytical — using data and metrics to guide decisions, validate hypotheses, and measure success.

Collaborative — partnering effectively with business, technology, and design teams.

Adaptable — thriving in dynamic environments and adjusting strategies based on market shifts and feedback.

Innovative — seeking opportunities to transform traditional processes into modern, digital-first experiences.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Medical, dental, and vision benefits with employer HSA contributions (US) and FSA options (US)

Immediately vested 401K (US) or RRSP (Canada) with company match

Paid Vacation, Personal, and Sick Time

Paid maternity and paternity leave (US)

Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance, and AD&D (US)

Robust Employee Assistance Program

Employer paid Leap into Service Day to volunteer

Tuition Reimbursement for eligible programs

Opportunities to expand your skill set and share your knowledge across a publicly traded, global organization

Company culture of internal promotions, diverse career paths, and meaningful advancement

Company Description

At OPENLANE we make wholesale easy so our customers can be more successful. We’re a technology company building the world’s most advanced—and uncomplicated—digital marketplace for used vehicles. We’re a data company helping customers buy and sell smarter with clear, actionable insights they can understand and use. And we’re an innovation company accelerating the future of wholesale remarketing through curiosity, collaboration, and an entrepreneurial spirit.