Power confident decisions at Cars.com
Cars.com is the marketplace millions of people trust to buy and sell cars with confidence.
More than 25 years ago, we started as a simple idea, connect buyers and sellers, and today we do a lot more: trusted reviews, transparent pricing, and real-time, proprietary data that cut through the noise of one of life's biggest purchases. Our scaled marketplace, paired with interconnected technology, data, and media, gives dealers and OEMs everything they need to sell more cars.
At Cars.com, we debate openly, decide fast, and deliver what we say we will. We solve real problems for car shoppers and dealers, simplify for speed, and focus on what matters most. We win together or not at all. Here, your work counts, your ideas can help shape what’s next, and you’ll build alongside people who have your back.
We’re in the middle of a real transformation, modernizing the company and investing in AI and data to move faster. You're joining the No. 1 brand people think of first when shopping for a car, at the exact moment it's being rebuilt for what's next. You help decide what that becomes. That kind of influence is rare, and it's exactly why this is a place worth building your career.
Don't just take our word for it, we're proud to be named one of Built In's 2026 Best Places to Work in Chicago and across the U.S.
Ready to help build the most trusted place to buy and sell a car? Join us.
Product Leader of Media Initiatives for Cars.com CARS COMMERCE | JOB DESCRIPTION
Director of Product Management, Cars.com Media
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About Us
Cars.com (NYSE: CARS) is an audience-driven technology company empowering the automotive industry. We enable confident car buying and selling decisions for consumers via powerful products, solutions, machine learning, and model-driven artificial intelligence technologies that span pre-tail, retail, and post-sale activities.
Our mission is to build the most trusted and intelligent marketplace for buying and selling cars, while accelerating efficient and profitable retail operations for dealer customers.
The Cars Commerce platform is organized around key assets:
Cars.com (Marketplace): The number one automotive marketplace brand with more than 30% traffic growth over the past five years
Dealer Inspire (Websites & Digital Experience): Digital marketing technology & services that are endorsed by nearly every OEM
Cars.com also has additional products that further enrich the Dealer experience and strengthen their experience on the marketplace
AccuTrade (Trade & Appraisal): Powering profitability with the right price on any vehicle, every time
Cars.com Media Network: Pure in-market audience across social, video, search, display, and custom content
DealerClub: Reputation based Dealer to Dealer wholesale auction platform which provides a valuable additional inventory control to Dealers, enabling them to increase their efficiency, keeping only the vehicles on their lot that they want to focus on with their retail consumers.
Scope
As a Director of Product at CARS, you will deliver growth by solving consumer and customer challenges unique to the automotive retail industry. As a product org leader, you will oversee the full lifecycle of product development for a suite of strategically important products. You will deliver industry leading innovation and value delivery through your team of product managers. You will define the strategy and lead innovation for your product suite; hire, develop, and coach your team of PMs; and define effective strategies for product development. You will work with cross-functional leadership (UX design, engineering, research, marketing, and analysts) to deliver a best-in-class product roadmap (including well defined, validated, and prioritized epics/initiatives). You will define product goals that deliver business growth and consumer/customer impact, and ensure that those goals are met.
As a Director of Product, you are a creative problem solver, people…