Associate Product Manager

Company: Pinewood.AI
Location: Birmingham (Hybrid)
Role Type: Full-time

The Role

Pinewood.AI is looking for an Associate Product Manager to join the Product Team and support the delivery of meaningful improvements across its Automotive Intelligence Platform.

This is an ideal role for someone early in their product management career who wants to develop their skills in a high-performing SaaS environment. You will work on software that sits at the heart of automotive retail operations, supporting dealerships and OEMs with complex, end-to-end workflows.

You will collaborate closely with experienced Product Managers and cross-functional teams, contributing across the full product lifecycle. The focus is on understanding real customer problems and turning them into clear, measurable product improvements.

What You’ll Be Working On

You will work across a modular platform that includes:

• Vehicle sales
• Aftersales
• Parts
• CRM
• Finance and Insurance (F&I)
• Reporting
• Core platform services

This exposure gives you a strong foundation in how large, real-world SaaS platforms are built and evolved.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Support Product Managers in defining and delivering enhancements across multiple platform modules
• Contribute to product discovery, research, and problem definition from exploration through to release and value tracking
• Write clear, well-structured product requirements aligned to user needs and business goals
• Assist with backlog management and prioritisation using data, customer insight, and stakeholder feedback
• Own defined problem spaces or customer segments, building deep understanding of their needs
• Conduct customer interviews, surveys, and research to validate problems and inform decisions
• Collaborate closely with Architects, Developers, Designers, Project Delivery Managers, and Account Management
• Contribute to roadmap planning, balancing innovation, platform evolution, and core improvements
• Support market and competitor analysis to inform positioning and expectations
• Communicate product progress, delivery plans, and feature value clearly across the business and to customers

What We’re Looking For

Essential Experience

• Degree-level education or equivalent practical experience
• Strong experience within automotive retail, dealership operations, or dealer management systems
• Previous experience in a product, delivery, or related role such as Associate Product Manager, Product Owner, or Business Analyst
• Good understanding of software development and product lifecycles
• Familiarity with Agile delivery methods such as Scrum, Kanban, or Lean
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and proactive problem-solver
• Comfortable analysing and interpreting information from multiple sources
• Experience using tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Figma, or similar

Additional Requirements

• Willingness to travel occasionally within the UK and internationally to meet dealers, partners, or manufacturers

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience
• Bonus scheme
• Share scheme
• Hybrid working
• 25 days holiday plus UK bank holidays
• Four times life assurance
• Enhanced family-friendly leave including five months full pay for maternity or adoption
• Two weeks fully paid paternity or adoption leave plus additional paid leave within 24 months
• Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 confidential support
• Ongoing training and professional development
• Free onsite gym in Birmingham
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Eyecare vouchers
• Regular social events
• Employee recognition and awards

Why Join Pinewood.AI?

You will be part of a collaborative and supportive product culture where curiosity, learning, and continuous improvement are genuinely valued.

You will work on a broad, modular platform used daily by automotive retailers, gaining exposure to multiple functional areas and how they connect. You will learn directly from experienced Product Managers, with clear opportunities to grow your career as Pinewood.AI continues to scale globally.

About Pinewood.AI

Pinewood.AI has more than 20 years of experience building technology specifically for the automotive industry.

The platform is designed by automotive professionals and technologists who understand how dealerships and OEMs operate. Pinewood.AI’s cloud-based, secure, end-to-end ecosystem helps automotive retailers and manufacturers increase efficiency, improve decision-making, and drive growth across every part of their business.

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If you are early in your product career and want hands-on experience working on complex, real-world SaaS products, this role offers a strong platform for growth.

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