Junior Product Manager

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Job Title: Junior Product Manager</strong></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>A bit about us:&nbsp;</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We’re on a mission to change the tire industry — how it’s delivered and how it’s experienced.&nbsp; A pioneer in the automotive e-commerce industry, we take pride in our extensive selection of top-name brands and budget-friendly options, ensuring our customers find the perfect tire to suit their needs. As a part of our growing and dynamic team, you'll contribute to our commitment to exceptional service, innovation, and customer satisfaction. Embrace the opportunity to be a driving force behind one of the fastest growing e-commerce companies in the US and apply now!</span></p> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Summary</strong></span></h1> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Junior Product Manager will be responsible for defining and delivering the product capabilities that support Garage Hub's auto parts distribution platform as well as Tires Easy's Driveline platform. This role focuses on building systems that enable accurate product data, efficient catalog management, pricing integrity, and scalable internal workflows across a growing supplier-, customer-, and SKU- base. This position plays a central role in ensuring that these platforms reliably support customer- and distributor-specific needs such as part compatibility, order management, inventory visibility, and pricing logic.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Product Manager will work closely with Operations, Engineering, and Strategic Partnerships teams to translate distributor and customer requirements into product solutions that improve catalog accuracy, pricing consistency, inventory transparency, sales, and execution. The ideal candidate is a Product Manager with experience in distribution, e-commerce, marketplace, or inventory-driven businesses who understands the operational realities of managing complex catalogs and supplier data in high-volume, data-intensive environments.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>This is a 3-month independent contractor engagement with the possibility of extension.</strong></span></p> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Essential Duties and Responsibilities</strong></span></h1> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Own the product definition and delivery of Garage Hub's and Driveline's core distribution platform capabilities.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Design and evolve systems that support order management, catalog ingestion, part normalization, and data quality across customers and suppliers, including UX/UI where applicable.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Partner with Engineering to plan and deliver product releases that support customer and distributor workflows and scale.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Work closely with Operations and Strategic Partnerships teams to understand distribution-specific constraints (shipping logic, catalog complexity, pricing rules, inventory data, supplier variability) and translate them into product requirements.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Partner directly with Operations to identify and resolve pain points, validate requirements, and ensure solutions are practical and adopted in live operating environments.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Define and maintain a prioritized roadmap aligned to distributor/customer needs and business objectives.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Identify opportunities to reduce manual work through automation, tooling, and workflow redesign.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Communicate product priorities, tradeoffs, and delivery timelines clearly to stakeholders.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Operate effectively in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with evolving requirements and limited precedent.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Other duties as assigned.</span></li> </ul> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Qualification Requirements</strong></span></h1> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Bachelor's degree from a top academic institution.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">2-6+ years of product management experience in B2B, marketplace, e-commerce, or other operations- and data-intensive environments.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong business judgment with a clear understanding of how product decisions impact operational execution, cost, and scalability.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Demonstrated ability to ship, iterate, and improve complex products in fast-moving organizations.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Experience working cross-functionally with Operations, Engineering, and Analytics teams to deliver scalable, business-ready solutions.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Proven ability to translate ambiguous, real-world business problems into clear, actionable product requirements.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Data-driven mindset with comfort using metrics, dashboards, and analysis to inform prioritization and tradeoffs.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong organizational and execution skills with a clear bias toward delivery over process.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Comfortable operating in high-growth, entrepreneurial, and ambiguous environments; startup or early-stage experience preferred.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly around requirements, prioritization, and decision-making.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Proficient in Microsoft Office; familiarity with common product management and analytics tools strongly preferred.</span></li> </ul> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Physical Demands</strong></span></h1> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit; stand; walk; use hands, handle/feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally push, pull, or lift from below the waist, or lift from an overhead position and carry 5-10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.</span></p> <h1><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Travel</strong></span></h1> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Limited to no travel will be required for this position.</span></p> <p><br><strong>Please submit resume in English.</strong><br><br></p>