We are seeking an entrepreneurial and highly collaborative Product Manager to lead the development, launch, and growth of the North American TecDataHub platform while also owning the OptiCat MCP product initiative.
This role will be responsible for defining product strategy, managing the roadmap, translating market needs into product requirements, coordinating cross-functional delivery teams, and driving commercial success. The Product Manager will serve as the primary business owner for both initiatives and will work closely with customers, data operations, engineering, sales, marketing, and executive leadership.
The ideal candidate combines solid automotive aftermarket expertise with product management discipline, technical curiosity, and the ability to connect customer requirements with scalable solutions.
Monitor industry trends, competitor offerings, customer feedback, and Auto Care standards developments.
Lead development of the North American TecDataHub platform as the industry's neutral data utility.
Define the North American customer, supplier, distributor, and data-consumer use cases that differentiate TecDataHub from existing catalog, PIM, data syndication, and aftermarket data solutions.
Asset and image management
Data quality validation
Serve as the business owner for the OptiCat MCP initiative.
Define customer requirements and prioritization for MCP capabilities.
Partner with development teams to deliver features that improve supplier onboarding, content management, automation, and customer experience.
Drive utilization, adoption, and commercial success of the platform.
Product Development
Prioritize product backlog based on business value and customer impact.
Participate in Agile planning, sprint reviews, and release management.
Balance customer requests with long-term platform strategy.




Performance & Commercial Accountability
Customer adoption
Data quality improvements
Support revenue forecasting and growth planning.

· Develop product business cases, pricing and packaging recommendations, revenue models, market sizing, and investment priorities in collaboration with Commercial Operations and executive leadership.
Bachelor's degree in a related field.

- Experience managing SaaS, data-driven, or platform products.
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycles and Agile methodologies.

- Working knowledge of AI-enabled software platforms, large language models (LLMs), AI agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP), APIs, and related emerging technologies, with the ability to translate business requirements into product requirements for technical and development teams. Hands-on software development or AI model development experience is not required.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with software engineers, data architects, AI/ML teams, and other technical stakeholders without requiring hands-on programming responsibilities.

Proven ability to lead cross-functional projects.
Experience translating customer needs into product requirements.
· Demonstrated understanding of automotive product and application data; automotive aftermarket, automotive data, parts cataloging, PIM, or closely related industry experience is strongly preferred.
Automotive aftermarket industry experience.
Product data distribution
Experience working with APIs and data integration platforms.
Familiarity with OptiCat, TecDoc, Epicor, WHI, SEMA Data Co-op, or related aftermarket ecosystems.
Support acquisition of founding TecDataHub customers.
Improve supplier onboarding efficiency and data quality.
Build strong relationships with strategic customers and ecosystem partners.

📌 Product Manager - Planning H/F (Canada)
🏢 TecAlliance
📍 Canada