Senior Product Manager - Vehicle Data

At Trade Me, we're about connecting Kiwi to create the life they want. Whether it's the big things like finding a home, a job, a car or growing their business, or the smaller things, like finding that right bedside table or parting ways with some old stuff. At Trade Me our vision is to be the place where Kiwi look first.

As our Senior Product Manager - Vehicle Data within our Motors and MotorWeb team, you will own the long-term strategy, roadmap, and execution for all back-end vehicle data via API that powers Trade Me Motors and MotorWeb products.

Treating data as a core internal and external product, you will be accountable for the quality, availability, and strategic direction of vehicle data from MotorWeb, Dealer, and R&C sources. Your primary measure of success will be driving revenue growth by successfully commercializing this data as high-value products.

You'll be a passionate leader, partnering closely with engineering, data science, and sales teams to ensure our data platform serves as a single source of truth across the NZ automotive landscape. In this role, you will directly impact and deliver value to key customer groups across the Insurance, Finance, Dealer, Automotive Software, and emerging Automotive Tech sectors.

Here is what you can expect from this role:

• Commercial & Revenue Growth: Identify and shape data monetisation and licensing models that create new, high-margin revenue streams from our vehicle data.
• Strategic Vision: Own and evolve the long-term (3+ year) MotorWeb roadmap, identifying strategic data acquisitions and platform opportunities.
• Data Quality & Governance: Take ultimate ownership of the quality, accuracy, and completeness of vehicle data that powers all MotorWeb & Motors products, including recreational and commercial vehicles.
• Product Roadmap & Execution: Define and manage the backlog and roadmap for back-end vehicle data products, services, and APIs, making tough decisions to prioritize our biggest bets.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Partner with Engineering, Data Science, Sales, and other Product Managers to ensure data capabilities align with front-end product needs and investments are aligned with outcomes.

What you will bring to our team:

• 7+ Years in Product Management: Proven track record of experience, preferably working with B2B customers, APIs, or data products.
• Data-as-a-Product Expertise: A proven track record of treating data as a product, including building and scaling data platforms or API-first services.
• Technical Fluency: High literacy in data-as-a-product principles, API-first development, and data warehousing concepts (SQL).
• Domain & Automotive Expertise: Deep familiarity with the NZ automotive industry landscape, its data ecosystem (OEM, aftermarket), and fleet telematics.
• Commercial Acumen: Commercially savvy, with the ability to produce business cases, ROI projections, and assess product performance against business expectations.
• Total AI Nerd: Constantly looking at ways to leverage AI tools to innovate and improve the data platform.
• Stakeholder Influence & Execution: Proven ability to align technical and commercial teams around a common data product vision while maintaining a pragmatic focus on delivering robust, scalable platforms.

You'll have the best time working at Trade Me, and this is why:
#AI and Tech: We live and breathe AI in our daily tasks. We value curiosity and an open mind towards new tech, offering dedicated AI skilling to help you grow and thrive in a fast-changing landscape.
#Flexibility: Flexibility means different things to different people and we support you to find what works, including a home office set up and utilities allowance. We value team connection and come together in person on Monday and at least one other day a week.
#Wellness: Being your best self means caring for your physical and mental wellbeing, we offer lots of resources to help you along the way.
#Leave: We support you with leave when you need it, including 5 days of wellness leave each year and 10 days of sick leave from day 1.
#Social: Nothing beats getting together to have some fun and celebrate our success. Join us in the office on payday for company paid lunches. Regular Friday drinks and nibbles, annual Trade Me company awards, celebrations and more.
#Learning: Whether it's on the job, formal training, or mentoring, you'll grow with us from Day 1. We're big on internal mobility and look to our own talent first for new opportunities.

We know some candidates can be reluctant to apply for roles if they feel they don't 'tick all the boxes'. If you're excited about this opportunity, we'd still really like to hear from you so please send us your resume and a short cover note outlining the "Why".

Trade Me is an INZ accredited employer. We truly value diversity and embrace a flexible workplace where people are encouraged to achieve their potential.